The acceptance of applications for the All-Russian Competition for the postage stamp and postcard has been completed. In total, the organizers received more than 500 contest entries made in various techniques.
The Arts Council of the Competition has determined its finalists.
These are the artworks rated the best in the Author's Postcard category:
1. Yulia Semitko, Moscow, With Love from Russia (fig. 1)
Fig. 1
2. Zinaida Farmanova, Barnaul, With Love from Russia (fig. 2)
Fig. 2
3. Ekaterina Dimitryuk, Kuzbass, My Russia (fig. 3)
Fig. 3
4. Anna Votintseva, Krasnodar, My Russia is My Soul! (fig. 4)
Fig. 4
5. Svetlana Tokarenko, Saint Petersburg, I Love Russia! (fig. 5)
Fig. 5
The winner in the Postage Stamp category is Olga Mantserova, Moscow, with her work Symbols of Russia (fig. 6).
Fig. 6
The participation in the Competition required from applicants to submit works made in various techniques meeting the technical requirements for competitive works: author's graphics (drawing, watercolor, etc.), limited edition graphics (lithography, etching, linocut printing, dry point, etc.), collage, computer graphics (graphic design, communication design, etc.), painting, and photography (for a postcard).
Based on the sketches of the Competition winners, JSC Marka will produce Print Runs of state valuable postal matter. In addition, the winners in each category of the Competition will receive author’s fee.
Besides, online voting for the Audience Choice Award is announced! Please, visit the Competition page to vote for your favorite works of the participants!
Audience voting will be held on September 1 through 14 of 2025.
You can see the finalists’ artworks and cast your vote for your favorite work in the Postcard category; and in the Stamp category.
The competition was held from July 1 through August 24 by JSC Marka with support from the Moscow Branch of the Union of Artists of Russia and the Union of Philatelists of Russia. The participants in the Competition were citizens of the Russian Federation: professional artists, including students and graduates of art institutions as well as non-professional artists aged 18 y.o. and older.
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