Doll Competition
The purpose of our doll competition is to educate attendees by being able to view dolls from familiar to rare and allow participants to enjoy sharing their dolls.
The Gathering offers a hybrid model where official Judges evaluate the dolls submitted against other dolls in the same category, not the perfect doll, and award ribbons accordingly. Then they choose an overall 'Judge's Choice' doll. Following that, our participants choose their favorite doll for the 'People's Choice' award.
Here are our special recognition winners in 2025!
2026 Competition Categories
1. Beauty #156: bisque; any mold
2. Cinderella #155: bisque; Made in Japan through molded sock
3. Snow Queen #172: bisque; any mold
4. Little Red Riding Hood #116: bisque; pudgy or slim strung only
5. Goose Girl #169: bisque; frozen leg
6. Babes in the Woods #179
7. Goldilocks #128: bisque; molded sock or pudgy
8. Princess Rosanie #162: bisque; frozen leg
9. Baby #201 in Short Dress and Bonnet: bisque
10. Alice Through the Looking Glass #119 or #101: plastic
11. Cinderella #155, #117, or #9129: plastic
12. Over The Rainbow #409: plastic
13. Little (or Littlest) Dancing Princess #115: plastic
14. Muffie: Any 1953 Storybook Style costume #801-812 on correct strung doll
15. Miss Nancy Ann: Alice or Cinderella costume
16. Dress your own: Any established fairytale character (not a nursery rhyme)