14/08/2026
📢🎨 WE ARE SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE CREATIVE GROOMING ALLIANCE EMERGING ARTIST AWARDS! 🎨📢
Every established creative competitor started somewhere.
This one has been a while in the making! We wanted to bring back the Best First Timer Award, but with a bit of a twist.
We don't think you should only have one shot at being recognized as an emerging artist. Sometimes that first competition is about getting through it, figuring out the ring, and learning what you want to do differently next time. We think competitors should have that opportunity through their first three competitions.
Of course, if you earn it at your second or third competition, Best First Timer doesn't quite fit anymore—so we leveled up the name too. We hope you love it!
The Creative Grooming Alliance is excited to introduce two new awards that may be presented at Creative Grooming competitions throughout the year:
🏆 Emerging Creative Artist 🎨🏆
🏆 Emerging Abstract Artist ✨️🏆
🎨🏆Emerging Creative Artist Award will recognize a promising competitor who has competed in three or fewer Extreme Creative Grooming competitions.
✨️🏆Emerging Abstract Artist Award will give priority to competitors who have competed in three or fewer Abstract competitions. If no competitor meets that requirement, the award may recognize the strongest design from an Abstract competitor who has never previously placed in an Abstract Runway or Abstract Design competition.
They're simply a way to say:
We see you.
We see the potential.
Keep creating. Keep competing.
And we don't have to wait long!
If you're signed up to compete at Barkleigh All American Grooming Show, you may be one of the very first artists to bring one of these beautiful awards home! 🏆
Because the future of Creative Grooming starts with the ones brave enough to step into the ring. 💪
✨️ Our Gorgeous Ribbons Designed by : Misty Gieczys Igcms Pti with ✨️
