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 unrealistic beauty standards to gun control to the effects of capitalism, this year’s recipients created powerful pieces of artwork that offered insightful commentaries on the current events affecting all of us.

The 2023 recipients of The Herblock Award for Editorial Cartoon are:

Coralista Ruge, Camillus, NY
Gabe Santiago, Rockville, MD
Matthew Yu, The Woodlands, TX

Click each student’s name to view their work.

Congratulations to these talented teens!

Featured image: Coralista Ruge, Model Digest, Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation. Grade 12, West Genesee High School, Camillus, NY. The Herblock Award for Editorial Cartoon