Taxidermy Cash Awards$14,000
Competitors' Award: $9000 to be awarded Master Division: $3000 first place, $1500 second place, $1000 third place Professional Division: $2000 first place, $1000 second place, $500 third place Collective artists division: Best in World winner: $1000 cash award
from Precision MannikinsJudges' Choice Best of Show: $1000 cash award Carl E. Akeley Award: $1000 cash award
from WASCO (Wildlife Artist Supply Company)Best Professional Entry: $1000 cash award Taxidermy Sculpture: Best in World $500, Second $300, Third $200
The Competitors' Awards:
As a participant in the prestigious World Taxidermy Championships competition, taxidermists who enter four or more mounts in the Master or Professional Divisions, will be eligible for six big cash awards, called The Competitors' Awards. These awards will total $9000 in prize money and will be divided as noted in our Cash Awards announcement. The Competitors' Award in each division will be awarded to three of the five competitors with the highest point total for four entries. Once these five highest scoring competitors (in each division) are determined, each competitor's four top entries will be grouped together. The five groups will be labeled A, B, C, D and E and all of the division judges will vote by secret ballot as to their selections of the groups most deserving of the Competitors' Awards. Their criteria will be accuracy, originality and difficulty. The purpose for this final evaluation by secret ballot is to allow for minor fluctuations between the judges in each category for determining scores that brought the entries there to begin with. The results will be known only by the competition committee to be announced at the WTC Awards Banquet. In case there is a tie, the money will be divided equally.Taxidermists who wish to compete for this Competitors' Award can do so by entering four or more mounts in either the Master or Professional divisions. The entries can be in any category (birds, fish, mammals, game heads, etc.) and if an individual has more than four entries, his or her highest four scores will be used. Unlike a "Best All Around" competition, the competing entries are not limited to being in four different categories, but may include multiple entries in the same category. Example: four birds from one competitor could accumulate enough points to be included in the five finalists.
Important: A competitor can only compete in one division for The Competitors' Awards. If a competitor has more than four entries in both the Master and Professional divisions (refer to Guidelines & Regulations, Rule 7), he or she must specify in which division he or she would like to compete for the money. In other words, you cannot compete to win awards in both divisions. Failure to specify will cause a forfeit of winning any of the Competitors¼ Awards. Any competitor entering four or more mounts who wishes not to compete for the prize money will be allowed to do so by signing an affidavit when entering his or her mounts.
New World Title: The Collective Artists Division
We have all seen some unforgettable pieces at previous World Shows, completed on an individual basis by the best taxidermy artists in the world. But wait until the 1997 when they begin to combine their talents. This division is for competition pieces where more than one taxidermist worked on the entry. It can be entered in the name of the studio or each taxidermist can be listed as the creators. This division and the world title that goes with it has opened up a new sense of excitement for the major studios of America, and for taxidermists who have been itching to combine their talents with close friends or associates. To offer enticement and make it more interesting, a $1,000 cash award has been donated by Precision Mannikins to go with this new Best in World title. Entries in this division will also be eligible in the Akeley Award judging and for voting of the People's Choice Award. The use of commercial mannikins and commercial fish reproductions will be allowed. Altered or original sculpted forms and original reproduction will be noted on the entry cards for the judges to take into consideration when scoring the entries.
The World Taxidermy Championships and the World Fish Carving Championships are sponsored by Breakthrough Magazine, P. O. Box 2945, Hammond, LA, 70403-2945 U.S.A. For more information, contact us by e-mail, phone: (504) 345-7266, or fax: (504) 542-1831.
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