MATT BORS NAMED 2012 HERBLOCK PRIZE WINNER
MATT BORS NAMED 2012 HERBLOCK PRIZE WINNER
March 12, 2012
For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON, DC, March 12 – Matt Bors, a nationally syndicated alternative editorial cartoonist, was named the winner of the 2012 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning.
The prize is awarded annually by The Herb Block Foundation for “distinguished examples of editorial cartooning that exemplify the courageous standard set by Herblock.” The winner receives a $15,000 after-tax cash prize and a sterling silver Tiffany trophy. Bors will receive the prize May 10 in a ceremony held at the Library of Congress.
Jen Sorensen, who is the cartoonist behind Slowpoke, a weekly strip that appears in alternative newspapers around the country, was named this year’s finalist.
Cartoonist Garry Trudeau will deliver the annual Herblock Lecture at the awards ceremony. Previous speakers have included Ben Bradlee, then Senator Barack Obama, Sandra Day O’Connor, Tom Brokaw, Tim Russert, Ted Koppel, George Stevens Jr. and Jim Lehrer.
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