One year at our county fair there were no ribbons awarded in one of the art categories apparently because the judges did not 'like' any of the entries. I really felt bad about it because there were some very well done pictures but as my friend said "there weren't any with flowers or windmills and that's what they like"...and my son's picture (and some of the other students as well) was rather 'out there' as far as the content.
What was really kind of ironic was the year before I had gotten a best in show in the flowering plant category for an amarylis I had gotten on clearance after Christmas that just happened to bloom the week of the fair!