NSPA honors
top scholastic cartoons

Nov. 12, 2022

National Scholastic Press Association salutes the winners of its 2022 Cartoon of the Year competition.

NSPA’s Individual Awards are the top prizes in scholastic journalism, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.

Winners were announced during the Fall National High School Journalism Convention, Nov. 10-13, in St. Louis.

NSPA awards archive

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First Place
Srihari Yechangunja
The Sidekick
Coppell High School
Coppell, Texas
Doing Time

Second Place
Anisha Kumar
The Nueva Current, The Nueva School, San Mateo, California
Wordle Hurdle

Third Place
Julius Boxer-Cooper
The Augur Bit
Georgetown Day School
Washington, District of Columbia
Chadwick the Cheerio Applies to College

Fifth Place
Matt Kanyinku
Echo
St. Louis Park High School
St Louis Park, Minnesota
Park trail, cycle 5

Fourth Place
Michael Wu
The Crane
Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Boys
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Comic by Michael Wu

Honorable mentions

Anisha Kumar
The Nueva Current, The Nueva School, San Mateo, California
College Craze

Emma Tyulyayev
Messenger, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
Marvel Madness

Grace Winkler
Staley News, Staley High School, Kansas City, Missouri
Movies Underutilize Soundtracks

Calvin Jacobson
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
Tussle for Twitter

First Place
Serina Yan
The Review
St. John’s School
Houston, Texas
Your body, my choice

Second Place
Anna Rachwalski
The Southerner
Midtown High School
Atlanta, Georgia
Texas abortion law forgets who’s most vulnerable

Third Place
Caoimhe Farris
The Lancer Feed
Lafayette High School
Wildwood, Missouri
School Board Language

Fourth Place
Antonio Starks
Odyssey Media Group
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia
Untitled

Fifth Place
Audrey Nguyen
Bear Witness
Branham High School
San Jose, California
Unplugging is hard to do

Honorable mentions

Julia Landy
The Eagle Eye, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
Enough is Enough

Alyssa Sanchez
Torch, Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois
The Pitfalls of the pink slip

Julia Landy
The Eagle Eye, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
Safety Theater

Baeyoung Yoo
Torch, Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois
Health comes before P.E. makeups

Catherine Zhou
The Epic, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California
BBB: Biden Be Better