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The table below lists the winners of the 'salon' competitions only (Art, Photography and Video). For a complete list of credits please download the PDF file: 2008 prizewinners (PDF).
| Competition | Category | Level | Winner | Title/Time | Prize Won |
| Art Salon | Delegate Ballot for Best Art | Winner | Mark Lumley (Gonzo) | Big Chamber pitch, Daren Cilau | set of Derwent coloursoft pencils and pencil wrap (Derwent) |
| Delegate Ballot for Best Cartoon | Winner | Doug Lawrence | Lampfish | folio case and and drawing equipment (Robin Gray Art Works) | |
| Delegate Ballot for Best T-Shirt | Winner | Deanne Wilkins and Emma Porter | So why the *@!# do I go caving? | 6 bednights at Upper Pitts (Wessex Cave Club) | |
| St Cuthbert's Mill Prize for Best Art on Paper | Rhian Kendall | An illustration for the new edition of the Complete Caving Manual (Watercolour) | £65 voucher for St Cuthberts Mill watercolour paper (St. Cuthberts Mill) | ||
| Judged Art | Third Prize | Pete McNab | Oparara Arch (Wax Encaustic) | year's subscription to Artists and Illustrators magazine. (Artists and Illustrators magazine) | |
| Second Prize | Robin Gray | In search of a new way (Oil Pastel) | set of Caran d'Ache watercolour crayons (Jakar International) | ||
| First Prize | Pete Martin | Fragments (Plaster casts from carved Bath stone originals) | set of Caran d'Ache pastels. (Jakar International) | ||
| Video Media Salon | Distinction | Steve Sharp | Daren Cilau (short version) (DVD video) | calendar (Speleo Projects) | |
| Joint First Prize | Paul Fretwell & Paul Dold | Welcome to Hidden Earth 2008 (AV sequence with video clip) | waterproof zipper holdall (Lyon Equipment) and £50 voucher (Total Access) | ||
| Joint First Prize | Imogen Furlong | Under Shnongrim (DVD video) | Waterproof zipper holdall (Lyon Equip.) | ||
| Photo Salon | British Newcomer Award | Winner | Stuart Gardiner | work entered in Photo Salon | book, Images Below (Wild Places Publishing) and slave unit (Firefly Electronics) |
| Cave Life Award | Winner | Andy Rumming | Beautiful Demoiselle: damselfly colonised by fungus | £50 cash | |
| Fun Shot | Winner | John Forder | Oh my God, it's Even Bigger than XXXXX'S! | Fleece jacket (Shipshape), Dinner and B&B for 2 at the Hard Rock Café (Daren Diggers) | |
| Moore Books Competition | Third Prize | Gary Douthwaite | The Crane, Swan Mine | certificate only | |
| Second Prize | Tim Guilford | Stemples, Coniston Copper Mine | £20 voucher from Moore Books | ||
| Winner | Barry Hill | Unstable timbers in silica mine | £100 voucher from Moore Books | ||
| Projected Image | Merit | John Forder | Gaping Gill Main Chamber | certificate only | |
| Merit | Ben Lovett | Lou Maurice under a Waterfall in Haciendas Salinas | certificate only | ||
| Merit | Ben Lovett | Tim Guilford filming in Haciendas Salinas | certificate only | ||
| Distinction | Ben Lovett | Simon Headford in Sump of Doom Series | Speleo Projects calendar | ||
| Winner | Ben Lovett | Lou Maurice in White Rhino Rift | voucher for £50 (Jessops) | ||
| Colour Print | Distinction | Hugh Penney | Liat Prah, Meghalaya | Speleo Projects calendar | |
| Distinction | Hugh Penney | Shynrong Shrieh Streamway, Meghalaya | Speleo Projects calendar | ||
| Distinction | Dave Ryall | Pat Cronin, Poulnagollum, Co. Clare | Speleo Projects calendar | ||
| Winner | Paul Fretwell | Straw Curtains, Cueva Llueva, Matienzo | voucher for £50 (Jessops) | ||
| Monochrome Print | Winner | Rob Eavis | Sam Townsend in the Full Moon Series, Bagshaw Cavern | voucher for £50 (Jessops) | |
| Delegate Ballot for Best Photo | Winner | Rob Eavis | Curtain in Upper Flood | voucher for £50 (Jessops) | |
| Premier Trophy | Winner | Rob Eavis | portfolio of five colour prints | an engraved trophy to keep for the year, a limited edition print (The Creative Edge), dry bag (Bernies) and voucher for £50 (Total Access) |
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