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| birth_place = Clinton, South Carolina, U.S.A.| death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | area = Editorial cartoonist| cartoonist = y| write = | art = | pencil = | ink = | edit = | publish = | letter = | color = | alias = | signature = | notable works = | awards = Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, 2002| website =}}Clay Bennett (born January 20, 1958, in Clinton, South Carolina) is an American editorial cartoonist. His cartoons typically present liberal viewpoints. Currently drawing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press,WEB,weblink Chattanooga Times Free Press, 2011-12-24,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141208172346weblink">weblink 2014-12-08, dead, Bennett is the recipient of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.Graduating from the University of North Alabama in 1980, Bennett briefly served as a staff artist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Fayetteville Times (NC). He worked as an editorial cartoonist at the St. Petersburg Times for 13 years (1981–1994) but was fired in 1994. While Bennett's editor Phil Gailey denied the firing was politically motivated, some observers saw it as part of the traditionally liberal newspaper's trend towards becoming more conservative. Bennett said "Many saw the termination as political because I was out there on the far left. Obviously expressing your point of view can cost you your job."Alicia C. Shepard. "Open season on editorial cartoonists?" American Journalism Review. Dec 1994 v16 n10 p15. He later worked for The Christian Science Monitor (1997–2007) and now draws five cartoons a week for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, having joined its staff in 2007.A nominated finalist for The Pulitzer Prize eight times, Bennett won the Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2002. He's also the recipient of the Sigma Delta Chi Award, the National Journalism Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the John Fischetti Award, the National Headliner Award, the Thomas Nast Award from the Overseas Press Club, the Berryman Award from the National Press Foundation, the Ranan Lurie/United Nations Political Cartoon AwardWEB,weblink 2011 Winners, and the National Cartoonists Society's Award for Editorial Cartoons.WEB,weblink Congratulations to 2017 Divisional Award-Winners, National Cartoonists Society, 2018-06-02, A past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, Bennett lives in Chattanooga with his wife, artist Cindy Procious.WEB,weblink Home, cindyprocious.com, His work is syndicated internationally by Counterpoint Licensing and Syndication.WEB,weblink COUNTERPOINT Licensing and Syndication | Clay Bennett,

Awards

• 2024 National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons WEB,weblink 2024 – Print / Photo &124; National Headliner Awards,
• 2023 National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons WEB,weblink 2023 – Print / Photo &124; National Headliner Awards,
• 2019 Sigma Delta Chi Award, Society of Professional JournalistsWEB,weblink Sigma Delta Chi Awards - Society of Professional Journalists, www.spj.org, dead,weblink 2020-06-29,
• 2019 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional JournalistsWEB,weblink 2019 winners &124; Green Eyeshade Awards,
• 2018 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
• 2017 NCS Award for Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists Society
• 2017 Sigma Delta Chi Award, Society of Professional Journalists
• 2017 Thomas Nast Award, Overseas Press Club of America
• 2016 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
• 2016 National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons
• 2014 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning, National Press FoundationNEWS,weblink Chattanooga's Clay Bennett is 'thrilled' to win the 2014 Berryman Award for editorial cartooning, 2021-10-24, 2014-12-16, Michael Cavna, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., 0190-8286, 1330888409, {{WaPoCheckDates}}
• 2014 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
• 2013 Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience, Hunter College
• 2013 Champion of Equality, Tennessee Equality Project
• 2012 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional JournalistsWEB,weblink JFP Wins Awards for Feature Writing, Public Service, Commentary,
• 2011 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
• 2011 United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards
• 2010 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
• 2009 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
• 2008 Ink Bottle Award, Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
• 2007 Thomas Nast Award, Overseas Press Club of America
• 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Cartoons
• 2005 Thomas Nast Award, Overseas Press Club of America
• 2005 John Fischetti Award for Editorial Cartooning
• 2005 Alumni of the Year, University of North Alabama
• 2004 Grand Prize, National Population Cartoon Contest
• 2004 National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons
• 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
• 2002 NCS Award for Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists Society
• 2002 National Journalism Award, Scripps Howard Foundation
• 2001 Sigma Delta Chi Award, Society of Professional Journalists
• 2001 John Fischetti Award for Editorial Cartooning
• 2001 Editorial Cartoonist of the Year, Editor & Publisher magazine
• 2000 National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons
• 1999 National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons
• 1994 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
• 1990 Jane Roe Media Award, Florida Abortion Rights Action League
• 1986 H. L. Mencken Award for Best Cartoon, Free Press Association
• 1984 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
• 1979 Society for Collegiate Journalists Award for Editorial Cartoons

Nominations and citations

• 2024 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
• 2022 Finalist, NCS Award for Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists Society
• 2022 Finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional JournalistsWEB,weblink Crowe, Bennett, Hall Win Green Eyeshade Awards, 25 July 2022,
• 2021 Finalist, National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons WEB,weblink 2021 – Print / Photo &124; National Headliner Awards,
• 2020 Finalist, National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons WEB,weblink 2020 – Print / Photo &124; National Headliner Awards,
• 2020 Finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional JournalistsWEB,weblink 2020 Winners &124; Green Eyeshade Awards,
• 2018 Finalist, NCS Award for Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists SocietyWEB,weblink 2019 NCSFest Reuben Divisional Awards, 19 May 2019,
• 2017 Finalist, National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons WEB,weblink 2017 – Print/Photo &124; National Headliner Awards,
• 2017 Finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional JournalistsWEB,weblink 2017 winners &124; Green Eyeshade Awards,
• 2015 Citation for Excellence, United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards WEB, The 2015 United Nations / Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award Winners,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200228042116weblink">weblink 28 February 2020, www.lurieunaward.com,
• 2015 Finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional JournalistsWEB,weblink 2015 winners &124; Green Eyeshade Awards,
• 2014 Finalist, NCS Award for Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists Society
• 2014 Finalist, Herblock Prize
• 2013 Finalist, NCS Award for Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists Society
• 2013 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
• 2013 Finalist, National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons WEB,weblink 2013 – Print/Photo &124; National Headliner Awards,
• 2012 Finalist, NCS Award for Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists Society
• 2010 Citation for Excellence, United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards WEB, The 2010 United Nations / Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award Winners,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20210131015959weblink">weblink 31 January 2021, www.lurieunaward.com,
• 2009 Finalist, Thomas Nast Award, Overseas Press Club of America WEB,weblink 2009 OPC Award Winners, 22 April 2010,
• 2009 Finalist, International Editorial Cartoon Competition, Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom
• 2009 Finalist, National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons WEB,weblink 2009 – Print/Photo &124; National Headliner Awards,
• 2008 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
• 2008 Finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional JournalistsWEB,weblink 2008 Winners &124; Green Eyeshade Awards,
• 2007 Citation for Excellence, United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards WEB, The United Nations / Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards 2007 Award Winners,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20201109035149weblink">weblink 9 November 2020, www.lurieunaward.com,
• 2006 Citation for Excellence, United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards WEB, The United Nations / Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards 2006 Award Winners,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20201109043510weblink">weblink 9 November 2020, www.lurieunaward.com,
• 2003 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
• 2001 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
• 2001 Finalist, National Journalism Award, Scripps Howard FoundationWEB,weblink National Journalism Award Winners Announced for 2001 Work,
• 2000 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
• 1999 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

References

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External links

• Clay Bennett at Times Free Press
• Facebook page
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141208172346weblink">Cartoon gallery
• {{C-SPAN|88516}}
• Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database

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