Barbara Petchenik Children’s World Map Drawing Competition International Cartographic Association

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.

The Petchenik Competition 2019 is now open!

Please read the invitation by ICA President Menno-Jan Kraak.
The following documents are provided:

List of national organizers (as of February 15, 2019)
Complete rules
Rules for teachers and parents
Parent permission form: the permission form that should be signed by parents or legal representatives
Author data form: an optional data form to be annexed to the drawings selected for the international competition
Rules for the national coordinators

2017

Members of the jury

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.

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Kenya Kesuma Dewi (5)
Indonesia
< 6 years, 1^st place

Crafting Our Dreams on the Land of Indonesia

Taja Koša (5)
Slovenia
< 6 years, 2^nd place

Map of Life

Alicia Fleming (5)
Australia
< 6 years, 3^rd place

My Happy World

Oh Eun Ju (8)
South-Korea
6–8 years, 1^st place

Map, Communicate with the World

Preslava Ivanova (8)
Bulgaria
6–8 years, 2^nd place

The World is in our Hands

Beatrice Leoutsakou (8)
Greece
6–8 years, 3^rd place

Drawing Maps

Noemi Sanchez Avramova et al. (12)
Spain
9–12 years, 1^st place

Oronce Fine through our eyes
by Noemi Sanchez Avramova & Alba Serrano Suarez (12)

Okubo Kasumi (9)
Japan
9–12 years, 2^nd place

Happy Earth!

Klara Zagórska (11)
Poland
9–12 years, 3^rd place

We Love Maps

Ioana Larisa Guriţǎ (13)
Romania
> 12 years, 1^st place

We Love Maps

Rebecca Kneale et al. (15)
New Zealand
> 12 years, 2^nd place

Through a Child's Eyes
by Rebecca Kneale & Akira McTavish-Huriwai (15)

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

World Map

Champ Turner (15)
USA
Public vote

Our Path for Exploration

Urtėja Kardašiūtė
Lithuania
Creativity Award

Friends

Phoebe McClean
New Zealand
Creativity Award

Trumps World

2015

Members of the jury

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

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Adam Paketur (5)
Lithuania
< 6 years, 1^st place

I live here

Aleksandra Garkova (5)
Bulgaria
< 6 years, 2^nd place

The animals of the world

Ruwindya Indraratne (5)
Sri Lanka
< 6 years, 3^rd place

We'll fix the pieces to bring peace

Andraž Umek (8)
Slovenia
6–8 years, 1^st place

The whole world is on the same boat

Adristi Hita Andani (8)
Indonesia
6–8 years, 2^nd place

Our Earth and Pollutions

Luka H.del Avellano et al. (8)
Mexico
6–8 years, 3^rd place

We are part of all
by Luka H.del Avellano and Luana N.Salazar Harder

Alexandra Papadopoulou et al. (12)
Greece
9–12 years, 1^st 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)
Poland
9–12 years, 2^nd place

Europe is my home

Ada Maria Ciontu (11)
Romania
9–12 years, 3^rd place

Building bridges of peace across the world

Liao Zhiyuan (15)
China
>12 years, 1^st place

A world of lotus, a world of harmony

Valentina Sturcz (14)
Hungary
>12 years, 2^nd place

Let the music for everyone

Pan Sin Yi (15)
Malaysia
>12 years, 3^rd place + public

The world in our hands

2013

Members of the jury

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

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Keagen Madodzi (5)
South Africa
< 6 years, 1^st place

My Place in Today's World is a World Where Friends are Very Important to Me

Saulė Sinikovaitė (3)
Lithuania
< 6 years, 2^nd place

I Am at Home

Nazar Stolyarov (5)
Ukraine
< 6 years, 3^rd place

The Wide World Flies to Me

Zeva Su'azra Malaika (7)
Indonesia
6–8 years, 1^st place

Good and Bad Sides of My Todays World

Altuğ Namık Yavaş (8)
Turkey
6–8 years, 2^nd place

The World of My Dreams

Vojitha Heshan Herat (8)
Sri Lanka
6–8 years, 3^rd place

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Ada Maria Ciontu (9)
Romania
9–12 years, 1^st place

Happy Earth is Music to Our Ears

Wang Zhiling (12)
China
9–12 years, 2^nd place

Peace & Harmony

Florian Gruber & Lukas Schostal (12)
Austria
9–12 years, 3^rd place

One Among Many

Karina Balitskaya (13)
Russia
>12 years, 1^st place

Big Miracle by Little Hands

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

World Section

Beatriz Froehner (13)
Brazil
>12 years, 3^rd place

The World in My Face

Alla Sukhanova (15)
Russia
special jury award

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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:

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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.
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12 May 2014 at 7:37 am
- 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
  14 May 2014 at 4:42 pm
- Manuela Schmidt says:
  Here is the answer from Jesus Reyes:
  Thank you so much for contacting us and your interest in our competition. The next competition will be organized in the next year, and the updated rules, call for the competition and other documents will be placed to the website of the ICA Commission on Cartography and Children (http://lazarus.elte.hu/ccc/ccc.htm) and we are going to inform using also our Facebook profile (https://www.facebook.com/icaccc).
  If you visit the Commission website, you can find the General rules and other materials of interest for the participants in the competition.
  Best regards, Jesus Reyes
  16 May 2014 at 10:17 am
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dilhani says:
please send me a details about BARBARA PETCHENIC ART COMPETITION .
thank you
dilhani
6 July 2016 at 7:05 am
Cristobal Cobo says:
I am interested in the new editions of the competition, 2017
thanks
Cristóbal
14 August 2016 at 6:52 pm
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