Results of judging at the Sarasota Shell Festival are as follows:

Mote Gold Trophy - the Best of the Best: Jim Cordy, for "All the Shores I've
Known"
Dupont Trophy: Carole Marshall, the genus Argopecten
Conchologists of America Trophy: Jim VunKannon
Sarasota Shell Club Members Trophy: Lynn Gaulin, Oyster Cluster Community
Best Self-Collected Exhibit Trophy: Jim VunKannon
Best Small Scientific Exhibit Trophy: Marilyn Northrop, Typhinae
Best of Shell Art: David Rhyne
Best of Art with Shell Motif: Alice Monroe
Shell  of the Show: Marilyn Northrop, Siphonochelus pavlova
Shell of the Show Self-Collected: Ray Wichus, Conus eliasae
Fossil Shell of the Show: Harry Berryman (ammonite)
Most Beautiful Exhibit: Ray Wichus
Judges Special Merit Ribbons: Peggy Williams and Alice Monroe
Judges Special Merit (Art): David Rhyne & Lynn Gaulin

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