1st Place, Editorial Cartoon
2021-22, Division 4-5, News Art & Illustration
By Sana Schaden
The Communicator Online
Ann Arbor Community HS
Growing up, I never questioned my right to make decisions regarding my own body; however, my work in peer education around sexual and reproductive health has given me a lens into how fragile our rights are. Current threats to Roe vs. Wade laws have further inspired me to create a piece depicting the trap that someone with an unwanted pregnancy will face without access to safe and legal abortion.
AI-01. Editorial Cartoon
An editorial cartoon appears in the editorial/opinion section; it makes a point and delivers commentary or opinion. Unlike a comic strip, an editorial cartoon often employs a single panel format and typically does not feature continuing characters. It may include captions/writing. Submit a PDF of the print page on which the cartoon was published or the URL to the cartoon on an online news site. This category includes only editorial cartoons. Illustrations that visually enhance an accompanying article, but may not provide commentary or opinion, should be entered into AI-03.
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Appears on editorial page
- Demonstrates a clear understanding of a single current issue, political topic or historical event
- Offers insightful commentary or criticism
- Effectively uses illustration, with or without text, to make a point
- Simple in design
- Shows high technical quality
- Timely
- Subject familiar to reader in his everyday life
- Displays artistic talent
- Message succinctly stated