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.
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2019
Members of the Jury
188 drawings from 33 countries were exhibited at ICC2019. The jury members were
- Pilar Sánchez-Ortiz Rodríguez, Spain – Chair
- Ana María Garra, Argentina
- Temenoujka Bandrova, Bulgaria
- Simon Catling, Great Britain
- Koji Ohnishi, Japan
- Dariusz Dukaczewski, Poland
- Necla Ulugtekin, Turkey
- Naeema Al Hosani, United Arab Emirates
- Carla Sena, Brazil and Jesus Reyes, Hungary – Substitute Members
- Peter van der Krogt, The Netherlands – International Coordinator
Bianca Belović (5), Slovenia, < 6 years, 1st place
Ye Shangke (5), China, < 6 years, 2nd place
Tara D. J. Suprapto (5), Indonesia, < 6 years, 3rd place
Liepa Jokubaitytė (7), Lithuania, 6–8 years, 1st place
Micah Allen Setianto Moore (8), Australia, 6–8 years, 2nd place
Luca Kunos (7), Hungary, 6–8 years, 3rd place
Kim Min-Chan (12), Korea, 9–12 years, 1st place
Barnaby Blampied (9), New Zealand, 9–12 years, 2nd place
Hande Körbalta (9), Turkey, 9–12 years, 3rd place
Rada Skumova (15), Bulgaria, 13–15 years, 1st place
Agata Filipiak (14), Poland, 13–15 years, 2nd place
Katarína Šáleková (15), Slovakia, 13–15 years, 3rd place
Noemí Sánchez (14), Spain, Public vote
Ugnė Rimkutė (15), Lithuania, Creativity Award
Robert Hopjan (11), Czech Republic, Special Mention
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.
Kenya Kesuma Dewi (5), Indonesia, < 6 years, 1st place
Taja Koša (5), Slovenia, < 6 years, 2nd place
Alicia Fleming (5), Australia, < 6 years, 3rd place
Oh Eun Ju (8), South-Korea, 6–8 years, 1st place
Preslava Ivanova (8), Bulgaria, 6–8 years, 2nd place
Beatrice Leoutsakou (8), Greece, 6–8 years, 3rd place
Noemi Sanchez Avramova et al. (12), Spain, 9–12 years, 1st place
Okubo Kasumi (9), Japan, 9–12 years, 2nd place
Klara Zagórska (11), Poland, 9–12 years, 3rd place
Ioana Larisa Guriţǎ (13), Romania, > 12 years, 1st place
Rebecca Kneale et al. (15), New Zealand, > 12 years, 2nd place
Micaela Mendoz (15), Argentina, > 12 years, 3rd place
Champ Turner (15), USA, Public vote
Urtėja Kardašiūtė, Lithuania, Creativity Award
Phoebe McClean, New Zealand, Creativity Award
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
Adam Paketur (5), Lithuania, < 6 years, 1st place
Aleksandra Garkova (5), Bulgaria, < 6 years, 2nd place
Ruwindya Indraratne (5), Sri Lanka, < 6 years, 3rd place
Andraž Umek (8), Slovenia, 6–8 years, 1st place
Adristi Hita Andani (8), Indonesia, 6–8 years, 2nd place
Luka H.del Avellano et al. (8), Mexico, 6–8 years, 3rd place
Alexandra Papadopoulou et al. (12), Greece, 9–12 years, 1st place
Maria Piątkowska (12), Poland, 9–12 years, 2nd place
Ada Maria Ciontu (11), Romania, 9–12 years, 3rd place
Liao Zhiyuan (15), China, >12 years, 1st place
Valentina Sturcz (14), Hungary, >12 years, 2nd place
Pan Sin Yi (15), Malaysia, >12 years, 3rd place + public
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
Keagen Madodzi (5), South Africa, < 6 years, 1st place
Saulė Sinikovaitė (3), Lithuania, < 6 years, 2nd place
Nazar Stolyarov (5), Ukraine, < 6 years, 3rd place
Zeva Su'azra Malaika (7) , Indonesia, 6–8 years, 1st place
Altuğ Namık Yavaş (8), Turkey, 6–8 years, 2nd place
Vojitha Heshan Herat (8), Sri Lanka, 6–8 years, 3rd place
Ada Maria Ciontu (9), Romania, 9–12 years, 1st place
Wang Zhiling (12), China, 9–12 years, 2nd place
Florian Gruber & Lukas Schostal (12), Austria, 9–12 years, 3rd place
Karina Balitskaya (13), Russia, >12 years, 1st place
Amy Wang (13), New Zealand, >12 years, 2nd place + public
Beatriz Froehner (13), Brazil, >12 years, 3rd place
Alla Sukhanova (15), Russia, special jury award
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
Alisa Yurchenko (7), Russia, < 9 years
Robert Breebaart (11), South Africa, 9–12 years
Juan Edwin Kusmartin (10), Indonesia, 9–12 years
Hayden Livingstone (15), New Zealand, 12–15 years
Helena Väinmaa (13), Estonia, 12–15 years
Ana Carolina Otton Sarmanho (12), Brazil, public vote
Arian Karimi Jahromi (15), Iran, public vote
2009
Dora Sakuntala (7), Indonesia
Landon Parish and Joy Jackson (8), USA
Adrienn Papp (8), Hungary
Karolina Grzabka (11), Poland
Beatriz Borroso Gstrein (12), Spain
Constanza Jaqueline Soto Lopez (12), Chile, public vote
Vanessa Giroto Muniz (12), Brazil
Alina Vakhitova (13), Russia
Benas Turskis (15), Lithuania
Daniela Borislavova Karaivanova (15), Bulgaria
2007
Lukas Kareiva (7), Lithuania, < 9 years (public vote)
Bita Porrang (8), Iran, < 9 years
M Yafie Abdillah (8), Indonesia, < 9 years
Samuel Zúñiga Vélez (9), Spain, 9–12 years (public vote)
Alexandra Gavin (11), UK, 9–12 years
Katarzyna Fojcik (11), Poland, 9–12 years (public vote)
Joanna Ivanova Ivanova (12), Bulgaria, 9–12 years
Marta Londzin (13), Poland, 13–15 years
Svitlana Moskalenko (14), Ukraine, 13–15 years
Yasmin Ahmed Ali (14), Qatar, 13–15 years
Rita Galkina (15), Russia, 13–15 years (public vote)
Sama Salah Al Sayed (4), Qatar, special award
Read the PDF report.
2005
Shashini Umasha Jayawardena (8), Sri Lanka, < 9 years
Michelle Yang (5), China, < 9 years (public vote)
Moh. Afda (7), Indonesia, < 9 years (public vote)
Vilius Skrinska (8) , Lithuania, < 9 years (public vote)
Saba Andalib (10), Iran, 9–12 years
Biaoyunke Zhang (11), China, 9–12 years
Kelsi Fraser-Easton (11), Canada, 9–12 years
Daiana Emilova Hadjiiska (12), Bulgaria, 9–12 years
Holly Harrison (10), UK, 9–12 years (special)
Evelin Demeter (12), Romania, 9–12 years (special)
Marcia Grieva (12), Russia, 9–12 years (special)
Joanna Rozkosz (12) , Poland, 9–12 years (public vote)
Annamária Ferencz (12) , Romania, 9–12 years (public vote)
Nayafakda Ihsania (10) , Indonesia, 9–12 years (public vote)
Magdalena Stanisławska (11) , Poland, 9–12 years (public vote)
Alicja Ogorzelska (13), Poland, 13–15 years (special)
Gintarė Kvietkutė (13), Lithuania, 13–15 years (special)
Bar Omer and Liora Haimov (14), Israel, 13–15 years (jury+public)
Nicholas William (15), Indonesia, 13–15 years (jury+public)
Polina Kosovskaya (15) , Russia, 13–15 years (public vote)
Read the PDF report.
2003
Jhonatan Costa Batista (4), Brazil, special award
Alessia Del Lungo (6), Italy
Nayafakda Ihsania (8), Indonesia
Leny Vladimirova Mircheva (11), Bulgaria
Gabriella Fink and György Viszti (12), Hungary
Patrycja Matuszewska (12), Poland
Zhenya Vidyapina (12), Russia, special award
Rachelle Domingo et al. (13), Canada
Atayan Samvel (14), Belarus, special award
Ben Hankins (14), UK
Tércio Silote (14), Brazil
Ilse Wiehahn (15), South Africa
2001
Kristóf Bársony (8), Hungary
Ankita Lamba (11), India
Jacqueline C Camargo (11), Brazil
Saba Sameti (11), Iran
Michaela Klimentova (12), Slovakia
Patricia Lan (12), Canada
Bonnie Ras (14), South Africa
Stelios Petrakis (15), Greece
1999
Nikola Zlatanov (7), Bulgaria
Emmanouil Kopanezos (11), Greece
Jósef Bodor (11), Hungary
Kamila Sojka (12), Poland
Barry Thierno Hamidou (14), Guinea
Mika Hayashi + Nagisa Kawasaki (14), Japan
Elizabeth Böhmer (15), Sweden
Natalia Vadillo (15), Argentina
1997
Liiu Xinjian (10), China
Svytlana Feklyna (10), Ukraine
Jacek Majewski (11), Poland
Spyros Talaganis (12), Greece
Anita Matković (14), Croatia
Margarita Ivette Villar M (15), Mexico
Mia Müller (15), South Africa
Karlie Weston (–), Australia
1995
Stefan Thompson Folch (5), Chile
Benjamin Nicholls (7), UK
Łukasz Rybak (11), Poland
Marissa Canciellieri (12), USA
Nguyen Thi Phoung Anh (12), Vietnam
Candice Winterboer (14), South Africa
Julia Papp (14), Hungary
Kathryn Hamill (14), Australia
Jana Duranková (15), Slovakia
Jonathan Limones Lopez et al. (15), Spain
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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.
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:
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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
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