🇧🇬 The Organizing Committee of the 1st International Cartoon Contest "Devil’s Bridge" – Ardino, Bulgaria 2026 has officially announced the results of the inaugural edition, following the opening of the exhibition featuring the award-winning and selected cartoons. 🌉 The first edition achieved remarkable international success, attracting 143 cartoonists from 38 countries across six continents, who submitted a total of 259 cartoons.
🎨 The exhibition brings together the winning and selected cartoons in a vibrant international showcase inspired by Ardino’s nature, history, beauty, and cultural heritage. Through humor, imagination, and visual metaphor, the artists offer diverse interpretations of the iconic Devil’s Bridge and its surrounding cultural landscape.
🏆 The Winners:🥇 Grand Prize: 🇹🇷 Mehmet Zeber - Turkey
🥈 Second Prize: 🇭🇺 Gergely Bacsa - Hungary
🥉 Third Prize: 🇧🇬 Ivaylo Tsvetkov - Bulgaria
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| 🥇 Grand Prize: 🇹🇷 Mehmet Zeber - Turkey |
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| 🥈 Second Prize: 🇭🇺 Gergely Bacsa - Hungary |
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| 🥉 Third Prize: 🇧🇬 Ivaylo Tsvetkov - Bulgaria |
🏅 Honoris Mentions:
🇮🇷 Salar Eshratkhah – Iran
🇮🇷 Hamid Ghalijari – Iran
🇨🇳 Xiaoqiang Hou – China
🇦🇹 Klaus Pitter – Austria
🇹🇷 Salih Kütükçü – Turkey
🇵🇱 Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek – Poland
🇨🇳 Kang Biao – China
🇵🇱 Tomasz Rogowski – Poland
🇮🇷 Nahid Maghsoudi – Iran
🇮🇩 Atmaja Septa Miyosa – Indonesia
🇺🇦 Dubovsky Alexander – Ukraine
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| 🇮🇷 Salar Eshratkhah – Iran |
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| 🇮🇷 Hamid Ghalijari – Iran |
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| 🇨🇳 Xiaoqiang Hou – China |
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| 🇦🇹 Klaus Pitter – Austria |
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| 🇹🇷 Salih Kütükçü – Turkey |
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| 🇵🇱 Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek – Poland |
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| 🇨🇳 Kang Biao – China |
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| 🇵🇱 Tomasz Rogowski – Poland |
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| 🇮🇷 Nahid Maghsoudi – Iran |
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| 🇮🇩 Atmaja Septa Miyosa – Indonesia |
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| 🇺🇦 Dubovsky Alexander – Ukraine |
👥 The competition was judged by an international jury composed of distinguished cartoonists from different parts of the world: Valeri Alexandrov (Walex), Chairman of the Jury – Bulgaria, Radu Iatcu – Romania, Fan Lintao – China, Fawzy Morsy – Egypt, Halit Kurtulmuş (Aytoslu) – Turkey, Taner Chobanov, GISSEN – Bulgaria.
