Awards & Winners

Matt Wuerker

Matt Wuerker is a political cartoonist for and founding staff member of Politico and winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. He was a finalist for the award in 2009 and 2010. He has also been awarded the 2010 Herblock Prize by the Library of Congress and the 2010 Berryman Award by the National Press Foundation. He has published two collections of cartoons, Standing Tall in Deep Doo Doo, A Cartoon Chronicle of the Bush Quayle Years and Meanwhile in Other News... A Graphic Look at Politics in the Empire of Money, Sex and Scandal. He illustrated the book The Madness of King George by Michael K. Smith. He graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a BA in 1979. While at L&C, he served as the chief editorial cartoonist for The Pioneer Log, the weekly student newspaper.

Awards by Matt Wuerker

Check all the awards nominated and won by Matt Wuerker.

2012


Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
(For his consistently fresh, funny cartoons, especially memorable for lampooning the partisan conflict that engulfed Washington.)

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
For his consistently fresh, funny cartoons, especially memorable for lampooning the partisan conflict that engulfed Washington.

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
For his broad portfolio that encompasses the nation\u2019s historic political year, using rich artistry, wry humor and sometimes animation to drive home his deft satire.

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
For his engaging mix of art and ideas, resulting in cleverly conceived cartoons that persuade rather than rant and that sometimes use animation to widen their impact.