Clay Bennett

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." 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. A past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, Bennett lives in Chattanooga with his wife, artist Cindy Procious. His work is syndicated internationally by Counterpoint Licensing and Syndication.

• Name — Clay Bennett • Born — 20 January 1958 • Birthplace — Clinton, South Carolina, U.S. • Area — Editorial cartoonist • Cartoonist — y • Awards — Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, 2002

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• 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 Journalists • 2021 Finalist, National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons • 2020 Finalist, National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons • 2020 Finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists • 2018 Finalist, NCS Award for Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists Society • 2017 Finalist, National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons • 2017 Finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists • 2015 Citation for Excellence, United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards • 2015 Finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists • 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 • 2012 Finalist, NCS Award for Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists Society • 2010 Citation for Excellence, United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards • 2009 Finalist, Thomas Nast Award, Overseas Press Club of America • 2009 Finalist, International Editorial Cartoon Competition, Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom • 2009 Finalist, National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons • 2008 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning • 2008 Finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists • 2007 Citation for Excellence, United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards • 2006 Citation for Excellence, United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards • 2003 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning • 2001 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning • 2001 Finalist, National Journalism Award, Scripps Howard Foundation • 2000 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning • 1999 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning