Congratulations to editorial cartoonists Tim Newcomb, Steve Stegelin and Robert Ariail—this year’s winners of the Cartooning Award from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN).

First place went to Seven Days‘ Tim Newcomb, who the judge’s cited for his “newsy and relevant angle to geographic region and a wider audience.” Second and Third place went to AAEC members Stegelin and Ariail, the two cartoonists at Charleston City Paper. (Kudos too to the CCP, for having two local cartoonists in their pages.) Stegelin’s work, the AAN jury noted, was “gritty, honed to a sharp edge.” Congrats all!