53rd Walnut Valley Festival; National Flat-Picking Championships, September 17-21, 2024; Winfield, KS

2025 National Mandolin Championship Prizes

Be sure to click on each logo for important. information

1st Place

Trophy
$350 Cash in memory of Johnny & Louise Logsdon
Invited to perform in the 2026 Champion Showcase Concert
Fishman M-300 Mandolin Pick Up
Solid Ground Stands Custom Mandolin Stand
BlueChip Pick of Choice
Silver Pearl Designs, Silver Encased Festival Pick Pendant
Brendan White Designs, Custom Mandolin Pendant Necklace

Bourgeois M5-F Mandolin

2nd Place

Trophy

$1,500 Cash

3rd Place

$750.00 Cash

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All contests will be held on Stage IV.  

Contestants must have a valid wristband for the day of the contest in order to gain admittance to the Festival grounds.

Walnut Valley Festival

918 Main Street
Winfield, KS 67156
(620) 221-3250
wvfest.com

Providing the following financial prizes:

International Autoharp Championship – 1st Place = $250.00
                                                                              – 2nd Place = $200.00
                                                                              – $3rd Place = $1,000.00

International Finger Style Guitar Championship – 1st Place = $3,100.00

National Mountain Dulcimer Championship – 1st Place = $250.00
                                                                                        – 2nd Place = $225.00
                                                                                        – 3rd Place = $200.00

National Mandolin Championship – 1st Place = $350.00
                                                                        in memory of Johnny & Louise Logsdon
                                                                     – 2nd Place = $1,500.00
                                                                     – 3rd Place  = $750.00

Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle Championship – 1st Place = $350.00
                                                                                           in memory of Dean Bradbury

National Flat Pick Guitar Championship – 1st Place = $3,100.00
                                                                                 in memory of Brian Redford

National Hammer Dulcimer Championship – 1st Place = $200.00
                                                                                       – 2nd Place = $175.00
                                                                                       – 3rd Place = $150.00

National Bluegrass Banjo Championship – 1st Place = $350.00
                                                                                 in memory of Ed and Jeanine Foster

Solid Ground Stands
Tulsa, OK
(918) 688-6790
solidgroundstands.com

Providing Custom Heirloom Quality Instrument Stand to the
First Place Winner

Fishman Transducers

3 Riverside Drive
Andover, MA 01810
(978) 988-9199

fishman.com

Providing professional Pick Up for the following:

International Finger Style Guitar Championship – Loudbox Artist Amplifier
                                                                                    –  Matrix Infinity Mic Blend System

National Mandolin Championship – M-300 Archtop Pick up 

Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle Championship – V-300 Concert Pick up

National Flat Pick Guitar Championship – Rare Earth Humbucking Pick up

National Bluegrass Banjo Championship – Rare Earth Active Magnetic Banjo
                                                                                    Pick up

Brendan White Jewelry Designs
Gypsum, CO 81637
bwvail@yahoo.com

brendanwhitejeweler.com

Providing one Music Related Pendant to the First Place Winner.

Silver Pearl Designs
Debbie Winton
Valley Center, KS
silverpearl@me.com

Providing one Silver Encased Pick Pendant to the First Place Winner of each championship hosted by Walnut Valley Festival.