The Barbara Petchenik Competition is a biennial map drawing competition for children. It was created by the International Cartographic Association in 1993 as a memorial for Barbara Petchenik, a past Vice president of the ICA and cartographer who had a lifelong interest in maps for children. The aim of the contest is to promote the creative representation of the world in graphic form by children.
The competition is organized every two years. In a national round in all participating ICA member countries, the national winners are selected, which are exhibited during the International Cartographic Conference, where the international winners are selected. The international winners can be seen below. To also see the national winners, please visit the Winner Map Collection at the Carleton University Library.
Upcoming competition
Details for the 2019 competition will be published in summer 2018.
2017
193 drawings from 34 countries were exhibited at ICC2017. The jury members were
- Pilar Sánchez-Ortiz Rodríguez, Spain – Chair
- Ana María Garra, Argentina
- Paulo Menezes, Brazil
- Temenoujka Bandrova, Bulgaria
- Dariusz Dukaczewski, Poland
- Necla Ulugtekin, Turkey
- Naeema Al Hosani, United Arab Emirates
- Rob Edsall, USA
- Carla Sena, Brazil and Jesus Reyes, Hungary – Substitute Members
- Peter van der Krogt, The Netherlands – International Coordinator
The Creativity Award was presented by the ICA Commission on Art and Cartography.
Kenya Kesuma Dewi (5)Indonesia< 6 years, 1st place
Crafting Our Dreams on the Land of Indonesia

Taja Koša (5)Slovenia< 6 years, 2nd place
Map of Life

Alicia Fleming (5)Australia< 6 years, 3rd place
My Happy World

Oh Eun Ju (8)South-Korea6–8 years, 1st place
Map, Communicate with the World

Preslava Ivanova (8)Bulgaria6–8 years, 2nd place
The World is in our Hands

Beatrice Leoutsakou (8)Greece6–8 years, 3rd place
Drawing Maps

Noemi Sanchez Avramova et al. (12)Spain9–12 years, 1st place
Oronce Fine through our eyes
by Noemi Sanchez Avramova & Alba Serrano Suarez (12)

Okubo Kasumi (9)Japan9–12 years, 2nd place
Happy Earth!

Klara Zagórska (11)Poland9–12 years, 3rd place
We Love Maps

Ioana Larisa Guriţǎ (13)Romania> 12 years, 1st place
We Love Maps

Rebecca Kneale et al. (15)New Zealand> 12 years, 2nd place
Through a Child's Eyes
by Rebecca Kneale & Akira McTavish-Huriwai (15)

Micaela Mendoz (15)Argentina> 12 years, 3rd place
World Map

Champ Turner (15)USAPublic vote
Our Path for Exploration

Urtėja KardašiūtėLithuaniaCreativity Award
Friends

Phoebe McCleanNew ZealandCreativity Award
Trumps World

2015
189 drawings from 38 countries were exhibited at ICC2015. 287 people participated in the public vote. The jury members were
- Necla Ulugtekin, Turkey, chair
- José Jesús Reyes Nuñez, Hungary, chair of the commission on cartography and children
- Ana Maria Garra, Argentina
- Angelica di Maio, Brazil (LOC)
- Rumiana Vatseva, Bulgaria
- Giedrė Beconytė, Lithuania
- Dariusz Dukaczewski, Poland
- Pilar Sanchez, Spain
- Robert Edsall, USA
- Carla Sena, Brazil, substitute member
Adam Paketur (5)Lithuania< 6 years, 1st place
I live here

Aleksandra Garkova (5)Bulgaria< 6 years, 2nd place
The animals of the world

Ruwindya Indraratne (5)Sri Lanka< 6 years, 3rd place
We'll fix the pieces to bring peace

Andraž Umek (8)Slovenia6–8 years, 1st place
The whole world is on the same boat

Adristi Hita Andani (8)Indonesia6–8 years, 2nd place
Our Earth and Pollutions

Luka H.del Avellano et al. (8)Mexico6–8 years, 3rd place
We are part of all
by Luka H.del Avellano and Luana N.Salazar Harder

Alexandra Papadopoulou et al. (12)Greece9–12 years, 1st place
My place in today's world through my own vision
by Alexandra Papadopoulou, Maria Katopodi, Christina Louko
The authors of this submission are three blind children who constructed this map for the blind using methodologies learned at their Special Primary School for the Blind

Maria Piątkowska (12)Poland9–12 years, 2nd place
Europe is my home

Ada Maria Ciontu (11)Romania9–12 years, 3rd place
Building bridges of peace across the world

Liao Zhiyuan (15)China>12 years, 1st place
A world of lotus, a world of harmony

Valentina Sturcz (14)Hungary>12 years, 2nd place
Let the music for everyone

Pan Sin Yi (15)Malaysia>12 years, 3rd place + public
The world in our hands

2013
155 drawings from 30 countries were exhibited. Too see them all, please visit the Winner Map Collection at the Carleton University Library. 47 people participated in the public vote. The jury members were
- Necla Ulugtekin, Turkey, chair
- Temenoujka Lubenova Bandrova, Bulgaria
- Giedrė Beconytė, Lithuania
- Robert Edsall, USA
- Nei Erling, Brazil
- Pilar Sanchez Ortiz Rodriguez, Spain
- Dirk Burghardt, Germany, local organiser
- José Jesús Reyes Nuñez, Hungary, chair of the commission on cartography and children
- Joop van der Schee, Netherlands, IGU
- Dariusz Dukaczewski, Poland, subtitute member
Keagen Madodzi (5)South Africa< 6 years, 1st place
My Place in Today's World is a World Where Friends are Very Important to Me

Saulė Sinikovaitė (3)Lithuania< 6 years, 2nd place
I Am at Home

Nazar Stolyarov (5)Ukraine< 6 years, 3rd place
The Wide World Flies to Me

Zeva Su'azra Malaika (7)Indonesia6–8 years, 1st place
Good and Bad Sides of My Todays World

Altuğ Namık Yavaş (8)Turkey6–8 years, 2nd place
The World of My Dreams

Vojitha Heshan Herat (8)Sri Lanka6–8 years, 3rd place
no title

Ada Maria Ciontu (9)Romania9–12 years, 1st place
Happy Earth is Music to Our Ears

Wang Zhiling (12)China9–12 years, 2nd place
Peace & Harmony

Florian Gruber & Lukas Schostal (12)Austria9–12 years, 3rd place
One Among Many

Karina Balitskaya (13)Russia>12 years, 1st place
Big Miracle by Little Hands

Amy Wang (13)New Zealand>12 years, 2nd place + public
World Section

Beatriz Froehner (13)Brazil>12 years, 3rd place
The World in My Face

Alla Sukhanova (15)Russiaspecial jury award
Be Careful …

2011
186 drawings from 31 countries were exhibited. Too see them all, please visit the Winner Map Collection at the Carleton University Library. We also have a PDF list. A jury selected the following winning entries:
Augustė Kriščiūnaitė (7)Lithuania< 9 years
A Message to a Blind Friend

Alisa Yurchenko (7)Russia< 9 years
We and our world

Robert Breebaart (11)South Africa9–12 years
Global Heartbeat

Juan Edwin Kusmartin (10)Indonesia9–12 years
Living in a Globalized World In One Ark

Hayden Livingstone (15)New Zealand12–15 years
The World at my Fingertips – Remains a Puzzle

Helena Väinmaa (13)Estonia12–15 years
See the World Shining in Your Eyes!

Ana Carolina Otton Sarmanho (12)Brazilpublic vote
The World in a Click

Arian Karimi Jahromi (15)Iranpublic vote
Living in the Globalized World is like a music playing and continents are its alphabets. When you play all together it has meaning

2009
Dora Sakuntala (7)Indonesia
Let's Unite in Peaceful Heart

Landon Parish and Joy Jackson (8)USA
The Web of Global Connections

Adrienn Papp (8)Hungary
The Web of Global Connections

Karolina Grzabka (11)Poland
Living In a Global World

Beatriz Borroso Gstrein (12)Spain
Globalized World

Constanza Jaqueline Soto Lopez (12)Chilepublic vote
The Related World

Vanessa Giroto Muniz (12)Brazil
Internet Brings Knowledge to the World And Makes It Globalized

Alina Vakhitova (13)Russia
Children Should Not Cry For Sorrow

Benas Turskis (15)Lithuania
Entire System

Daniela Borislavova Karaivanova (15)Bulgaria
The Whole Wide World Is Open for Your Dreams

2007
Lukas Kareiva (7)Lithuania< 9 years (public vote)
A Lot Of Countries In One World

Bita Porrang (8)Iran< 9 years
Untitled

M Yafie Abdillah (8)Indonesia< 9 years
My Creation, My World

Samuel Zúñiga Vélez (9)Spain9–12 years (public vote)
I Want an Equal World For All

Alexandra Gavin (11)UK9–12 years
Many Nations, One World

Katarzyna Fojcik (11)Poland9–12 years (public vote)
Music Joins Us

Joanna Ivanova Ivanova (12)Bulgaria9–12 years
The World Peace in Childrens' Eyes

Marta Londzin (13)Poland13–15 years
We Have Different Colours of Skin, But We Are All Children

Svitlana Moskalenko (14)Ukraine13–15 years
Merry Dancing

Yasmin Ahmed Ali (14)Qatar13–15 years
Untitled

Rita Galkina (15)Russia13–15 years (public vote)
Mr. Humankind or the Faith in World Cosmopolism

Sama Salah Al Sayed (4)Qatarspecial award
All the World in a Balloon

Read the PDF report.
2005
Shashini Umasha Jayawardena (8)Sri Lanka< 9 years
Many Nations, One World

Michelle Yang (5)China< 9 years (public vote)
Friendship Forever

Moh. Afda (7)Indonesia< 9 years (public vote)
Holding Hands Among Nations, United In Peace

Vilius Skrinska (8)Lithuania< 9 years (public vote)
The Self-Portrait of the World

Saba Andalib (10)Iran9–12 years
Untitled

Biaoyunke Zhang (11)China9–12 years
The World Is Just Like a Chess

Kelsi Fraser-Easton (11)Canada9–12 years
Many Spots Make 1 World

Daiana Emilova Hadjiiska (12)Bulgaria9–12 years
Bulgaria Is A Friend With All Nations in the World

Holly Harrison (10)UK9–12 years (special)
A World Free From Hunger

Evelin Demeter (12)Romania9–12 years (special)
Help Our Earth!

Marcia Grieva (12)Russia9–12 years (special)
United Europe

Joanna Rozkosz (12)Poland9–12 years (public vote)
Pope Pilgrim United All Nations

Annamária Ferencz (12)Romania9–12 years (public vote)
Music Around Our World

Nayafakda Ihsania (10)Indonesia9–12 years (public vote)
Let's Make Our World Merrier With Smiles of United Nations

Magdalena Stanisławska (11)Poland9–12 years (public vote)
World's Wonders of Nature

Alicja Ogorzelska (13)Poland13–15 years (special)
We Are Great Family, Take Care of Our Home

Gintarė Kvietkutė (13)Lithuania13–15 years (special)
Many Nations, One World

Bar Omer and Liora Haimov (14)Israel13–15 years (jury+public)
Let's Stitch the World Together

Nicholas William (15)Indonesia13–15 years (jury+public)
Many Nations, One World

Polina Kosovskaya (15)Russia13–15 years (public vote)
Tsunami-2004

Read the PDF report.
2003
Jhonatan Costa Batista (4)Brazilspecial award
Human beings, signs of equality

Alessia Del Lungo (6)Italy
Children united round the world for a brighter future

Nayafakda Ihsania (8)Indonesia
Keep on the world and its content, don't break up by war!

Leny Vladimirova Mircheva (11)Bulgaria
The children and flowers will make a better world

Gabriella Fink and György Viszti (12)Hungary
Preserve the earth for future generations! (Pandaworld is a better world for children)

Patrycja Matuszewska (12)Poland
How good with parents

Zhenya Vidyapina (12)Russiaspecial award
Cherish our nature

Rachelle Domingo et al. (13)Canada
United pieces
by Rachelle Domingo, Michael Estalilla, Argielica Jumarang and Catherine Ambicki

Atayan Samvel (14)Belarusspecial award
Economical threatens for the children's life

Ben Hankins (14)UK
For the children make our world a better place

Tércio Silote (14)Brazil
It only depends on us! The world is in our hands

Ilse Wiehahn (15)South Africa
Making a better world for children

2001
Kristóf Bársony (8)Hungary
Wake up, Man! Perhaps It Is not too Late!

Ankita Lamba (11)India
Save the Earth

Jacqueline C Camargo (11)Brazil
Sauver la Terre: preserver l'environment aujourd'jui, c'est assurer la vie demain

Saba Sameti (11)Iran
Save the Earth

Michaela Klimentova (12)Slovakia
Untitled

Patricia Lan (12)Canada
Save the Earth

Bonnie Ras (14)South Africa
Save the Earth

Stelios Petrakis (15)Greece
Untitled
by Rachelle Domingo, Michael Estalilla, Argielica Jumarang and Catherine Ambicki

1999
Nikola Zlatanov (7)Bulgaria
The map of the world (La carte du monde)

Emmanouil Kopanezos (11)Greece
The olympic spirit unites people (L'espirit olympique unit les peuples)

Jósef Bodor (11)Hungary
Flower-world (Monde dans une fleur)

Kamila Sojka (12)Poland
Wild animals-Inhabitants of land and sea (Les animaux sauvages, habitants de la terre et de la mer)

Barry Thierno Hamidou (14)Guinea
Torch of liberty (Le flambeau de la liberté)

Mika Hayashi + Nagisa Kawasaki (14)Japan
Let's bloom flowers over the world (Faisons éclore des fleurs dans le monde entier)

Elizabeth Böhmer (15)Sweden
It's a hard world! (C'est un monde dur!) (note: painted on a rock)

Natalia Vadillo (15)Argentina
Materialism is not good for us (Le matérialisme n'est pas bon pour nous)

1997
Liiu Xinjian (10)China
Bridging for Friendship

Svytlana Feklyna (10)Ukraine
Together

Jacek Majewski (11)Poland
Is the Earth's Future Going to be Like This?

Spyros Talaganis (12)Greece
Bridging the continents

Anita Matković (14)Croatia
Compass Card

Margarita Ivette Villar M (15)Mexico
A Dream of a Happy Life

Mia Müller (15)South Africa
Sky Scrapers of the World

Karlie Weston (–)Australia
The World-Friendship Really Makes a Difference

1995
Stefan Thompson Folch (5)Chile
My World

Benjamin Nicholls (7)UK
Children Unite!

Łukasz Rybak (11)Poland
We preserve the environment of the earth together

Marissa Canciellieri (12)USA
The World is For Everyone

Nguyen Thi Phoung Anh (12)Vietnam
The World Map In My Cone Hat

Candice Winterboer (14)South Africa
Distribution of Endangered Wild-Life Due to Environmental Pollution

Julia Papp (14)Hungary
Solidarity

Kathryn Hamill (14)Australia
Abstract World Map, showing flags and features

Jana Duranková (15)Slovakia
Wonderful world of a child's dream

Jonathan Limones Lopez et al. (15)Spain
Untitled
by Jonathan Limones Lopez and Juan Jose Febrere Garcia

1993
André Nguyen Machiaverni (11)Brazil
Standing Up the World

Lekavicius Alfonsas (11)Lithuania
Peace in the World

Taiga Marthens (11)USA
The Horse Population of the World

Trihedi Oktianto (12)Indonesia
Untitled

Jana Duranková (13)Slovakia
Children Around the World

Yui Seito (13)Japan
Green Land

Henry Huang (14)UK
Greetings From the World

Ágnes Horváth (15)Hungary
No Smoking

Paul Bratu (15)Romania
Pomul Vietu

RM Sisara Samanmali Ratnayake (15)Sri lanka
Head, Ship, Tree

Pingback/Trackback
Mapas infantiles: los niños dibujan el mundo | Geografía Infinita
Dharmendrasinh mahendrasinh Chauhan says:
I am teaching drawing to children varying in age from 5 year to 25years. Many of my students have won prizes in various drawing competition held. It has come to my knowledge that your organization also held competition in drawing. So with this I kindly request your good self to send me detailed information along with participation forms of the competition so that students can participate.
Awaiting your encouraging reply,
Thanking You,
Yours faithfully,
Dharmendrasinh M. Chauhan.
TULIKA FOR CHILD ART
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Dharmendrasinh M. Chauhan,
Thank you for your question! The Barbara Petchenik Competition is organized in the following way: ICA member countries organize a national competition, whose winning entries are then forwarded to the international competition. The next competition will be held in 2015. Details will be published soon. I also forwarded your message to Jesus Reyes, chair of the ICA Commission on Cartography and Children. He will give you more details on how to proceed.
Best regards, Manuela Schmidt
Manuela Schmidt says:
Here is the answer from Jesus Reyes:
Pingback/Trackback
Concurso de Cartografia para Crianças 2015 – Prêmio Barbara Petchenik de Mapas Infantis | Cartografia
Pingback/Trackback
Barbara Petchenik International Children’s Map Competition – International Map Year Canada
dilhani says:
please send me a details about BARBARA PETCHENIC ART COMPETITION .
thank you
dilhani
Cristobal Cobo says:
I am interested in the new editions of the competition, 2017
thanks
Cristóbal
Pingback/Trackback
Greek Visually Impaired Pupils Win International Award for Making Tactile Map | GreekReporter.com