The Herb Block Foundation is committed to defending the basic freedoms guaranteed all Americans, combating all forms of discrimination and prejudice and improving the conditions of the poor and underprivileged through the creation or support of charitable and educational programs with the same goals.

The Foundation is also committed to providing educational opportunity to deserving students through post-secondary education scholarships and to promoting editorial cartooning through continued research.

All efforts of the Foundation shall be in keeping with the spirit of Herblock, America's great cartoonist in his life long fight against abuses by the powerful.

Washington DC, February 18, 2009 - PAT BAGLEY

of the Salt Lake Tribune has been selected  the winner of the 2009 HERBLOCK PRIZE for editorial cartooning.

Note: JEA Students will find the entry forms for the high school and middle school editorial cartoonist awards to the right in the 'Quicklinks.'