Awards and Special Recognition– Judy Sprague
-2024 BEST OF SHOW Award, AVA Gala 2024, Gillette, Wyoming, Juror Eileen Nistler
-2023 Painting Selected for Catalog Cover for Arizona Pastel Artists Assoc Annual Member Art Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
-2021 Honorable Mention, Art Room Contemporary Gallery International "Faces" Exhibition, 125 works accepted from 17 countries.
-2021 - Third Place Pastel, Chaffee Arts Open Awards Exhibition, Buena Vista, Colorado, Teresa Booth Brown, Judge
-2021 -Grand Champion, Drawing, Chaffee County Fair, Colorado, Open Class, Fine Arts, Drawing
-2020 - Painting Selected for Annual Calendar for Sangres Art Guild, Westcliffe, CO
-2020- First Place People’s Choice, Pastel, Third Street Gallery “Shades of Summer” Exhibition, Westcliffe, CO
-2019- Martha’s Vineyard Top Twenty National Drawing Prize, Massachusetts
-2018 – 2nd Place Pastel, Chaffee Arts Open, Buena Vista, CO
-2018- 1st Place People’s Choice Award, Pastel, Valley Visions, Salida, CO
-2016-PanPastel Award, Alpine Artist Holiday National, Ouray, CO
-2016-1st Place Pastel, Greeley Art Assoc. (GAA)Art from Heart, Greeley, CO
-2015-2nd Place Drawing, Longmont Artist Guild (LAG) Regional, Longmont, CO
-2015-Honorable Mention, Drawing, LAG Regional, Longmont, CO
-2014-Hon Mention, Appalachian Pastel Society National, N. Carolina
-2014-1st Place, Drawing, TVAL SweetArt Show, Loveland, CO
-2014-1st Place, Pastel, GAA Art from Heart, Greeley CO
-2013-Best of Show, RSVP Artfest, Cheyenne, WY,
-2013-2nd Place, Pastel, RSVP Artfest, Cheyenne, WY
-2013-1st Place, Drawing, St Stephens, Longmont CO
-2013-3rd Place, Pastel, GAA Art from the Heart, Greeley CO
-2012-3rd Place, Drawing, Alpine Artists Holiday National , Ouray, CO
-2012-Honorable Mention, Ink, Centennial Art Gala, Greeley, CO
-2012-2nd Place, Pastel, Art from Heart, Greeley, CO
-2012-Paint America Top 100
-2011-Paint America Top 50
-2011-2nd Place, Arizona Pastel Artists Assoc. National, Manheim Gallery, Cottonwood, AZ
-2011-Honorable Mention, Pastel, Alpine Artists Holiday National, Ouray, Colorado
-2010-Honorable Mention, Pastel, Alpine Artists Holiday National, Ouray, Colorado
-2010-3rd Place, Graphics, St. Stephens Regional Show, Longmont, CO
-2010-2nd Place, Mixed Media, TVAL Fall Festival, Loveland, CO
-2010-1st Place, Mixed Media, TVAL SweetArt Show, Loveland, CO
-2010-1st Place, Pastel, Art from Heart, Greeley, CO
-2010-1st Place, Pastel, TVAL SweetArt Show, Loveland, CO
-2009-1st Place, Pastel, Art from Heart, Greeley, CO
-2009-Hon Men, Art from Heart, Greeley, CO
-2009-Hon Men, Sunny Vista National Juried Show, Colorado Springs, CO
-2009- 3rd Place, Mixed Media, TVAL SweetArt Show, Loveland, CO
-2009-2nd Place, Pastel, TVAL June Regional, Loveland, CO
-2009-Hon Men, Mixed Media, TVAL June Regional, Loveland, CO
-2008-2nd Place, Pastel, Greeley Art & Music Festival, Greeley, CO
-2008-2nd Place, Mixed Media, TVAL SweetArt Show, Loveland, CO
-2007-1st Place, Pastel, Greeley Art & Music Festival, Greeley, CO
-2007-3rd Place, Mixed Media, TVAL Fall Festival, Loveland, CO
-2007-Juror’s Choice, Pastel, TVAL June Regional, Loveland, CO
-2007-1st Place, Charcoal, Art from the Heart, Greeley, CO
-2006-1st Place, Art & Music Festival, Greeley, CO
-2006-People’s Choice Award, Art & Music Festival, Greeley, CO
-2005-1st Place, Black Canyon Regional Exhibit, Hotchkiss, CO
-2005-3rd Place, Black Canyon Regional Exhibit, Hotchkiss, CO