I used to enter all kinds of things over the years. There was a 'homemaker of the year' award that was given every year at our local fair and the same lady got it year after year. Blue ribbons counted a certain amount of points, red ribbons less and so on. The award was an addition of certain categories. I'm a little competitive and decided that I'd try to win it one year. I started working on things when the fair was over and entered a ton of stuff. I won the homemaker of the year award and they told me I had way more points than anyone had ever had in the past. That was 33 years ago. I had a box full of ribbons and decided that I really didn't want to go to all that bother any more. I'm very happy enjoying the quilts I make and all the other things, too. It's a good thing to let the younger gals get excited to win those ribbons and collect that prize money. I still enjoy going to the fair and seeing all the entries. I just don't enter anything..... but without entries, there wouldn't be a fair.