2025 IJEA Newspaper & Digital News Media Contest

Best Editorial Cartoon (Enrollment Division 2) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: University of Chicago Laboratory High School
    Entry Title: Troubling Tech
    Entry Credit: Ilana Umanskiy
    Judge Comment: Point of view is shown and supports opinion. Cartoon is nicely done.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Kaneland High School
    Entry Title: Burnout Avenue Cartoon
    Entry Credit: Zoe Gannon
    Judge Comment: Point of view is subtle, but effective and makes reader think about the issue,
  • Competition Comment: Aside from the winning entries, all others did not meet the criteria for an editorial cartoon, that being, as stated, "A cartoon that expresses an opinion about a subject of relevance to the publication's audience" and that an editorial cartoon "should not simply be an illustration that goes along with a news or feature article."