Final results of the 15th International Cartoon Contest, Kyrenia 2026, Cyprus

MUNICIPALITY OF KYRENIA

CYPRIOT – TURKISH CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION

25. INTERNATIONAL OLIVE FESTIVAL

INTERNATIONAL OLIVE HUMOR FESTIVAL

15. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST 2026

(KYRENIA – CYPRUS)

FINAL RESULTS

INTERNATIONAL JURY MEMBERS:

Murat Şenkul (Cyprus), M. Serhan Gazioğlu (Cyprus), Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria), Musa Keklik (Turkey), Musa Kayra (Cyprus), Zafer Tutkulu (Cyprus), Hüseyin Çakmak (Cyprus).

Evaluation Date:

15 – 18 June 2026

Dome Otel (Kyrenia – Cyprus)

Country: 44

Participants: 148

Works:586

PRIZES

OLIVE SECTION

(See prize-winning cartoons on kozyurt)

First Prize: 800 Euro + Golden Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person: Ömer Çam (Turkey)

Second Prize: 500 Euro + Silver Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person: Alessandro Gatto (Italia)

Third Prize: 300 Euro + Bronze Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person: Konstantin Kazanchev (Ukraine)

FREE SECTION

First Prize: 800 Euro + Golden Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person:

Slobodan Butir (Croatia) (Top)

Second Prize: 500 Euro + Silver Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person:

Oğuz Gürel (Turkey)

Third Prize: 300 Euro + Bronze Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person:

Jugoslav Vlahovic (Serbia)

SPECIAL PRIZES – OLIVE SECTION

(See prize-winning cartoons on kozyurt)

Uğur Pamuk (Turkey)

Rouhollah Z. Rola (Belgium)

Ali Miraee (Iran)

Mete Ağaoğlu (Turkey)

Assad Bina Khahi (Germany)

Manuel Arriaga (Spain)

Tomasz Rogowsky (Poland)

Huey Nguyenhuu (USA)

Mustafa Kurmalı (Turkey)

Mümin Durmaz (Turkey)

Hayrettin Oturgan (Turkey)

Mehmet Zeber (Turkey)

SPECIAL PRIZES – FREE SECTION

Firuz Kutal (Norway)

Makhmud Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan)

Konstantin Kazanchev (Ukraine)

Gerald Peigneux (France)

Mihaly Kos (Hungary)

Javier Cubero Torres (Cuba)

Agus Harsanta (Indonesia)

Boboc Mihai Gabriel (Romania)

Arif Albayrak (North Cyprus)

Özcan Çalışkan (Turkey)

Fahriye Çıtaklı (Turkey)

Tomasz Rogowsky (Poland)

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Free theme finalists in the 15th Kyrenia International Cartoon Contest 2026, Cyprus

MUNICIPALITY OF KYRENIA

CYPRIOT – TURKISH CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION

25. INTERNATIONAL OLIVE FESTIVAL

INTERNATIONAL OLIVE HUMOR FESTIVAL

15. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST 2026

(KYRENIA – CYPRUS)

INTERNATIONAL JURY MEMBERS:

Murat Şenkul (Cyprus), M. Serhan Gazioğlu (Cyprus), Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria), Musa Keklik (Turkey), Musa Kayra (Cyprus), Zafer Tutkulu (Cyprus), Hüseyin Çakmak (Cyprus).

Evaluation Date: 15 – 18 June 2026

Dome Otel (Kyrenia – Cyprus)

Countries: 44

Participants: 148

Works:586

CARTOONS FOR OBJECTION

Dear cartoonists and cartoonist organization officials: 

We are sending the cartoons that the 15th International Cartoon Contest Selection Committee scored and determined as finalists for objection. 

These cartoons may be similar, imitated or copied. They might have won an award in another contest before. Please report these cartoons (providing the exact date and documentation). Documented cartoons will be canceled and other cartoons with high scores will be taken into consideration. 

The objection period is until July 15, 2026 (24.00 at night – Cyprus Time.) 

The necessary documents and information in this regard should be sent to olivecartoons@gmail.com 

Objections without an exact date and documentation will not be taken into consideration. 

ORGANIZING COMMITTE

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FINALIST OLIVE THEME CARTOONS

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The 5th CARTUNION Cartoon Contest 2026, USA

Drawing by Vasiliy Alexandrov, design by Yuri Manaev

Sometimes all you want is a good laugh and a chance to forget, if only for a moment, about everything that's going on in the world. If that sounds like you, join the "Just Funny" cartoon contest! 

The contest is being held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the CARTUNION cartoonists' forum, a milestone we're celebrating today. We're looking for genuinely funny cartoons on any subject—drawings so amusing that even the Muse of Cartooning couldn't help but laugh. 

The best entries will be selected by an international jury consisting of: 

Vasiliy Alexandrov (Russia) 

Ilja Bereznickas (Lithuania) 

Mikhail Zlatkovsky (Russia) 

Andrey Feldshteyn (USA) 

Ivaylo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria) 

1. The theme for the 5th CARTUNION Cartoon Contest is: "Just Funny!" 

Please send us really funny cartoons which make you laugh. 

2. Anybody can participate in the contest if he or she is older than eighteen years of age. 

3. Three prizes will be awarded: a first prize of $700, a second prize of $500 and a third prize of $300. All sums are in US dollars. 

Ten additional cartoons will receive the Honors Diplomas (in electronic form). 

4. Participants may submit up to three cartoons. Please do not submit works already awarded at any other cartoon contests. 

5. Cartoons produced with the help of artificial intelligence are not accepted! 

6. The cartoon format should be A4 (21 x 29.7 cm), JPG, RGB, resolution 300 dpi. The maximum size for a single file is 3 MB. 

7. Please send submission by e-mail to: justfunnycartoon@gmail.com 

8. The participant name, address, telephone and short biography should be included in submission. 

9. Please write your name and country in the "Subject" line of your email submission (Smith_Australia). 

10. Please name the submitted files as follows: Last Name_First Name_Country_work number (Smith_John_Australia_2). 

11. By entering the contest, participant confirms that he or she is the author of the works and agrees that the Contest Organizer has the right to publish works on the Internet or other media, as well as to use them in any other way without restriction. By sending works, author agrees that Contest Organizer has the right to reproduce copies free of charge for publication on electronic resources, in print media and other sources without additional approvals and rewards. The work submitted to the Contest must not violate copyrights or infringe on the rights of others, violate confidentiality or contain defamation and insult against any company or person. The Contest Organizer will not be held liable if the participants do not take these rules into account. Participants pledge to release the Organizer in case of any claims by third parties which may arise if these conditions are not met. 

12. The Jury of the Contest is not responsible for cases of plagiarism and is expecting that cartoonists will help the Jury to identify such works. Shortlist of award nominees will be shown to the general public shortly before the final results are announced. 

13. The contest catalog will be posted online. 

14. The deadline for entries is Saturday, October 31st, 2026. The results will be announced in November of 2026. 

15. The Contest Organizer is International Forum Cartunion: http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum. 

Contest conditions: viewtopic.php?f=58&t=19423&p=137731#p137731 

Forum Administrator is Andrey Feldshteyn (USA). 

Source: cartoonblues .