In 2017 440 authors from 40 countries took part in the XIIIth International exlibris competition “ЕХ LIBRIS – ЕХ LIBERTAS”. The jury of the competition Prof. Bozhidar Yonov, Prof. Svetoslav Kokalov, Prof. Nikolay Drachev and Ivan Tokadzhiev and select the following AWARDS:

GRAND PRIX to Vladimir Porichanskiy for his work „EX LIBRIS V. Glebova“

The award of “Lyuben Karavelov” Regional Library – Ruse is given to Irma Susana Sanchez for her work „Let the Ideas Fly“.

Sponsorship Awards of: “Prommont” Ltd, Rotary Club –Ruse, Zonta club - Ruse, Ruse Info, KRIB Ruse are given to: Agnieszka Lipska, Denitsa Ivancheva Ivanova-Aleksandrova, Еleonora Gershanovych, Ivelin Shirov, Ismail Aslan