Announcement for the 2022 Locher Award, including cartoons and comics by the 2022 Locher Award Winner Masha Zhdanova, runner up Alexandra Bowman, and outstanding submission Han Hampy. Thank you to the judges Kevin Necessary, Ann Telnaes, and Angelo Lopez.
The results of the 2021 Locher Award, including the winner, Sam Nakahira, the runner-up, Katie Vuong, and the finalists, Reilly Branson, Tom Coute, and Izzy Boyce-Blanchard. This year’s Locher Award was judged by Dr. Gretchen Koch, Chelsea Saunders, and Kevin Necessary.
The John Locher Memorial Award is a contest for emerging cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates both clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. The AAEC/John Locher Memorial Award was founded in 1986 by members of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC). They felt the need to establish an award that would not only honor the memory of John Locher but also would help discover young cartoonists and stimulate interest in editorial cartooning among college-age students in North America.
Announcing the 2020 Locher Award Winner, Catherine Gong! Tom Coute is the Runner Up, with Outstanding Submissions by Emeka Perkins-Johnson, Sam Nakahira, and Edward Wilson.
Chelsea Saunders is the winner of the 2019 Locher Award. Outstanding submissions include Junchen Liu, Sage Persing, Smita Minda, Maria Sweeney, and Sage Coffey
The John Locher Memorial Award is now open for submissions! We have made some exciting changes to the guidelines and submission process this year.
Starting this year, the guidelines have been broadened to encompasses all full-time student cartoonists - including web cartoonists, and graphic journalists with an emphasis on political or social issues. The application is now entirely online - it takes about 5 minutes and it's free to apply.
We look forward to seeing this year’s submissions!
If you have any questions, please email locheraward@gmail.com.
Dan Nott
Locher Award Manager
