2006 NSS T-SHIRT SALON WINNERS
Chairman: Kim Fleischmann

Judges: Ernie Coffman (Oregon), Emily Graham (North Carolina), Craig Hindman (Maryland), Kelsea Johnson (Virginia), and Erin Rust (Virginia)

A total of 16 T-shirt designs were entered this year, 10 fewer than the number of entries received and judged in 2005. The front and back designs of one double-sided T-shirt were judged as individual entries, as requested by the entrants. All T-shirt designs were evaluated for impact, artistic rendition, caver appeal, and technical quality.

MEDAL AWARD (Best of Show)
A Caver's View
by Jerry Wallace
Chattanooga Grotto

MERIT AWARD (Blue Ribbon)
55th Annual SERA Summer Cave Carnival (back)
by Dave Robison (Robison Art, aka Cave Rags)
and the Central Alabama Grotto

MERIT AWARD (Blue Ribbon)
(Tie for Third Place)
NSS 2006 Convention
by Linda Heslop (artwork) and
Michael McCormack (typography)
Cascade Grotto

MERIT AWARD (Blue Ribbon)
(Tie for Third Place)
Conserve Underground America -- Second in Series
by Frank Vlchek, Graphic Garb

HONORABLE MENTION (Green Ribbon)
(Tie for Fourth Place)
Oregon Caves Nat. Mon. Staff & Volunteers
by Hester Mallonee
Cascade Grotto

HONORABLE MENTION (Green Ribbon)
(Tie for Fourth Place)
Spring MVOR 2004
by Glenn Mills (artwork) and
Lisa Frick (tiedye)

HONORABLE MENTION (Green Ribbon)
Cullman Grotto -- A Decade Underground
by Will Drake
Cullman Grotto

HONORABLE MENTION (Green Ribbon)
Fort Knox Grotto
by Chrys Cleary
Fort Knox Grotto

HONORABLE MENTION (Green Ribbon)
History of Cave Diving
by Michael Angelo Gagliardi
Cave Diving Section