KQED is a proud member of
Save ArticleSave Article
upper waypoint
The Lowdown

Winners of 2017 California High School Political Cartoon Contest

Matthew Green
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

High school students across California recently submitted entries to the 2017 editorial cartoon contest held by the LegiSchool Project, a state-funded civic education initiative in Sacramento.

In collaboration with The Lowdown, contestants were tasked with drawing single-panel cartoons related to California or national issues. Roughly 100 students from 22 high schools participated. The judges included Mark Fiore, a Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, LegiSchool Director Elisia Hoffman, and yours truly. This is the third year The Lowdown has published the contest winners - see the finalists' entries from previous years here.

And without further ado, the winning entries ...

First Prize

Kai Henthorn-Iwane
11th grade; Berkeley High School

Sponsored

K.-Henthorn-Iwane-4

 

Runners-Up

Brittany Almanza
10th grade; Poway High School

B.-Almanza

 

Immanoelle Espiritu
9th grade; Granada Hills Charter High School (Northridge)

I.-Espiritu-1

 

Kayla Kressin
10th grade; Poway High School

K.-Kressin

 

Brandan Wong
11th grade; John F. Kennedy High School (Sacramento)

B.-Wong

 

Honorable Mentions

 

Ana Belcher
10th grade; Culver City High School

A.-Belcher

 

Stephen Carag
11th grade; Richard Gahr High School (Cerritos)

S. Carag

 

Brenda Nguyen
12th grade; Irvine High School

B.-Nguyen

lower waypoint
next waypoint
Why So Many Central Americans Are Seeking Asylum in the U.S.Real-Time Interactive Earthquake Map: Get to Know Your Local FaultsIt's Really Happening! This Is What KQED's Youth Takeover Looks LikeWhen Rivers Caught Fire: A Brief History of Earth Day (with Lesson Plan)A Look Inside the Youth Vaping CrazeIt's Almost Tax Day. This Is How the Government Spends Your Hard-Earned CashIs the Endangered Species Act at Risk of Extinction?March Madness and the Money: Should College Athletes Get Paid?How to Stop a Nuclear War: The Non-Proliferation Treaty, ExplainedMAP: What Does the U.S.-Mexico Border Really Look Like?