4th INTERNATIONAL ART COMPETITION
BATTLES AND COMBATS OF THE FIRST AGE

YIELD COMPETITION

First of all, we want to apologize for a delay of the announcement , but it was very difficult to choose the best works. The level of the works, which were sent to us, was very high. We have received works from Poland, Czech Republic, Russia and the Republic of South Africa. Techniques of the arts were various: from sketch through graphics and pastels to oil paint on spatial art. The way of the presentation was also diverse, from typical illustration to allegories. We have to admit, that some of the artists weren't careful while sending their works, and they have come to us creased or rubbed off (especially pastel arts), so the Jury took not only aesthetics, but also overall impression of those arts in their judgment. Few of works had incomplete titles, or didn't touch the topic of the contest straightly. One art was not irrelevant at all. The Jury had to disqualify those works, or reduce their mark.

We have the pleasure to announce, that:

1st. place and 250 Euro award goes to Zbigniew Kusz ( Poland) for the spatial art "Fight of Morgoth and Fingolfin"



1st. distinction and 100 Euro award goes to Karina Chmiel-Gugulska - ( Poland ) for the work "Fight for the Songs of Might"







There was a hard discussion about the second distinction, so The Jury divided 100 Euro award between:

50 Euro for Danuta Sarna ( Poland ) for "The Orcks army before the attack on Hithlum"



50 Euro for Willems Elena ( Russia ) for "Fight of the two Songs"







A special distinction and 50 zlotych as a private prize from the sponsor goes to Elżbieta Delinowska ( Poland ) for "Greed of Morgoth - the reason of Doriath`s fall"





Material awards go to:



Monika Richova - ( Czech Republic) for "Balrog's Might"





Mateusz Rasiński - ( Poland ) for "The Battle of the Countless Tears"





Anna Kulisz - ( Poland ) for "Might Songs Duel"





Two works, one from Poland and one from Republic of South Africa, were not accepted into the competition. Although they were very interesting as far as art is concerned, the first one, "Saruman's Betrayal", was not irrelevant to the period of time mentioned in the regulations, and the second one, entitled, in too general way, "Air Fight" was not irrelevant to the neither concrete characters nor situations described.
We congratulate all prize-winners, which are asked to contact with organizers.