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. Check back here later this year for registration and hotel information!

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The AAEC condemns the treatment of cartoonist Ashraf Omar

Earlier this week, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Cartooning for Peace called out the detention and torture of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar after he was arrested over a month ago. 32 other rights and press freedom organizations signed on the letter, condemning the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists — Ashraf Omar, Khaled […]

Autumn’s only cartoon contest is back! Enter the Berryman by Sept. 30!

As most of you know, most of journalism’s major awards are handed out in the spring, with the deadlines to enter in the dead of winter. There is, however, one outlier: The National Press Foundation’s Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award. Named after the only father-son duo to win the Pulitzer Prize, the Berryman […]

OUR MISSION

The mission of the AAEC is to champion and defend editorial cartooning and free speech as essential to liberty in the United States and throughout the world.

The AAEC aims to be an international leader in support of the human, civil, and artistic rights of editorial cartoonists around the world, and to stand with other international groups in support of the profession.


The Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: Bond and Circuses
CSotD: Bond and Circuses

It’s a pleasant fantasy, to imagine each bizarre, disturbing development coming along in a separate day. If it did, we could brace for it as...


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.


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.