At the end of 2022, the results of the IV International Competition "Poetry of the Angels of Peace" were summed up. The competition was implemented with the support of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly within the International Social Art Project "Angels of Peace".
The jury headed by the poet, prose writer and literary researcher, Co-Chairman of the Literary Council of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly Eldar Ahadov selected the best poetic works from 467 applications from nine countries.
The works were evaluated in two categories: “Poetic skill” and “Consistency with the painting of the Angels of Peace art project and the artist's heartfelt message”
Winners of the first degree in the nomination "Poetic skill":
- No. 4026 Irina Shabalina "Winter Angel" for the painting by Vera Ripley
- No. 4156 Natalya Checker "Kotangel (Catangel)" for the painting by Nadezhda Kuprikova
- No. 4356 Svetlana Berseneva *** to the painting by Nadezhda Gorbach
- No. 4386 Irina Savchenko "Spring" for the painting by Oksana Pryakhina
Winners of the second degree in the nomination "Poetic skill":
- No. 4200 Andrey Meshcheryakov "Watercolor Desires" for a painting by Evgenia Chetverugina
- No. 4242 Sergey Dyakov "Two Angels" (Jewish parable) for painting by Natalia Naumova
- No. 4287 Irina Alymova "You are our light" for a painting by Maria Tyunyaeva
- No. 4370 Vadim Sergeev "Painted Wings" for Irina Romanenko's painting
Laureates in the nomination "Poetic skill":
- No. 4027 Irina Shabalina "My Angel" for Yulia Vergunova's painting
- No. 4034 Evgeny Borovoy "Blagovest" for Nadezhda Kobyltsova's painting
- No. 4039 Alexander Bazhenov *** for painting by Galina Khusainova
- No. 4046 Alexander Abramov "Angel with a Rooster" for a painting by Olga Asaevich
- No. 4104 Anna Babintseva "Axis" for Irina Romanenko's painting
- No. 4138 Diana Sineva *** for painting by Anna Shevchuk
- No. 4140 Raisa Melnikova "Kind Angel" for the painting by Veronika Rezinkina
- No. 4142 Olga Ozhgibesova "Petersburg Angel" for a painting by Svetlana Potemkina
- No. 4175 Konstantin Bely "Wings" for Anastasia Tayurskaya's painting
- No. 4223 Marina Yakovleva "Where did I come from" for the painting by Anastasia Zhuk
- No. 4358 Natalya Korsak "This is your guardian angel" for a painting by Sergei Voronkov
- No. 4432 Natalya Timofeeva "My Keeper" for the painting by Antea Ratkovich
- No. 4450 Ludmila Ryapolova "Inspiration" for a painting by Svetlana Dmitrieva
- No. 4457 Yuri Bogatov "In Defense of Pity" for a painting by Sergei Lesto
Finalists in the nomination "Poetic Mastery":
- Konstantin Bely "Mel"
- Alexey Vlasov "Road of Lanterns"
- Alexander Gulyaev "Angel" and "White Coats"
- Svetlana Dotz "Your Angel"
- Lyudmila Kashnikova "Comforter Angel"
- Stanislav Prilensky "Not an angel and not a devil"
- Diana Sineva ***
- Lyubov Sushko ***
- Ksenia Babenko "An angel prescribed you for me"
- Elena Yarovaya "Angel Eyes"
- Polina Yarygina "Counter"
Also, 10 poets from among the finalists and winners were awarded special diplomas of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly “For the strengthening and development of spiritual values in the Eurasian space”:
- Alexander Abramov (Ukraine, Dnepropetrovsk)
- Anna Babintseva (Russia, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky)
- Svetlana Berseneva (Russia, Gryaznovskoye)
- Evgeny Borovoy (Belarus, Minsk)
- Alexander Gulyaev (Russia, Tula)
- Sergey Dyakov (Russia, St. Petersburg)
- Raisa Melnikova (Lithuania, Vilnius)
- Oksana Syurtukova (Russia, St. Petersburg)
- Natalia Cheker (LPR, Luhansk)
- Irina Shabalina (Russia, Yaroslavl)
Irina Savchenko receives a diploma and a special prize from the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly - the publication of a poem in the magazine "Aggregator of Happiness" (Moscow) - No. 4386 Savchenko Irina, Belarus, Minsk.
The list of poems included in the long list in the nomination “Consistency with the painting of the Angels of Peace art project and the artist's heartfelt message” is large, more than 400 works have been selected. All these poems will be published on the project's website, on the "Artists of the project" page, next to the painting to which they were dedicated.
Thanks to cooperation with LUCKMEUP and Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian Institute of Arts it became possible to quickly record five videos, where 4th year students, future theater and film actors, read the poems they liked from the IV International Competition "Poetry of the Angels of Peace".
The chairman of the jury, Eldar Ahadov, said warm words of gratitude to all the poets participating in the project:
“Dear poets, friends! Your desire to shine the light of your poetic gift on the painting participating in the Angels of Peace project causes deep respect in our hearts. Many thanks to all of you for this selfless pursuit of beauty! We are proud of you and look forward to continuing our friendship and glorious tradition of creating poetic pearls inspired by beautiful, truly angelic painting...”
Thank you all for the wonderful work and heartfelt warmth!
Friends, the V International Competition "Poetry of the Angels of Peace" will start in the spring of 2023. Currently, the project has 360 paintings from 25 countries, and not all of them have received their poetic accompaniment! Follow the news of the project on the websites www.365angels.com and the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly.
Inspiration and prosperity in everything!