🇧🇬 The Organizing Committee of the 1st International Cartoon Contest "Devil's Bridge" – Ardino, Bulgaria 2026 has officially announced the results of the inaugural edition of the competition, following the opening ceremony of the exhibition featuring the award-winning and selected cartoons, the exhibition was inaugurated under the patronage of Eng. Izet Shaban, Mayor of Ardino Municipality, as part of the official celebrations of "Ardino Days 2026".
🌍 The first edition achieved remarkable international success, attracting 143 cartoonists from 38 countries across six continents, who submitted a total of 259 cartoons.
🏆 The Winners:
🥇 Grand Prize "Golden Devil’s Bridge": 🇹🇷 Mehmet Zeber - Turkey.
🥈 Second Prize "Silver Devil’s Bridge": 🇭🇺 Gergely Bacsa - Hungary.
🥉 Third Prize "Bronze Devil’s Bridge": 🇧🇬 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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| 🇹🇷 Mehmet Zeber - Turkey |
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| 🇭🇺 Gergely Bacsa - Hungary |
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| 🇧🇬 Ivaylo Tsvetkov - Bulgaria |
💌 Egypt Cartoon
Platform warmly congratulates all the winners and salutes every artist
who joined with their pen and imagination in this unique and joyful
artistic event.