🇵🇹 Lisbon’s iconic Sardine Contest returned in grand style as EGEAC – Lisboa Cultura officially announced the winners of the 16th edition of its international creativity competition, held under the inspiring theme “What’s Your Story?”.
🐟 The competition attracted remarkable global participation, receiving 3,128 artistic proposals from 66 countries, this year’s winning sardines reflected stories inspired by Portuguese cultural heritage, Fado music, traditional flavors, local identity, and imaginative storytelling, transforming the symbolic sardine into a creative artistic language.
🏅 Winners of Sardine 2026:
🇺🇾 Hogue - Uruguay
🇧🇷 Eduardo Ferrão - Brazil
🇵🇹 Helder Teixeira Peleja - Portugal
🇧🇷🇵🇹 Letícia Amaral de Araújo - Brazil / Portugal
🇵🇹 Martin Narciso - Portugal
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| 🇺🇾 Hogue - Uruguay |
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| 🇧🇷 Eduardo Ferrão - Brazil |
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| 🇵🇹 Helder Teixeira Peleja - Portugal |
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🇧🇷🇵🇹 Letícia Amaral de Araújo - Brazil / Portugal |
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| 🇵🇹 Martin Narciso - Portugal |
The awarded artists, aged between 21 and 72 years old, brought diverse
cultural visions and original interpretations to one of Portugal’s most
beloved artistic traditions.