Awards

The jurors will grant the following awards for Quilt National '09:

$1,500 - Best of Show -- ?
In kind - Quilts Japan Prize sponsored by Nihon Vogue Corporation -- ?
$ 1,200 - Award of Excellence -- ?
$ 850 - Most Innovative Use of the Medium -- ?
$ 500 - Persistence Pays Award -- ?
$ 500 - McCarthy Memorial Award -- ?
$ 500 - Cathy Rasmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award - sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates -- ?
$ 350 - Lynn Goodwin Borgman Award for Surface Design -- ?
$ 300 - Brakensiek "Caught our Eye" Award -- ?
$ 250 - Heartland Prize - sponsored by Nelsonville Quilt Company -- ?

Visitors to the exhibition in Athens in the summer of 2009 will grant: $150 - People's Choice Award -- ?

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.

Persistence PaysAward
Created to honor the memory of Quilt National's longtime director, Hilary Fletcher, this award is granted to an exhibitor who has entered the most times before getting accepted into the show.

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