From February 1 to March 9, 2017, the International Foundation of Ivan Franko held a competition for the best portrait of Ivan Franko. Three contestants have been nominated for the competition: 3 000 UAH, 2 000 UAH and 1 thousand UAH in accordance.
As previously reported, the Commission decided not to determine the winners, since none of the works submitted for the competition did not meet all the requirements of the Contest for the best silhouette portrait of Ivan Franko.

However, the chairman of the Board Roland Franko decided to award the smallest participant of the competition Kablash Markiyan (a student of Boryslav high school №4) with an incentive premium of 1000 hryvnas.

On May 25, during the solemn line of the “last bell” Borislav Mayor – Igor Yavorsky handed a prize and a certificate to a young artist.