Stanley Award

The Stanley Awards, also known as The Stanleys, are an annual comics award issued by the Australian Cartoonists' Association which recognize the best of Australian cartoonists and cartooning. They are named after Stan Cross and were first organized in November 1985.^[1][2]

The Silver Stanley award is now known as the Jim Russell Award and is awarded to a cartoonist for services to the cartooning industry.

Winners

Gold Stanley Awarded to the 'Cartoonist of the Year' (currently sponsored by The Herald Sun) and the past winners are: Year Cartoonist 1985 Alan Moir 1986 John Spooner 1987 Bill Leak 1988 Bill Leak 1989 Bill Leak 1990 Suzanne White 1991 Bill Leak 1992 Bill Leak 1993 Eric Lobbecke 1994 Bill Leak 1995 Bill Leak 1996 Bill Leak 1997 Brett Lethbridge 1998 Brett Lethbridge 1999 Joanne Brooker 2000 Sturt Krygsman 2001 James Kemsley 2002 David Rowe 2003 Rolf Heimann 2004 George Haddon 2005 Peter Broelman 2006 Mark Knight 2007 David Rowe 2008 David Rowe 2009 Peter Broelman 2010 David Pope 2011 Anton Emdin 2012 David Pope 2013 Anton Emdin 2014 David Rowe 2015 David Rowe 2016 Glen Le Lievre 2017 David Rowe 2018 David Rowe 2019 David Rowe 2020 David Rowe 2021 Cathy Wilcox 2022 David Pope 2023 David Rowe 2024 David Rowe

Jim Russell Award Formerly the Silver Stanley for Contribution to Australian Black & White Art, this award is made to the individual or organization who in the opinion of the ACA Board has made a significant contribution to Australian cartooning; and the past winners are: Year Cartoonist 1985 Jim Russell 1986 The Bulletin 1987 John Thorby 1988 Vane Lindesay 1989 State Library of New South Wales 1990 James Kemsley 1991 Dan Russell 1992 Lindsay Foyle 1993 John Champion/Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City 1993 John Champion 1994 Les Dixon 1995 Cole Buchanan 1996 Tony Rafty 1997 LJ Hooker 1998 Jeff Hook 1999 Roger Fletcher 2000 Jenny Hughes 2001 Bruce Petty 2003 William 'Weg' Green 2004 Monty Wedd 2005 Allan 'Sols' Salisbury 2006 Paul Rigby 2007 Michael Atchison 2008 Jim Bridges 2009 Norman 'Heth' Hetherington 2010 Steve Panozzo 2011 Rolf Heimann 2012 Talking Pictures 2013 Russ Radcliffe 2014 Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance 2015 For Gorsake, Stop Laughing, This is Serious! 2016 Gerald Carr 2017 Gary Chaloner 2018 National Cartoon Gallery 2019 Behind the Lines 2020 Jules Faber 2021 Kaz Cooke 2022 Fiona Katauskas 2023 Peter Broelman 2024 Nat Karmichael

Comic Strip Awarded to the 'Comic Strip Artist of the Year' (currently sponsored by The Daily Telegraph) and the past winners are: Year Comic Artist 1985 Gary Clark 1986 Ken Emerson 1987 Bill Mitchell 1988 Bill Mitchell 1989 Brian Kogler 1990 James Kemsley 1991 Brian Kogler 1992 Brian Kogler 1993 Brian Kogler 1994 Gary Clark 1995 Gary Clark 1996 Gary Clark 1997 Gary Clark 1998 Gary Clark 1999 Gary Clark 2000 Tony Lopes 2001 Tony Lopes 2002 Gary Clark 2003 Sean Leahy 2004 James Kemsley 2005 Tony Lopes 2006 Tony Lopes 2007 Tony Lopes 2008 Tony Lopes 2009 Gary Clark 2010 Tony Lopes 2011 Tony Lopes 2012 Gary Clark 2013 Gary Clark 2014 Tony Lopes 2015 Gary Clark 2016 Gary Clark 2017 Gary Clark 2018 Peter Player 2019 Tony Lopes 2020 Tony Lopes 2021 Tony Lopes 2022 Tony Lopes 2023 Gary Clark 2024 Ian Jones

Single Gag Awarded to the 'Single Gag Cartoonist of the Year' (currently sponsored by The Courier Mail) and the past winners are: Year Cartoonist 1985 Eric Jolliffe 1986 Eric Jolliffe 1987 Matthew Martin 1988 Matthew Martin 1989 Brian Kogler 1990 Brian Kogler 1991 Brian Kogler 1992 Brian Kogler 1993 Mark Knight 1994 Cathy Wilcox 1995 Kerry Millard 1996 Glen Le Lievre 1997 Cathy Wilcox 1998 Pat Campbell 1999 Kerry Millard 2000 Mark Lynch 2001 Matt Golding 2002 Tony Lopes 2003 Dean Alston 2004 Pat Campbell 2005 Matt Golding 2006 Matt Golding 2007 Matt Golding 2008 Matt Golding 2009 Matt Golding 2010 Matt Golding 2011 Andrew Weldon 2012 Dean Alston 2013 Glen Le Lievre 2014 Cathy Wilcox 2015 Cathy Wilcox 2016 Matt Golding 2017 Peter Player 2018 Peter Player 2019 Peter Player 2020 Matt Golding 2021 Peter Player 2022 Andrew Weldon 2023 Andrew Weldon 2024 Judy Horacek

• Illustrator - sponsored by Viscopy: Anton Emdin
• Graphic Media Artist - sponsored by Newmatilda.com: David Follett
• Caricaturist - sponsored by The Australian: John Spooner
• Political/Editorial Cartoonist - sponsored by The Sydney Morning Herald: Peter Broelman