I find it very interesting that the Art of Bonsai Project gets hundreds, or you could say record breaking amounts of entries to their Art of Bonsai Awards. Yet the Knowledge of Bonsai Forums struggles to get more than 20 in the Knowledge of Bonsai Forums Progressive Styling Contest. It is true that one could say that you would acually have to do work or put in some accual physical effort to be a condender, and one could say that you really would not have to do much of anything (now that is) to enter AoB Awards.
The Facts
AoB Awards Stats:
226 entries from the following countries.
“The 25 countries that are participating are:
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, USA, Venezuela”
KoB Stats:
19 entries from the following countries.
Austria, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Spain, USA
Prizes:
The prize offerings are almost equal, minus the “sponsor” awards.
So I am asking you, the readers (if there are any)
- Why did/would you enter one contest over the other?
- Why did you not enter one or the other?
- What would make you enter either contest
Until next time;
-Paul Stokes