The Herblock Award for Editorial Cartoon, sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation, was created to celebrate the legacy of four-time Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist Herb Block. This award recognizes three students who exhibit exceptional skill in editorial cartooning in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and provides each student with a $1,000 scholarship.

From the political divide in the United States to environmental issues, this year’s recipients created powerful pieces of artwork that offered insightful commentaries on the current events affecting all of us.

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The 2021 recipients of The Herblock Award for Editorial Cartoon are:

Ava Fong, Abby Haywood, and Emily Tan

Congratulations to these talented teens!

Image credits: (from left to right) Emily Tan, Bringing America Together Again, Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation. Grade 11, Harker Upper School, San Jose, CA. Ellen Austin, Educator; Pacific Grove Art Center, Affiliate. The Herblock Award for Editorial Cartoon; Abby Haywood, The Real Reason Trump Created the Space Force?, Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation. Grade 11, East Kentwood High School, Kentwood, MI. Le Tran, Educator; Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University, Affiliate. The Herblock Award for Editorial Cartoon