Dear artists,
We warmly greet Your great response and the quality of the works with which You have participated on 37th World Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 2009.

We are currently in the finishing stage of our preparations for the exhibition of our World gallery of cartoons which will be opened on 22^nd October 2009 at 20,20h in Osten gallery in Skopje, Macedonia, and where the prizes will be granted.

On 18^th and 19^th September 2009, international jury has made their decisions.

Gran Prix
ROBERT DANDAROV – USA

First prize
MIROSLAV GEORGIEVSKI MIRO – Macedonia

Second prize
BŔETISLAV KOVAŔÍK – Czech Republic

Third prize
RUMEN DRAGOSTINOV – Bulgaria

Special prizes of the jury:

1. Oktay Bingöl – Turkey
2. Goran Divac – Serbia
3. Pande Petrovski – Macedonia
4. Musa Gümüş – Turkey
5. Seyran Caferli – Azerbaijan

Special prize from ROTARY CLUB - Skopje
Paolo Dalponte – Italy

Osten, the organizer of 37^th World Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 2009 is granting the following special prizes:
Arben Meksi – Albania
Diego Mallo Ferrer – Spain
Dushan Ludwig – Serbia
Konstantin Kiosu – Romania
Eray Ozbek – Turkey
Paolo Dalponte – Italy
Gašper Rus – Slovenia
Ross Thomson - USA

International jury of 37^th World Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 2009:

1. Darko Markovic – president (cartoonist, Macedonia)
2. Vasil Vasilev – member (academic sculptor, Macedonia)
3. Vencislav Andonov – member (director of Graphic Biennial – Varna, Bulgaria)
4. Aleksandar Blatnik – member (painter and cartoonist, Serbia)
5. Mosha Todorovich – member (gallerist, Serbia)
6. Vlado Gjorevski – member (coordinator of the international graphic triennial Bitola, Macedonia)
7. Ljuben Paunoski – member (art critic)

President of international jury
Darko Markovic

OSTEN
director
Mice Jankulovski