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Winners Gallery

Award Winners Gallery

First, second and third prize winners of the Niels Bugge Cartoon Award, from the 2nd edition in 2013 through the 5th edition in 2017.

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Winners by year

The award has been organised by Foreningen Niels Bugges Cartoon Awards, and has been held annually since at least 2013. Each edition set a theme that the winning cartoons responded to.

5th

Niels Bugge Cartoon Award 2017

Theme: Artificial Intelligence

Cartoon artwork in muted tones with visible film grain

First prize

Pieter De Jaegher

Belgium

Award emblem illustration in flat colours on a light background

Second prize

Olexandr Pshenianykov

Ukraine

Cartoon artwork with visible grain in warm dark tones

Third prize

Vladan Nikolic

Serbia

4th

Niels Bugge Cartoon Award 2015

Humorous cartoon drawing with visible film grain and flat colour

First prize

Angel Boligán

Mexico

Bold ink cartoon illustration on a pale ground

Second prize

Darko Drljevic

Montenegro

Grainy monochrome cartoon drawing with expressive line work

Third prize

Markus Grolik

Germany

3rd

Niels Bugge Cartoon Award 2014

Political cartoon with visible grain in earthy colours

First prize

Andrei Popov

Russia

Satirical cartoon illustration with textured film grain

Second prize

Bruce Mackinnon

Canada

Grainy black and white cartoon drawing with strong outlines

Third prize

Pawel Kuczynski

Poland

2nd

Niels Bugge Cartoon Award 2013

Cartoon portrait rendering with visible film grain

First prize

J Bosco

Brazil

Line-drawn cartoon figure with textured grain

Second prize

Tony Tasco

Belgium

Editorial cartoon in soft muted colours with visible grain

Third prize

Riber Hansson

Sweden

The 6th Niels Bugge Cartoon Award was postponed, with new details to be announced.

For the terms, conditions and submissions, see www.nielsbuggeaward.org.

The Niels Bugge Cartoon Award is presented as a world championship for cartoonists, an international competition where professional and amateur draughtsmen are judged on the power of their ideas, humour and craft. Each edition is built around a single theme that the submitted cartoons respond to, ranging from the philosophical to the playful, and the winning works are collected in a printed catalogue. The award is organised by the association behind it and has been held annually for many years, giving cartoonists from dozens of countries a recurring platform for recognition.

The winners gallery gathers the first, second and third prize recipients from each edition, so visitors can browse the laureates year by year and study how different artists interpreted the same theme. Themes have included Utopia, Artificial Intelligence and other subjects suited to social commentary and satire. Alongside the gallery, the catalogues preserve the full selection of drawings from every edition, offering a broad survey of international cartooning. Prize placements are listed plainly, making it easy to follow the shortlist and revisit the cartoons that carried the competition.

At a glance

What the winners' pages cover.

2013–2017 Five editions with published prize winners are listed here, from the 2nd award onwards.

3 places First, second and third prize are recorded for every edition with announced results.

Worldwide Cartoonists from Europe, the Americas and Asia are among the listed prizewinners.

See the cartoons in print

The catalogues collect winning cartoons and finalists from the previous years, and are available from 2013 to 2016, including the Boligan special.

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