2023 Cartoon of the Year
NSPA honors
top scholastic cartoons
Cartoon of the Year
Comic Strip/Panel • Editorial Cartoon
Nov. 4, 2023
National Scholastic Press Association salutes the winners of its 2023 Cartoon of the Year competition.
NSPA’s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in scholastic media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.
Winners were announced during the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Media Convention, on Nov. 4, in Boston.
2023 NSPA Individual Awards
Broadcast Story of the Year
Cartoon of the Year
Design of the Year
Digital Story of the Year
Photo of the Year
Story of the Year
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Fred Ross Systemic Change
Student Journalism Competition
Local Climate Change Reporting
Portfolio of the Year
Best Use of Social Media
Junior High/
Middle School Awards
Fall Pacemakers
presented in fall 2023
Spring Pacemakers
to be presented in spring 2024
Innovation
Literary Arts Magazine
Online
Yearbook
Editorial Cartoon
First Place
Julius Boxer-Cooper, Luke Fedorchak
The Augur Bit
Georgetown Day School
Washington, District of Columbia
Limited Shrimp’s First Day on the Job
Second Place
Grace Ngo
Bear Witness
Branham High School
San Jose, California
Anxiety.
Third Place
Calla McBride
The Redwood Bark
Redwood High School
Larkspur, California
Bluewood: Wellness is busy this October
Fourth Place
Anna Haley
Tiger Times
Texas High School
Texarkana, Texas
One Week in Texas
Fifth Place
Caroline Daniels
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Hazards of Tanning
Honorable mentions
Sonia Verma
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California
Catadors #2: The Secret to Happiness
Calla McBride
The Redwood Bark, Redwood High School, Larkspur, California
Bluewood: Senior to-do list
Michaela Manfull
North Star, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Welcome To High School — First Day v. Last Day
Alice Xu
The Review, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Freeda of the Press
Shelby Townsend
Kingwood Park Times, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Headphone struggles
Editorial Cartoon
First Place
Brynne Barnard-Bahn
The Octagon
Sacramento Country Day School
Sacramento, California
Tampon Tampering
Second Place
Connie Erdozain
The Southerner
Midtown High School
Atlanta, Georgia
Current school safety policies not effective as violence deterrent
Third Place
Andrew Shu
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
The not-so-impossible reality of shooting forecasts
Fourth Place
Evie Barnard
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
A Band-Aid for a bullet wound
Fifth Place
Iris Libson, Lainey Maniak
Zephyrus
Edina High School
Edina, Minnesota
A furry problem: How Republicans weaponize their lies to hide their own prejudice
Honorable mentions
Shiyo Ohashi
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
Bleeding Red, White and Blue
Evie Barnard
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
All hope is not lost
JoJo Barnard
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Breaking the silence
Nate Williams
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Only vouching for Austin’s rich
Charlotte Baxter
Tribal Tribune, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Critical Redaction Theory