2024 Cartoon of the Year winners

Editorial Cartoon • Comic Strip/Panel

Nov. 2, 2024

Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2024 Cartoon of the Year competition.

ACP’s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.

Winners were announced during the Fall National College Media Convention, on Nov 2 in New Orleans.

2024 Fall Convention Awards

2024 Individual Awards

Story of the Year
Reporter of the Year
Multimedia Story of the Year
Design of the Year
Photo of the Year
Cartoon of the Year
Broadcast Story of the Year

First Place
AI love
Mattheau Faught
The Et Cetera
Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)

Second Place
Avoid desensitization
Lita Cruz
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington

Third Place
TikTok ban
Joshua Ceasar
The Brookhaven Courier
Dallas College Brookhaven Campus (TX)

Fourth Place
Budget Cuts
Samuel Chiu
Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University (CA)

Fifth Place
Won Zero To Become Heroes
Robert Navarro
The Southwestern College Sun
Southwestern College (CA)

Honorable mentions
Editorial: Delaying release of final advisory report undermines graduation celebrations for students
Lilly Sundsbak
The Columbia Chronicle
Columbia College Chicago (IL)

Let’s rethink how we talk about global warming
Corynn Young
The Battalion
Texas A&M University

The do’s and don’ts of PR writing
Sara Fang
The Michigan Daily
University of Michiga

Texas State Trooper Essentials
Rainier Pederson
The Mercury
University of Texas at Dallas

COVID-19 is still a community problem
Haley Walton
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington

First Place
Fib No. 3
Dylan Hostetter
The Commonwealth Times
Virginia Commonwealth University

Second Place
Stiff McGhouly
Noah Thomson
MATC Times
Milwaukee Area Technical College (WI)

Third Place
Senior Year
Ellie Gerken
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (IL)

Fourth Place
They must be getting serious
Jerry Weiss
Richland Chronicle
Dallas College Richland Campus (TX)

Fifth Place
Winter Break
Abby Short
The Daily Gamecock
University of South Carolina

Honorable mentions
Student Debt
Edmundo Godinez
The Southwestern College Sun
Southwestern College (CA)

Editorial Cartoon: “Bruin Voices for Change”
Sydney Kysar
Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles

American Boy | Where’s your money going?
Bruce Darnell
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Tail of Walnut
Camille Amezcua
The Collegian
California State University, Fresno

A Villain’s Day Off
Brandi Kim
Inside Fullerton
Fullerton College (CA)