{"id":29515,"date":"2026-10-30T20:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/?p=29515"},"modified":"2026-11-07T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:29:09","slug":"2026-cartoon-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/2026\/10\/30\/2026-cartoon-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Cartoon of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2026 Cartoon of the Year winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Editorial Cartoon<\/a> \u2022 Comic Strip\/Panel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov. 7, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2026 Cartoon of the Year competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACP\u2019s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winners were announced during the National College Media Convention Nov. 7 in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fall 2026 awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2026 Pacemakers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broadcast
<\/a>Innovation
<\/a>Magazine<\/a>
Multiplatform
<\/a>Newspaper\/Newsmagazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 Individual Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story of the Year
<\/a>Reporter of the Year
<\/a>Multimedia Story of the Year
<\/a>Design of the Year
<\/a>Photo of the Year
<\/a>Cartoon of the Year
<\/a>Broadcast Story of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of Show<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual Recognition
<\/a>Staff Recognition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Editorial Cartoon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First Place
<\/strong>Distorted Devotion
<\/a>Jeanelle Ocampo
Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Second Place
<\/strong>Job Market
<\/a>Ryleigh Hood
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Third Place
<\/strong>Alex Petti
<\/a>Brandon Mendoza
The Brookhaven Courier
Dallas College Brookhaven (TX)
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Fourth Place
<\/strong>Just Say You’re Racist
<\/a>Melissa Grobleski
The Appalachian
Appalachian State University (NC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fifth Place
<\/strong>Anatomy of a SCAD Student
<\/a>Owen McGuire
SCAD District
Savannah College of Art and Design (GA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable Mention
<\/strong>Woke Curriculum
<\/a>Izzie Webb
The Collegian
Tarrant County College (TX)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Trump’s Venezuela Strategy Reveals About US Power
<\/a>Shea Tepstein
The Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University (CA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political Violence Doesn’t Just Harm One Voice, It Harms All
<\/a>Michaela Gabriel
The Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University (CA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let Them Eat Cake
<\/a>Izzie Webb
The Collegian
Tarrant County College (TX)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vroom Vroom
<\/a>Brianne DuBose
Foghorn News
Del Mar College (TX)
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Comic Strip\/Panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First Place
<\/strong>Overheard at Northeastern
<\/a>Sree Kandula
The Huntington News
Northeastern University (MA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Second Place
<\/strong>Alternative Things to Do With the Dead Horse Comic Strip
<\/a>Amelie Stein
The Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University (CA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Third Place
<\/strong>Pepper & Crumbs There is No Planet B
<\/a>Hailey Romero
News-Register
Dallas College North Lake (TX)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fourth Place
<\/strong>Point Green Halloween
<\/a>Robert Verdiguel
The Et Cetera
Dallas College Eastfield (TX)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fifth Place
<\/strong>Stress Is Not a Crisis
<\/a>James Ellis
The Baylor Lariat
Baylor University (TX)
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Honorable Mention
<\/strong>Chaz Vacation
<\/a>Aliya Ibrahim
The Brookhaven Courier
Dallas College Brookhaven (TX)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergency Defense
<\/a>Alexa Frederick
StoryBytes Media
Miami Dade College – Kendall Campus (FL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slacking Off in San Fran
<\/a>Owen McGuire
SCAD District
Savannah College of Art and Design (GA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Next Generation
<\/a>Henoc Dossou
The Nubian Message
North Carolina State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That Was Fast
<\/a>Gabrielle Lashley
Long Beach Current
California State University, Long Beach
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2026 Cartoon of the Year winners Editorial Cartoon \u2022 Comic Strip\/Panel Nov. 7, 2026 Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2026 Cartoon of the Year competition. ACP\u2019s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence. Winners were announced during the National College Media […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29515"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29908,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29515\/revisions\/29908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}