🇧🇪 The Organizing Committee of the 38th International Cartoon Competition "Olense Kartoenale", Belgium, has announced the winners of its 2026 edition, featuring the main theme "The Universe" and the Amnesty International theme “Right to Freedom of Expression”, alongside the international and national youth categories.
🌌 The competition attracted 481 cartoonists from 66 countries, who submitted a total of 2,045 cartoons.
🏆 Following the jury's evaluation, the winners were selected across the competition's main categories:
🥇 1st Prize: 🇮🇷 Amin Montazeri - Iran
🥈 2nd Prize: 🇮🇹 Marco De Angelis - Italy
🥉 3rd Prize: 🇮🇹 Alessandro Gatto - Italy
🏅 4th Prize: 🇨🇾 Igor Varchenko - Cyprus
🎖 Prize of the city of Bialogard: 🇵🇱 Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz- Poland
🎖 Special Prize Amnesty international: 🇮🇹 Andrea Pecchia - Italy
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🥇 1st Prize: 🇮🇷 Amin Montazeri - Iran |
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🥈 2nd Prize: 🇮🇹 Marco De Angelis - Italy |
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🥉 3rd Prize: 🇮🇹 Alessandro Gatto - Italy |
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🏅 4th Prize: 🇨🇾 Igor Varchenko - Cyprus |
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🇵🇱 Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz- Poland |
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🇮🇹 Andrea Pecchia - Italy |
👧 Youth Category Winners:
🏅 International Youth Prize: 🇹🇷 Zeynep Irmak Yaban - Turkey
🏅 National Youth Prize: 🇧🇪 Rien Leroy - Belgium
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| 🇹🇷 Zeynep Irmak Yaban - Turkey |
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| 🇧🇪 Rien Leroy - Belgium |