Yes, yes, everyone poo-poos awards — until you win one! Here are the contests and deadlines coming up.
National Newspaper Awards (Canada) — DEADLINE: Jan. 15, 2018
Pulitzer — Deadline: Jan. 25, 2018
The Thomas Nast Award — Deadline: Jan. 30, 2018
Herblock — Deadline: Feb. 1, 2018
National Headliner Awards— Deadline: Feb. 2, 2018
Walker Stone Award (Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards) —Deadline: Feb. 2, 2018
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award — Deadline: Feb. 2, 2018
The Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience — Deadline: Feb. 15, 2018
Sigma Delta Chi Award — Deadline: Feb. 19, 2018
The Art of Resistance — Feb. 23, 2018
International Editorial Cartoon Competition — Deadline: March 2018
Rex Babin Memorial Award for Local Editorial Cartooning — Deadline: Septemberish
Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons — Deadline: October
Student Awards
Mark of Excellence Awards — Deadline: Jan. 18, 2018
The John Locher Memorial Award — Deadline: June 15, 2018
The Herblock Award for Editorial Cartooning (Scholastic Art & Writing Awards) Deadline: Fall 2018.
NOTE: The John Fischetti Award for Editorial Cartooning has been discontinued by Columbia College Chicago. The college still offers a John Fischetti Scholarship each year to eligible journalism students. Also, the Scripps Howard Award for Editorial Cartooning has been folded into the Foundation's Walker Stone Award, which is open to all op/ed writers, artists and on-air personalities in all mediums.
