Annual Convention

Annual Convention September 11-14, 2025

The AAEC will be joining the line-up at this year’s Small Press Expo as part of our annual convention in September 2025. Registration is now open.

Registration page

SPX website

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS:

ACC:
ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN CARTOONISTS
NCS:
NATIONAL CARTOONISTS SOCIETY

THE BILLY IRELAND CARTOON LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

CARTOONISTS RIGHTS

FREEDOM CARTOONISTS FOUNDATION

THE DAILY CARTOONIST

COUNTERPOINT

THE NIB

 

CARTOONIST PODCASTS:

DMZ AMERICA:

DMZ America with Ted Rall and Scott Stantis

CARTOONIST TALK:

A Talk with Editorial Cartoonists by Angelo Lopez

POLITICS INK:

Politics Ink with Jim Morrissey

CAGLECAST:

Daryl Cagle’s Caglecast

 

2013 AAEC Convention

Mark your calendars! The 2013 AAEC Convention will be June 27-29 in Salt Lake City.

The schedule is being hammered out, but will feature "wet" receptions (yes, you can
get a drink in Utah), prominent personalities, panels, shows, and a "Cartoons &
Cocktails" gala open to the paying public.

Attendees may want to fit the convention
into a more extended vacation since Salt Lake is close to several national parks and
offers tons of outdoor recreation, including some of the best fishing, biking,
hiking and camping anywhere in the world.

The host hotel is the renowned Little America, which is offering AAEC members a
special $119 daily rate (usual $189) for the best rooms in Salt Lake. Located in the
heart of the city, it is close to dozens of quality restaurants, pubs and
shopping—the recently opened City Creek Center was designated the "Best Mall in the
Americas". A new light rail
spur which opens in April can whisk you from the Salt Lake City International
AIrport and deliver you to the front door of Little America.

Little America Hotel

500 S. Main St.

Salt Lake City, UT

800-437-5288

Please make your reservation before June 7.

See you there!

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LOCHER FELLOWSHIP

The AAEC John Locher Memorial Fellowship is awarded each year to one early-career cartoonist whose work demonstrates clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. Deadline to be considered is the end of March.

The Locher Fellow will receive a one-year Regular membership in the AAEC, be a guest of the CXC Festival — held every fall in Columbus, Ohio —  and have the opportunity to meet with editorial cartoonists during the year of the Fellowship for portfolio reviews and career advice.

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CARTOONS FOR THE CLASSROOM

Cartoons in Education

Every two weeks throughout the year, The Learning Forum and the AAEC offers CARTOONS FOR THE CLASSROOM, a free lesson resource for teachers discussing current events.  Visit NIEonline.com for more lesson plans.