Tacoma-based Cartoonist’s League of Absurd Washingtonians (C.L.A.W.) recently announced it has awarded this year’s Young Cartoonist of the Future scholarship to Kenzy Sorenson.

Since it was introduced in 2009, the scholarship program has awarded nearly $4,500 to six students enrolled in an educational institution and aspiring to be a cartoonist or illustrator.

In 2009, the organization awarded $100 to Adam M. Botsford. In 2010, the organization awarded $370 to Amelia Davis. In 2011, the organization awarded $908.24 to Kayla Nicole Cline. In 2012, the organization awarded $792.07 to Michael Johnson. Last year, the organization awarded $1,059.10 to Melanie Anne Eggleston. Finally, this year, the organization awarded $1,223 to Sorenson.

More information is available online at cartoonistsleague.org.

To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of the Cartoonist’s League of Absurd Washingtonians (C.L.A.W.), click on the following links:

• Aspiring student illustrator? Apply today for C.L.A.W. scholarship (Tacoma Daily Index, April 18, 2012)
• Tacoma-based C.L.A.W. awards annual scholarship (Tacoma Daily Index, April 25, 2011)
• Aspiring student illustrator? Apply today for C.L.A.W. scholarship (Tacoma Daily Index, March 10, 2011)
• A creatively fun night with R. R. Anderson at King’s Books (Tacoma Daily Index, November 16, 2010)
• Tacoma’s Man of Mischief: Inside the curious world of R. R. Anderson (Tacoma Daily Index, November 10, 2010)