Young Cartoonist of the Year Award

Young Cartoonist of the Year Award
Young Cartoonist of the Year Award
Awarded for	The best in cartoons
Sponsored by	Cartoon Art Trust and British Cartoonists' Association
Country	United Kingdom
First awarded	1995
Website	www.cartoonmuseum.org/about/awards

The Young Cartoonist of the Year Award is an annual award given by the Cartoon Museum in London in association with the British Cartoonists' Association to the best young cartoonist, in the category of Under 18 and Under 30.

History

The Young Cartoonist of the Year Award was originally founded as the Mel Calman Awards in 1995, in memory of The Times cartoonist and Cartoon Art Trust founder.^[1] They are now run jointly by the Cartoon Art Trust and the British Cartoonists' Association.

The awards ceremony has been held at the Postal Museum, London (1995), Simpson's-in-the-Strand (1996), and at the Mall Galleries during the Cartoon Art Trust Awards. More recently the ceremony has been at The Cartoon Museum.^{[citation needed]}

Overview

Entrants are requested to submit one cartoon, in colour or black and white, drawn freehand to a maximum size of A4.^[2] (In 2013 digitally created work was included.)

The awards are judged by noted cartoonists, including Oliver Preston, Martin Rowson, Steve Bell, Matt Pritchett, and Comics Laureate Hannah Berry.^[1] The competition receives around 1,000 submissions every year.^[3]

Each winner receives a prize of £250 and a certificate.

Awards

Past winners include The New Yorker cartoonist Will McPhail^[4] and Matt Buck.^[2]

1995: Jonathan Cusick
2007: James Hood
2009:
- Best Cartoonist Under 18: Alexander Hildenborough^[5]
- Best Cartoonist Under 30: Nick Edwards
2010: Alex Driver
2017 Best Cartoonist Under 30: Ella Baron^[6]
2020:^[1]
- Best Cartoonist Under 11: Daniel Meikle
- Best Cartoonist Under 30: Fergus Boylan
2022:^[7]
- Best Cartoonist Under 18: Rohan Rooney
- Best Cartoonist Under 30: Cara Grainger
- Woodcock Prize: nine-year-old Bianca Hsu
2023:[1]
- Best Cartoonist Under 18: Corb Calow Davies
- Best Cartoonist Under 30: Harriet Bourhill
- Woodcock Prize: ten-year-old George Whitehead

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Topping, Alexandra. "Daniel Meikle and Fergus Boylan named Young Cartoonists of the Year: Judges including the Guardian’s Martin Rowson praised Meikle, just 11, in the under-18s category and 29-year-old Boylan, who picked up the under-30 prize," The Guardian (30 December 2020). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b Elofson, Matt. "Banbury boy wins 'Young Cartoonist of the Year' award: A Banbury boy has won a national award for 'Young Cartoonist of the Year' for 2020," Banbury Guardian (6 January 2021). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ Newman, Nick. "Why Does No One Want to be a Cartoonist Anymore?", The Spectator (25 July 2020). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ McCullins, Darren. "The cartoonist who began by doodling in zoology," BBC Scotland (10 March 2019). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Schoolboy humour wins young cartoonist award: A 16-year-old schoolboy from Kent has won the young cartoonist of the year award," BBC News (7 December 2009). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "Oxford graduate named best young cartoonist," The Jewish Chronicle (9 November 2017). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Khomami, Nadia. "Doomed duck and arts cuts among themes of young cartoonists of year: Winners chosen from over 150 entries to awards run by Cartoon Museum and British Cartoonists’ Association," The Guardian (12 April 2022). Retrieved 13 April 2022.