Awards

The jurors granted the following awards for Quilt National '07:

$1,500 - Best of Show -- Noriko Endo
In kind - Quilts Japan Prize sponsored by Nihon Vogue Corporation -- Tammie Bowser
$ 1,200 - Award of Excellence -- Regina Benson
$ 850 - Most Innovative Use of the Medium sponsored by Friends of Fiber Art International -- Julie John Upshaw
$ 500 - McCarthy Award -- Denise Labadie
$ 500 - Cathy Rasmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award - sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates -- Kathy Weaver
$ 500 - Hilary Morrow Fletcher "Persistence Pays" Award -- Judith Plotner
$ 350 - Lynn Goodwin Borgman Award for Surface Design -- Barb Wills
$ 300 - Brakensiek "Caught our Eye" Award -- Robin Schwalb
$ 250 - Heartland Prize - sponsored by Nelsonville Quilt Company -- Rita Steffenson

Juror's Award of Merit--Mary Anne Jordan, Margaret Anderson, Barbara J. Schneider

Visitors to the exhibition in Athens in the summer of 2007 granted: $150 - People's Choice Award -- Denise Labadie

Quilts Japan Prize
Sponsored by Nihon Vogue Corporation, this award is intended as an expression of gratitude for the teaching and guidance that American quilters have given to Japanese quilters. The recipient will travel to and lecture in several Japanese cities.

Lynn Goodwin Borgman Award for Surface Design
This award is provided through the generosity of the mother of an artist who, prior to her death, had developed a passion for surface design techniques.

Cathy Rasmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award
Granted to a first-time Quilt National exhibitor, this award has been funded by Studio Art Quilt Associates as a way of providing encouragement to an emerging quilt artist.

Heartland Prize
Granted to an exhibitor from Ohio or one of its neighboring states.

Hilary Morrow Fletcher "Persistence Pays" Award
Granted to an exhibitor who has entered the most times before getting accepted into the show.

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