How about some clues about the people. Ages. How they know each other. Bought items or made? If bought, what price range? Something "good" or silly or off the wall?

Off the wall things, just for a laugh and bragging rights, can be as goofy as a box of toothpicks, perhaps with a picture of a winner's ribbon pasted on top. For the three levels, it could be paper clips, toothpicks and matches. :)

Silly can be gummy candies. Maybe micro flower pots of "dirt" (brownie crumbs with gummy worms and bugs) for the winners, with "Winner" written in Sharpie, a packet of gummy bears for second, and a single gummy circle for consolation.

Good is harder. It depends a lot on what you can find in the right price range and how much you want to work. Big Lots and similar stores often have great stuff that you can turn into something nice with a little imagination, but it's hard to make a suggestion without knowing what's available.

If you're willing to spend $10, there's a whole world out there. There are all kinds of cute and funny thumb drives, including ones shaped like thumbs. :) Also cartoon characters, whistles and what have you. There are pocket first aid kits. Die cut, credit card sized, metal utility tools to take where you can no longer take a pocket knife. All kinds of interesting flashlights. The Robot Claw, which is a toy grabber that's fun and useful. Packs of cards (there are some really unusual and pretty ones out there). Poke around Amazon and you'll find a whole lot of stuff if you have up to $10 to spend.

Can you please give us a monetary value to shoot for? Otherwise we can be all over the place.

How about me creating a super-duper dinner? There are those who would push aside others to get to one of my dinners. I don't know where you live, but maybe we can work a deal! If you have never had one of my meals, then...

Thanks to all of you for ideas. Price range is a couple dollars or even less a piece! Would like to find more of a difference between winner and loser prizes..And Jim, appreciate your offer of dinner but my husband is a chef so we have that covered!

Lottery scratch-off tickets

I think PEZ dispensers would be in that price range.

Sharpies

Smarties and Dumdums

Garden Ornaments or windmills

Mustaches

Packets of seeds

You can also buy sets of things that come down to your price range for a single one. That makes it easy to give the same kind of thing to each in one group.

Win: Beautiful domed glass magnets
Place: Flat graphic magnets
Show: Magnetic "push pins"
Booby prize: Advertising magnets

Win: Wine Stem
Place: Wine charm
Show: Wine bottle stopper
Booby prize: Plastic wine glass

Win: Decorative key fob
Place: Pull apart double key ring
Show: Wire cable key ring
Booby prize: ball link key chain

Win: Glass vase
Place: Bud vase
Show: Petite bud vase
Booby prize: Folding vase