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.

Call for the Barbara Petchenik Children's Map Competition 2023

You can find the invitation to the competition 2023 here. The following documents are provided:

General rules for the Barbara Petchenik Competition 2023
List of national organizers (as of April 16, 2023)
Rules for the national coordinators
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

2021

178 drawings from 32 countries were exhibited at ICC2021. The jury members were

José Jesús Reyes Nunez, Hungary – Chair
Ana María Garra, Argentina
Temenoujka Bandrova, Bulgaria
Naeema Al Hosani, United Arab Emirates
Catherine Njore, Kenya
Pilar Sánchez-Ortiz, Spain
Dariusz Dukaczewski, Poland
Riccardo Morri, Italy
Carla Sena, Brazil and Monika Kopecka, Slovakia – Substitute Members
Peter van der Krogt, The Netherlands – International Coordinator

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Ivayla Lazarova (5), Bulgaria, < 6 years, 1^st place

Elzė Marija Jakubėnaitė (4), Lithuania, < 6 years, 2^nd place

Lyyti Kalakoski (5), Finland, < 6 years, 3^rd place

Alfonsina Valdez Galli (7), Argentina, 6–8 years, 1^st place

Yang Se-Ha (7), Republic of Korea, 6–8 years, 2^nd place

Pavol Rybár (8), Slovakia, 6–8 years, 3^rd place

Matvei Pilko (10), Israel, 9–12 years, 1^st place

Magda Oswald (12), Croatia, 9–12 years, 2^nd place

Barnaby Blampied (11), Turkey, 9–12 years, 3^rd place

Angela Waiman (15), Indonesia, 13–15 years, 1^st place

Elmira Sabanchieva (13), Russia, 13–15 years, 2^nd place

Daniela N. Villacrés Ribadeneira (14), Ecuador, 13–15 years, 3^rd place

Pijus Jokubaitis (15), Lithuania, Creativity Award

Alfonsina Valdez Galli (7), Argentina, Public vote

New publication: The world drawn by children. Maps from the Barbara Petchenik International Competitions 2017 & 2019

The National Geographic Institute of Spain has published the book “The World drawn by children. Barbara Petchenik International Competitions 2017 & 2019 / El mundo dibujado por los niños. Concursos Internacionales Barbara Petchenik 2017 y 2019” as a tribute to the 150th anniversary of its foundation.

This book has been created thanks to the valuable contribution of the ICA Commission on Cartography & Children and the remarkable cooperation of the Spanish Society for Cartography, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. However, above all, it could only come into fruition thanks to the wonderful drawings made by children competing in the 2017 and 2019 editions of the international competition. This competition is organised by the ICA and aims to promote creative representation of the world as seen by schoolchildren, to strengthen geographic and cartographic knowledge and to make participants aware of the world in which they live, favouring understanding and preservation.

The pdf-version of the book can be downloaded here (35mb).

More books on the Barbara Petchenik Children's Map Competition can be found here.

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

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Bianca Belović (5), Slovenia, < 6 years, 1^st place

Ye Shangke (5), China, < 6 years, 2^nd place

Tara D. J. Suprapto (5), Indonesia, < 6 years, 3^rd place

Liepa Jokubaitytė (7), Lithuania, 6–8 years, 1^st place

Micah Allen Setianto Moore (8), Australia, 6–8 years, 2^nd place

Luca Kunos (7), Hungary, 6–8 years, 3^rd place

Kim Min-Chan (12), Korea, 9–12 years, 1^st place

Barnaby Blampied (9), New Zealand, 9–12 years, 2^nd place

Hande Körbalta (9), Turkey, 9–12 years, 3^rd place

Rada Skumova (15), Bulgaria, 13–15 years, 1^st place

Agata Filipiak (14), Poland, 13–15 years, 2^nd place

Katarína Šáleková (15), Slovakia, 13–15 years, 3^rd 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, 1^st place

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Micaela Mendoz (15), Argentina, > 12 years, 3^rd 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, 1^st place

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maria Piątkowska (12), Poland, 9–12 years, 2^nd place

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

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

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

Pan Sin Yi (15), Malaysia, >12 years, 3^rd 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, 1^st place

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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