🇲🇰 The organizing committee of the 58th World Gallery of Cartoons, Skopje 2026 has officially announced the names of the 130 selected cartoons who have advanced to the next stage of one of the world's most prestigious international cartoon competitions.
🖼️ The organizing committee received a total of 988 cartoons submitted by 261 cartoonists from 58 countries, following a thorough evaluation process, the Selection Committee shortlisted 130 cartoonists, whose works will now proceed to the International Jury for the final judging stage, the official results scheduled to be announced in September 2026.
👥 130 selected cartoonists/cartoons:
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
Mehdi Yosefi
🇦🇱 Albania
Endri Beqo
🇩🇿 Algeria
Abdelghani Benhariza
🇦🇷 Argentina
Alejandro Becares
Santiago Cornejo
Moyano Ernesto
Jose Sepi
🇦🇺 Australia
Louis Pol
🇦🇹 Austria
Hule Hanusic
Klaus Pitter
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
Rafia Akter Konka
🇧🇪 Belgium
Luc Descheemaeker
Raed Khalily
Artist Duo Gjiste
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Goran Krcmar
🇧🇷 Brazil
Ronaldo Cunha Dias
Evaldo Oliveira
Angelo Pastro
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Hristo Trenev
Tsocho Peev
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
Tomas Trunecek
🇨🇳 China
Jingshan Li
Qiang Liu
Jinyang Qi
Wei Bin Cai
Xiaobo Yang
Guo Ye
Yong Qiu
Kuang Zuhai
🇭🇷 Croatia
Marko Ivic
Slobodan Butir
Mojmir Mihatov
🇨🇺 Cuba
Javier Cubero Torres
Roberto Castillo Rodriguez
🇨🇾 Cyprus
Huseyin Cakmak
🇪🇬 Egypt
Sherif Arafa
🇪🇪 Estonia
Roman Matkiewicz
🇫🇷 France
Gerald Peigneux
Jean-Loïc Belom
🇩🇪 Germany
Anatoliy Lerner
Kateryna Zhatova
Helmut Jacek
🇬🇷 Greece
Dimitris Georgopalis
Serafim Bakoulis
Stergios Karyotis
🇭🇺 Hungary
Gergley Bacsa
🇮🇳 India
Manoj Chopra
Arun Inamdar
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Jitet Kustana
Agus Widodo
Atmaja Septa Miyosa
🇮🇷 Iran
Nahid Maghsoudi
Sajad Rafeei
Pooya Abdoli
Saeed Sadeghi
Mozhdeh Malek Oghli
Hamed Mortazavi Alavi
Neda Khodaverd
Yalda Hasheminezhad
Ali Miraee
Amin Montazeri
Zhaleh Joosefinezhad
Amir Dehghan
Bahram Arjmandnia
Atefeh Yariyan
Ahmad Reza Sohrabi
Javad Alizadeh
Mahmood Nazari
Basireh Hasani Shariat Panahi
Rouhollah Zamzameh
🇮🇹 Italy
Claudio Mellana
Giorgio Giunta
Milko Dalla Battista
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Ilya Katz
Grigori Katz
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
Ansa Mustafa
🇽🇰 Kosovo
Imri Musliu
🇱🇹 Lithuania
Vladimiras Beresniovas
Ilja Bereznickas
🇲🇪 Montenegro
Darko Drljevic
🇲🇦 Morocco
Jamal Sahif
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
Mile Mancevski
Zlatko Krstevski
Tode Ristov Blazevski
Keti Radevska
Blaze Dokule
Nikola Nikolov
Evgenija Trajkovska
🇵🇱 Poland
Tomasz Rogowski
Henryk Cebula
Daniel Witek
Miroslaw Hajnos
🇵🇹 Portugal
José Manuel Vieira Vaz
Alexandre Soares
🇷🇴 Romania
Mihai Boboc
Pavel Constantin
Borta Ambrozie Ovidiu
Liviu Stanila
Cristinel Vecerdea
🇷🇺 Russia
Igor Smirnov
Viktor Skopintsev
Alexander Shmidt
🏴 Scotland
Ross Thompson
🇷🇸 Serbia
Sava Babic
Toso Borkovic
Marko Somborac
Spiro Radulovic
Goran Celicanin
Dragoslav Janosevic
🇸🇰 Slovakia
Darina Klickova
Jozef Gruspier
🇪🇸 Spain
Alejandro Del Cerro Gracia
Juan Gabriel Benavides
🇸🇾 Syria
Morhaf Youssef
🇹🇷 Turkey
Engin Selcuk
Erdogan Basol
Oguz Gurel
Fahriye Citakli
Murat Makara
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Olexander Dubovskyi
Valerii Momot
Vladimir Kazanevsky
Viktor Kudin
Igor Lukyanchenko
Oleh Hutsol
🇺🇸 USA
Paul Palushi
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
Makhmudjon Eshonkulov
Zilola Nazarova
Husan M. Sodiqov
🇻🇪 Venezuela
Irwin Borjas
👉 You can view all the selected artworks through the following link:
https://www.osten.mk/en/58-wgc-2026-selection/