I was organizer for 2 community centennial quilt shows with a little over 100 quilts entered in each. We had unusual catagories: most unique, most colorful, oldest, quilt entered from farthest distance, and of course viewers choice and judges choice. Mine were not to be included in judging so I used my grandchildren and several ladies who know nothing about quilting as well as a couple of experienced quilters as judges. AND everybody got a blue ribbon with Centennial Quilt Show 2010, and the ones for 2012 were purple. The special award ribbons were big and fancy and the quilters who won were thrilled because they were not necessarily the best executed and they thought they would NEVER win a ribbon. The quilters that would normally win, I explained to each of them this was a for fun show and we didn't want them to feel they were being overlooked, it just was a fun way for people to experience "winning". The judges choice was won by an exceptional, hand quilted quilt that would win in almost any show.