The organizing committee of the 11th International Animal Cartoon Contest, Belgrade 2026, has announced the winners of this year’s competition, organized by the Animal Cartoon Portal, Informatika Belgrade, and the Belgrade Zoo.
The competition attracted 343 participants from 56 countries, who submitted a total of 1,372 cartoons on the theme “Domestic Animals.” The contest celebrated the creativity, humor, and artistic talent of cartoonists from around the world.
THE WINNERS
First Prize: Klaus Pitter – 🇦🇹 Austria
Second Prize: Igor Vartchenko – 🇨🇾 Cyprus
Third Prize: Soltan Soltanli – 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
Lazo Sredanović Dikan Prize: Nedjeljko Ubović – 🇷🇸 Serbia
DIPLOMAS
The organizing committee also awarded diplomas to the following 16 cartoonists:
🇹🇭 Tawan Chuntraskawvong – Thailand
🇹🇷 Bedirhan Akagunduz – Turkey
🇨🇳 Fan Lintao – China
🇮🇷 Tayebe Khalili Mehr – Iran
🇪🇸 Eduardo Baamonde – Spain
🇷🇺 Vorontsov Nikolai – Russia
🇷🇴 Marian Avramescu – Romania
🇮🇷 Saeed Sadeghi Naghdali – Iran
🇷🇴 Doru Axinte – Romania
🇷🇺 Valentin Druzhinin – Russia
🇷🇸 Sava Babić – Serbia
🇺🇿 Makhmudjon Eshonkulov – Uzbekistan
🇷🇺 Sergei Semendyaev – Russia
🇺🇦 Oleg Gutsol – Ukraine
🇩🇪 Yousef Alimohammadi – Germany
🇷🇸 Vladimir Stevović Beluga – Serbia
Iran Cartoon congratulates all the winners and diploma recipients of the 11th International Animal Cartoon Contest, Belgrade 2026, and wishes them continued success, inspiration, and creativity!
