SHELL SHOW AWARDS |
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Major Awards: Conchologists of America Trophy
Dean and Dottie Weber Environmental Awareness Trophy Hugh Porter Award The North Carolina Shell Club is proud to sponsor this award, named in honor of long time member and professional malacologist Hugh Porter, for the 10th year. Hugh Porter is a retired faculty member of the University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences who worked for the University for 42 years. He is the author of Sea Shells of North Carolina, which was released in 1998 in a new updated and expanded volume. Exhibits entered in the following categories of the show are eligible for this award: #1 – North Carolina Collection (Award description continued next column)
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(Hugh Porter Award continued) Exhibits wishing to compete for this award must feature marine mollusks from one or more of the Western Atlantic faunal provinces: that is, the Boreal, Virginian, Carolinian and Caribbean provinces. All Shells in the exhibit must have been found in one of these provinces. Species that normally occur in these provinces, but were actually collected in neighboring provinces, do not qualify. The intent of this award is to encourage scientific study of the mollusks of the Western Atlantic and precise observations about biology and/or habits. As such, the exhibit will be judged on accuracy of scientific labeling and data. The exhibit may include the entire region or a specific section of it. Completeness of representative fauna is very important, including obscure or “unattractive” species. Accurate locality data is a must. Biological observations and natural history are a definite plus. Though professionalism is encouraged in all entries of the show, it will be particularly important for this category. As with the COA and du Pont awards, if no exhibit qualifies, the award will not be given. This is an annual award. Entrants will be eligible for the award as many times as they have an exhibit that meets the qualifications. Although past Hugh Porter award winners are still eligible to receive the award in future years, exhibits which have won the award must be reworked at least 50% in order to be eligible.
Special Category Plaques:
Best Junior Exhibit Award
Exhibitors' Choice Award: Best exhibit--chosen by vote of all exhibitors People's Choice Award: Best exhibit--chosen by vote of the viewing public
Ribbons:
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All trophies and ribbons will be awarded at the sole discretion of the judges. |