→2011→12→16→Editorial cartooning→Clay Bennett wins 2011 Lurie UN Award
Editorial cartooning

Clay Bennett wins 2011 Lurie UN Award

1 minute 1 comment

The 2011 Lurie UN Award has been announced with Chattanooga Times Free Press’ Clay Bennett taking the top honor (see his cartoon below).

Taking second and third are Rick McKee (The Augusta Chronicle) and David Pope (The Canberra Times) respectively. American editorial cartoonist who were given Citations of Excellence included Jimmy Margulies, Robert Ariail, and Ed Gamble.

The Lurie UN Award is named after Ranan Lurie and is given by the UN Correspondents Association and the UNITED NATIONS SOCIETY OF WRITERS to promote the “standard of excellence in political cartoons depicting the spirit of the United Nations, have established this annual political cartoon award given in the international field.”

Previous Post
Joe Simon, creator of Captain America passes
Next Post
Clay Bennet and his Peace Talks Escher-esque cartoon

Comments 1

  1. Congratulations Clay for taking the top honor. I am never surprised when Clay wins anything. His work is clean, beautifully rendered with powerful, succinct visual messages. He’s a cartoonist’s cartoonist. Congratulations also to the runners up and the Citations of Excellence.

Comments are closed.

Search

Subscribe to our newsletter

Get a daily recap of the news posted each day.

^ Top