A total of 441 works from 49 countries participated in the competition, including Ukraine, Italy, Slovakia, Romania, Spain, Poland, Argentina, Russia, Bulgaria, China, Belgium, Israel, Belarus, England, Croatia, Lithuania, Germany, Brazil, Turkey, Czech Republic, Australia, Yugoslavia, Cuba, Chile, Greece, Macedonia, El Salvador, Korea, Colombia, Iran, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, America, Netherlands, Portugal, France, Japan, Taiwan, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Tunisia, Mexico, Serbia, and Peru.
The works participating in the competition on May 3, 2008,
It was evaluated by a jury consisting of Kamil Masaracı, Kamil Deniz Som, M. Nüvit Özkan, Cihan Demirci, İbrahim Tapa, and Mahmut Karatoprak.
The works deemed worthy of exhibition by the competition jury will be exhibited in Alanya for one week, along with the award ceremony to be held on May 31, 2008. The Alanya Tourism Promotion Foundation will collect the exhibited works in an album.
The prizes to be awarded to the contestants who place in the top three are as follows:
Grand Prize: 2,000 USD + FLIGHT TICKET + ALANYA VACATION FOR 2 PEOPLE
2nd Place Prize: 500 USD + FLIGHT TICKET + ALANYA VACATION FOR 2 PEOPLE
3rd Place Prize: 500 USD + FLIGHT TICKET + ALANYA VACATION FOR 2 PEOPLE
List of winning contestants:
1st Place Award: MOHAMMAD ALİ KHALAJİ (IRAN)
2nd Place Award: ALİ BULCA (ANKARA/TURKEY)
3rd place award: DRAGUTİN DADO KOVACEVIC (CROATIA)
SPECIAL AWARDS:
1. Alanya Municipality Special Award-LUC VERNIMMEN (BELGIUM)
2nd Alanya Chamber of Commerce and Industry Award –RAUL DE LA NUEZ (AMERIKA)
3rd ALTİD Special Award – SEMERENKO VLADİMİR (RUSSIA)
4th ALTAV Special Award – FUMINKO HOKOYAMA (JAPAN)
5th Alanya District Governor's Special Award – ATHOS CAREGHI (ITALY)
6th Eastern Mediterranean Cultural Research Foundation Special Award- MEHMET SELÇUK(DENİZLİ/TÜRKİYE)