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The Record of the 15th International Antiwar Cartoons Salon
«Kragujevac 2009» Jury Session    

The 15th International Antiwar Cartoons Salon «Kragujevac 2009»
Jury members:
professor Spiro Radulovic, cartoonist, Toso Borkovic, cartoonist, Zigmunt Zaradkievicz,
 cartoonist from Warsaw, Jugoslav Vlahovic, cartoonist i proffessor
at the Academy of Fine Arts from the University of Arts in Belgrade, and
Miodrag Stojilovic, journalist and publicist, director of the Salon,
met in a session on September 11 and 12 2009 in Kragujevac, and
came to a conclusion that 544 entries of 238 authors from 50 countries from each
continent were made at the 15^th Salon. 
By reviewing entries the Jury chose cartoons to be displayed and published in the Cataloque,
and decided the following:  

The Grand Prix «The Peace Messanger» awarded by the International Association
of Peace Messanger Cities and €1.500  prize money goes to
Aristides Esteban Hernandez Guerrero, Havana, Cuba
                  
The Gold Plague and €1.000  prize money goes to
Doru Axinte, Tulcea, Romania
                   
The Silver Plague and €800 prize money goes to
Pawel Kuczynski, Police, Poland
                  
The Bronze Plague and €500 prize money goes to
Ross Thomson, Balcombe, Great Britan
       
The Mayor of Bydgoszc (Poland) Award amounts  €750 goes to
Ilya Katz, Haifa, Israel          
                  
The City of Ingolstadt (Germany) Award amounts €500
Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, Kragujevac, Serbia 

The City of Bielsko-Biala (Poland) Award amounts €500
Lazo Sredanovic, Radovici, Montenegro
                  
The City of Suresnes (France) Award amounts €500
Delcho Mihajlov, Skopje, Macedonia
                  
The City of Pitesti (Romania) Award amounts €500
Goran Celicanin, Varvarin, Serbia
                  
The City of Carrara (Italy) Award amounts €500
Darko Drljevic, Kolasin, Montenegro 

The Jury took decision to award the Diplomas of the Saloon to following
authors who were the strongest competitors:  

Athanasios Eftimijadis, Greece
Cheng Weit Zin, China
Lubomir Kotrha, Trencin, Slovac Republic
Jovan Prokopljevic, Serbia                  
Igor Varechenko, Cyprus. 

Among the works that came close to awards and acknowledgements,
 the Jury with pleasure distinguished the cartoons by the authors:

Serban Marion (Romania),
Sava Babic (Serbia),
 In-Kyu Kim (South Korea),
Musa Gumus (Turkey),
 Mileta Miloradovic (Serbia),
Agim Sulaj (Italy)
Goran Divac (Serbia). 

                  The Jury lined up of the four previous award winners,
proudly emphasizes the success of the 15th Salon, considering the number of authors and
enteries, but also the quality of cartoons, proving once again their universality and,
unfortunately, permanent interest that there is in antiwar topic.
What is encouraging is the unitary stand of cartoonists to condemn,
ridicule and mock at war and warriors.
The works chosen for display and publishing in the Salon’s Catalogue, including,
of course, especialy awarded works, show an inspirational diversity
of expresion in condemnation of war,
as well as worning about its danger for the mankind and the whole Planet. 
                  The Jury pointed up that the Salon yet again proved itself to be a necessary,
as well as one of the most significant antiwar manifestations in Serbia,
along with being the most succesful cartoon festival in our country.
The jury recognizes the city of Kragujevac for being persistent in cherising and
developing the Salon, for gathering around it its partner cities, and for representation 
the Salon in country and abroad. 
 
 
The Jury Members:

Spiro Radulovic
Zigmunt Zaradkiewicz 
Jugoslav Vlahovic
Toso Borkovic
Miodrag Stojilovic 
 
Kragujevac, 15^th September 2009