148 Cartoonists from 44 Countries Participate in the 15th International Cartoon Competition Kyrenia 2026

The participation results of the 15th International Cartoon Competition 2026 – Kyrenia, Cyprus have been announced. According to the organizers, 148 cartoonists from 44 countries submitted a total of 586 artworks.

The competition received 317 cartoons in the “Olive” category and 269 cartoons in the “Free Theme” category.

Participating countries include the USA, Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Belarus, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, China, Indonesia, Estonia, France, Guatemala, Croatia, Netherlands, Iran, Spain, Italy, Japan, Canada, Montenegro, Cyprus, Kosovo, North Cyprus, North Macedonia, Cuba, Luxembourg, Hungary, Mexico, Egypt, Norway, Uzbekistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Türkiye, Ukraine and Greece.

The participating cartoonists are:

USA: Huey Nguyenhuu

Germany: Assad Bina Khahi, Helmut Jacek, Steffen Jahsnowski

Argentina: Fernando Sosa

Belgium: Bossens Philippe, Luc Vernimmen, Rouhollah Zamzameh Rola

Belarus: Oleg Gutsol

United Arab Emirates: Rolando L. Antonio Jr.

United Kingdom: Ayhan Alkan

Brazil: Elcio D. R. Amorim Edra, Ronaldo Cunha Dias

Bulgaria: Valentin Georgiev, Zidarov Veselin

Czech Republic: Roman Kubec

China: Jingyan Qi, Kuang Zuhai, Liu Qia Lian, Liu Qiang, Xu Lin, Wei Li, Yong Tao, Yu Shixin, Zhao Yun Sheng

Indonesia: Agus Harsant, Edi Dharma

Estonia: Roman Matkiewicz

France: Gerald Peigneux

Guatemala: Evelyn Soraya De Paz Samayoa

Croatia: Marko Ivić, Radko Maricic, Slobodan Butir

Netherlands: Anneke van Steijn, Peter Niuwendijik, Virgil Smits

Iran: Ali Miraee, Shahram Yaghoubi Majd

Spain: David Vela, Juli Sanchis Aguado, Manuel Arriaga

Italy: Alessandro Gatto, Alias Marzia Grossi, Athos Careghi

Japan: Yu Kimura, Yuji Komiya

Canada: Joseph G. Laquerre

Montenegro: Luka Lagator

Cyprus: Christakis Skoufaris, Igor Varchenko, Natalia Varchenko

Kosovo: Imri Musliu

North Cyprus: Arif Albayrak, Asal Sharafyektai, Buse Çelikdal, Mustafa C. Azizoğlu

North Macedonia: Keti Radevska, Tode Risto Blazevski

Cuba: Javier Cubero Torres, Pedro José Astrain Quintáns

Luxembourg: Pol Leurs

Hungary: Gergely Bacsa, Mihaly Kos

Mexico: Arturo Rosas

Egypt: Mohamed Amin Hassan El Shorbagy

Norway: Firuz Kutal

Uzbekistan: Farrux Teshaev, Husan Sodiqov, Makhmud Eshonkulov

Poland: Henryk Cebula, Katarzyna Beck, Tadeusz Krotos, Tomasz Rogowsky

Romania: Bartis Silviu, Boboc Mihai Gabriel, Borta Ambrozie Ovidiu, Chiorean Cornel-Marin, Constantin Pavel, Cornel Margin, Liviu Stanila, Sergiu Farcasanu

Russia: Mikhail Zlatkovsky, Victor Skopintsev, Vladimir Tyurin

Serbia: Goran Celicanin, Jugoslav Vlahović, Mileta Miloradovic, Miroslav Jakovljev, Sava Babic, Spiro Radulovic, Toso Borković, Vaso Krcmar

Slovakia: Darina Klickova, František Bojničan

Slovenia: Radko Oketic

Sri Lanka: Sumindra Sewvandi Wanniarachchi

Turkey: Ahmet Özalp, Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu, Aziz Yavuzdoğan, Bülent Okutan, Cemil Safitürk, Deniz İlker Kuruoğlu, Durmuş Evcüman, Elsin Altın, Esmer Hamza, Fahri Eyican, Fahriye Çıtaklı, Fatih Aksular, Feride Özşakacı, Fırat Saraç, Gürol Ustaömeroğlu, Hasan Ceylan, Hatice Çelenk, Hayrettin Oturgan, İbrahim Hilmi Acar, Kemal Özyurt, Kürşat Zaman, Lütfü Çakın, Mehmed Dağlı, Mehmet Kahraman, Mehmet Umut Uçar, Mehmet Zeber, Mete Ağaoğlu, Muammer Kotbaş, Muammer Olcay, Mustafa Kurmalı, Mustafa Yıldız, Mümin Bayram, Mümin Durmaz, Oğuz Gürel, Ola Seyid, Osman Akalın, Ömer Aksakal, Ömer Çam, Özcan Çalışkan, Recep Özcan, Saadet Demir Yalçın, Serdar Kıcıklar, Simge Çorumlu, Sudem Aktaş, Uğur Pamuk and Tamay Ertenoğlu.

Ukraine: Alexander Dubovsky, Konstantin Kazanchev, Valery Momot, Victor Holub, Vladimir Kazanevsky

Greece: Grigoris Georgiou

The results of the selection committee and the award-winning cartoons are expected to be announced in the coming days.