The decision to award national awards was made on the proposal of the Commission for determining the fulfillment of the conditions for awarding awards for outstanding contribution to national culture, i.e., the culture of national minorities, based on the proposal of representative associations in culture and national councils of national minorities.
Artists awarded for their outstanding contribution to national culture, i.e., the culture of national minorities: children's poet Momcilo Odalovic, literary translator Arpad Vicko, composer Vladimir Tosic, musician Zivorad Jelic, pianist Nikola Rackov, painter Milan Blanusa, art photographer Goranka Matic and cinematographer and director of photography Radoslav Vladic.
Actor Rados Bajic, puppet artist Iren Tot, prima ballerina Duska Dragicevic, architect Svetislav Licina, director of cultural events, playwright, publisher and writer Zivorad Ajdacic, conductor Dejan Savic, cultural expert Dragan Draskovic, vocal performer and pedagogue, composer, arranger and music editor Biljana Arsic Krstic, filmologist Miroljub Vuckovic, trumpeter Boban Markovic, director of cultural programmes Dragomir Zupanc and director Ljuboslav Majera.
Actor Aleksandar Bercek, writer and literary translator Darko Tanaskovic, actor Slavko Štimac and cultural expert Aleksandra Ninkovic Tasic also got the awards.