The jury, comprising Zenon Harasym (ZPAF, A-FIAP), Mikołaj Jankowski (president of BTF), and Mirosław Drews (editor-in-chief of “Nowa Gazeta Lubińska”), assessed 447 photographs by 60 authors on 8 September 1996 and selected 110 black-and-white and color works by 37 authors for the exhibition, awarding the following prizes:
-In the category for participants up to 15 years old:
First prize (450 zł) – Patrycja Głowala from Rybnik,
Second prize (350 zł) – Wojciech Miętka from Kraków,
Third prize (200 zł) – Tomasz Żukrowski from Bolesławiec.
Three honorable mentions (130 zł each): Katarzyna Radkowska from Włocławek, Maciej Polański from Częstochowa, and Marcin Stawny from Szczecin.
In-kind prizes: Patrycja Głowala received a photography album (provided by BOK) for her perceptive treatment of the subjects, while Tomasz Zukrowski, as the youngest debutant, received a Kodak Star AF camera (provided by Foto World).
-In the category for participants up to 25 years old:
First prize (650 zł) – Magdalena Fanslau from Gdynia,
Second prize (500 zł) – Piotr Kardasz from Słubice,
Third prize (400 zł) – Andrzej Łazowski from Szczecin.
Four honorable mentions (250 zł each) were awarded to: Katarzyna Kosińska from Leszno Wlkp., Marcin Hołda from Kraków, Daniel Raczyński from Rybnik, and Maciej Frydrysiak from Koszalin.
The Special Prize of the Mayor of Bolesławiec went to Magdalena Fanslau from Gdynia for her artistic work in photography.
The jury expressed its satisfaction with the high artistic level of the submitted works, particularly those in the category for participants up to 25 years old, while also commending the organizer, the Bolesławiec Photographic Society.