The Barbara Petchenik Award was launched by the International Cartographic Association (ICA) in 1993 as a memorial to Barbara Petchenik, vice-president of that society and a cartographer who worked with maps and children all her life. The awards are given every two years during an international cartographic conference, preferably at least one for each continent, with special attention given to the age of the child who created the artwork. The goals of the competition are to promote children's creative representation of the world in graphic form, to improve their cartographic perception and perception of the environment.

The magic of togetherness in future, Pia Ričko (5), Mura Gadže Radulović (6), Ameli Hajdin (6), Dječji vrtić “Dječji svijet”, Varaždin

The competition in Croatia was held in 2023 by the Croatian Cartographic Society. 101 children's works of art were submitted to the competition (Table 1).

The committee consisting of Prof. Emer. Miljenko Lapaine, Prof. Damir Medak, Assist. Prof. Ivka Kljajić, Assist. Prof. Ana Kuveždić Divjak, Assist. Prof. Marina Viličić, Andrea Miletić, mag. ing. geod. et geoinf. and Karlo Kević, mag. ing. geod. et geoinf. from the Faculty of Geodesy of the University of Zagreb chose six best children's art works on the topic A map of my future world (Table 2).

The papers, together with the collected parental consents, were sent to Dr. Peter van der Krogt, the international coordinator.

The children's works of art listed in Table 2 were exhibited at the exhibition of children's drawings as part of the 31st International Cartographic Conference in Cape Town, 13–18 August 2023.

We would like to thank all the contestants and their mentors who submitted works to the competition. Congratulations to those who were selected and whose artwork was exhibited at the exhibition in Cape Town, 13-18 August 2023.

Children's art works that were exhibited at previous international exhibitions are archived in the Archives and Research Collections at Carleton University Library in Canada and are being prepared for publication on the Internet (see https://childrensmaps.library.carleton.ca/).

Experiment, Chantal Šprah Dajić (14), OŠ Veruda Pula, Pula

269 names of the sun, Nives Delić (15), Škola primjenjene umjetnosti i dizajna, Osijek

Nagradu Barbara Petchenik pokrenulo je Međunarodno kartografsko društvo (International Cartographic Association – ICA) 1993. godine kao uspomenu na Barbaru Petchenik, dopredsjednicu toga društva i kartografkinju koja je cijeli život radila s kartama i djecom. Nagrade se dodjeljuju svake druge godine za vrijeme međunarodne kartografske konferencije, po mogućnosti barem jedna za svaki kontinent, s posebnom pažnjom posvećenom dobi djeteta koje je izradilo likovni rad. Ciljevi natjecanja su promoviranje dječjeg kreativnog prikazivanja svijeta u grafičkom obliku, poboljšanje njihove kartografske percepcije i percepcije okoline.

My fantasy world, Dina Galić (11), Una Opačić (11), OŠ Ivanec, Ivanec

Natjecanje u Hrvatskoj provelo je 2023. godine Hrvatsko kartografsko društvo. Na natječaj je stigao 101 dječji likovni rad (Tablica 1).

Table 1. Overview of received children's art works in the competition that was organized by the Croatian Cartographic Society in 2023 / Tablica 1. Pregled pristiglih dječjih likovnih radova na natječaju u organizaciji Hrvatskoga kartografskog društva 2023. godine

Povjerenstvo u sastavu prof. emer. Miljenko Lapaine, prof. dr. sc. Damir Medak, doc. dr. sc. Ivka Kljajić, doc. dr. sc. Ana Kuveždić Divjak, doc. dr. sc. Marina Viličić, Andrea Miletić, mag. ing. geod. et geoinf. i Karlo Kević, mag. ing. geod. et geoinf. s Geodetskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu izabralo je šest najboljih dječjih likovnih radova na temu "Karta mojega budućeg svijeta" (A map of my future world) (Tablica 2). Radovi su zajedno s prikupljenim suglasnostima roditelja poslani dr Peteru van der Krogtu, međunarodnom koordinatoru.

Dječji likovni radovi navedeni u tablici 2 bili su izloženi na izložbi dječjih radova u sklopu 31. međunarodne kartografske konferencije u Cape Townu, 13–18. kolovoza 2023.

Table 2. Selected children's art works from Croatia for the exhibition in Cape Town, 13–18 August 2023. Oredred by the author age. / Tablica 2. Odabrani dječji likovni radovi iz Hrvatske za izložbu u Cape Townu, 13–18. kolovoza 2023. Redoslijed po starosti autora.

L’envergure de la vie est comme l’envergure des ailes d’un papillon, Danica Šestak (13), OŠ Augusta Šenoe, Zagreb

Zahvaljujemo svim natjecateljima i njihovim mentorima koji su poslali radove na natječaj. Čestitamo onima koji su izabrani i čiji su likovni radovi bili izloženi na izložbi u Cape Townu, 13–18. kolovoza 2023.

Dječji likovni radovi koji su bili izloženi na prethodnim međunarodnim izložbama arhiviraju se u Arhivsko-istraživačkim zbirkama Knjižnice Sveučilišta Carleton u Kanadi (Archives and Research Collections at Carleton University Library) i pripremaju za objavljivanje na internetu (vidi https://childrensmaps.library.carleton.ca/).

What about my home?, Lucija Drlje (15), Škola primjenjene umjetnosti i dizajna, Osijek