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.

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Start making your plans for the 2018 AAEC Convention!

The website the 2018 Association of American Editorial Cartoonist confab is now online, including registration information and a link to the hotel to make your room reservations.  Click here for details: https://aaeccartoonists.org/

 

AAEC 2018 Annual Convention

September 20-23, 2018
Sacramento, California

Hosted by Jack Ohman, The Sacramento Bee
and AAEC President Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

Hotel Reservation Deadline: Friday, August 24
Convention Registration Deadline: Tuesday, September 4

Click here now to reserve your hotel room and register for the convention: https://aaeccartoonists.org/

 

This convention landing page is also a preview what to expect when the new AAEC website launches later this year. In the meantime, the original aaecrebuild.wpengine.com is currently still up and active with daily cartoons and the latest news. (You'll also need to go to the old site if you need to renew your membership and update your contact information.)

See you in September!

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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.


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Adam Zyglis is Sigma Delta Chi Award Winner for 2024
Adam Zyglis is Sigma Delta Chi Award Winner for 2024

The Society of Professional Journalists has announced the recipients of the 2024 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism. In the Editorial Cartooning category...


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.