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What is the difference between a DAG Competition and a DAG-Qualified Competition?
First, let’s look at what a Doll Artisan Guild (DAG) competition is.
A DAG Competition is offered by DAG at DAG organized events. Each participant receives a ribbon with the DAG logo on it. Best in category dolls receive a best in category rosette. Rosette winners compete for several top DAG awards: THE MILLIE, THE MAGGE, ROLF ERICSON’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DOLL SCULPTURE, THE AURORA and EVA’S CHOICE AWARD. The competition is judged by trained DAG Judges, working in pairs. Each doll receives a comment sheet with a score. The dolls then are exhibited with their ribbons, rosettes and awards, and participants are honored at the award’s ceremony. You need to be a DAG member to enter in a DAG Competition.
DAG Competitions are held at DAG Events. Look for this logo: 
Second, let’s look at what a DAG-Qualified, or rather, DAGSD-Qualified (DAGSD, meaning Doll Artisan Guild School of Dollmaking) Competition is.
A DAGSD-Qualified Competition is held at events (not organized by DAG) around the world. The DAGSD-Qualified Competition is formatted similar to a DAG Competition. It has experienced judging teams, and it’s own ribbons, rosettes, awards, comment sheets and award ceremony. The expectations from the judges are the same as in DAG Competitions. The DAG advises the local organizer with how to execute a successful competition as well. DAGSD-Qualified Competitions are open to anyone. You do not need to be a DAG member to enter in a DAGSD-Qualified Competition unless you are entering to fulfill a DAGSD title competition requirement.
By offering DAGSD-Qualified Competitions at other events, the DAG reaches out to local doll clubs in the USA and other countries. It offers dollmakers the opportunity to enter in competition locally to fulfill the DAGSD competition requirement. (All students in our school must enter in competition at each level.) For example, a person in Japan can enter in the Tokyo Doll Show DAGSD-Qualified competition to fulfill the requirement without having to travel to the USA or Germany to a DAG Competition.
The advantage for everyone is that doll competitions become more uniform with similar rules for all competitions. Dollmakers can also benefit from a larger choice of competitions around the world, more chances to enter and having them closer to home.
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