Where is Woody Allen?
I just watched the Golden Globe Awards show and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona won the Golden Globe for best movie (musical or comedy). Except only a bunch of producers and Penelope Cruz went...
View ArticleDoes an Oscars for horror film only exist?
What is the Oscar equivalent for horror films? Or rather, what is the most recognized venue for celebrating the horror films of the past year? Are there classy or raunchy ones even? Which is the most...
View ArticleHelp me find a nerdy-cool trophy to recognize a volunteer!
I'm looking for a cool trophy to recognize someone's contributions to a techy volunteer organization. I need to recognize a volunteer's substantial contributions to the organization and execution of a...
View ArticleI need serious diplomas, people.
How do I order some fancy certificates / diplomas? I have a group of young people completing a week long intensive leadership program. The idiots organizing this program are not issuing certificates. I...
View ArticlePrestigious Prizes For Photography Pros
Professional photographer types: which photography awards are the most prestigious? I'm looking not necessarily for the ones with the biggest prizes, but the ones where a win would seriously impress...
View ArticleWhich non-mainstream SF works should I nominate for Hugos?
Since I went to worldcon in Montreal last year, I'm eligible to nominate SF works for the Hugo awards this year. I'd like to try to stretch out from the more mainstream authors, can you help me...
View ArticleGag certificate for co-worker
Ideas for joke award/certificate to present to co-worker on his 60th birthday? Please suggest what to put on a gag award or certificate to be presented by our Team Manager to a developer colleague who...
View ArticleGolden Rubber Chicken Medal/Plaque!
GagPrizeFilter: If I wanted to either a) have a shiny gold (spraypainted?) rubber chicken mounted to a plaque or b) have a gold rubber chicken converted into something that could be worn like a medal,...
View ArticleWhat is this thing?
What can you tell me about this award? (Pic 1, Pic 2) My great-grandfather gave this to me when I was a child, no one knows where he got it, or what for. It's a 1923 silver dollar mounted on a...
View ArticleDisqualified from an award for winning it too often?
What is it called when you're disqualified from an award for winning it too often? I'm fairly sure there's a specific term for this. The same person wins it year after year and so they basically say...
View ArticleName that award.
Please help me name our new "employee of the month" award. My company is launching an employee of the month award, and are having a contest to name it. It has already been decided that the trophy each...
View ArticleHow do I deal with someone who may have helped me, to good end, against my will?
I applied to speak at a conference based on a paper I wrote, and was invited to further write a paper for another journal. I had told one of my co-workers I was applying for that conference. She's...
View ArticleBook Award Recommendations?
My wife and I are starting a "book club" for the two of us. The plan is to read an award winning book each month. The first month we'll read a book that won an award in 2012, the second month an...
View ArticleWhat's under Emmy's skirt?
While opening up the morning news sites I see this picture of Jeff Daniels holding his newly-won Emmy statuette. (Congrats, Jeff). The picture shows a lengthy text affixed to the underside of the...
View ArticleNeed recommendations to make/buy custom military-style campaign ribbons
I help run an annual game convention in DC and I am looking for advice on acquiring some awards for people who participate in one of our tournaments. The event has a wargamming theme and I would like...
View ArticleWhat is a meaningful "years of service" award for a programmer?
I'm in a big company that just sends me PDFs to print and give to people when they get to various years of service. I want to give them something a bit more fun. They are web developers and QA. Some...
View ArticleName my 'Most Improved' Award
My company is handing out an award to 3 plants that have improved this year. It seems weird to hand out a 'Most Improved - Third Place' award. What's a good substitute for 'Most Improved?'
View ArticleOffice Superlative Award Ideas
I have recently been tasked with coming up with fun, different superlative awards for my fellow nurse coworkers to be distributed during Nurse's week (next week). I've got some ideas of different...
View ArticleBest Hugo short story anthology?
What's the best anthology of Hugo Award-winning short stories? I'm less interested in Hugo-winning novelletes and novellas, and the collections I'm seeing from a short Amazon search seem to include...
View ArticleEthics re: asking to be nominated for an award?
Tell me what you think about the ethics of asking a former student to nominate me for a teaching award? I teach at a major university, and I pour my heart and soul into teaching. There is a call for...
View ArticleAll I got was this lousy t-shirt
Tell me about minor feats I could accomplish and receive some sort of award or recognition for doing it. I just learned (thanks, QI!) that if I drive across Highway 50 in Nevada and get a passport...
View ArticleService recognition plaque or award with logo?
A few of my fellow board members are rotating off our nonprofit board this summer and we want to give them plaques or awards with the nonprofit's logo on it. A Google search shows umpteen"fill in the...
View ArticleIt's time for the awards!
Have you/your organisation ever run an awards program? What strategies have you found that help or hinder the management of your awards program? I just got a role to run the awards program for a small...
View ArticleWhat’s up with the Otherwise Awards, formerly Tiptree Awards?
Does anyone have any idea what the situation is with the Otherwise Award, formerly known as the Tiptree Award? The blog on the website had 2 entries in 2023, but no awards have been announced since 2021.
View ArticleWall Award
We want to get a wall stand like this. We would specify dimensions. Is there anywhere online to order this?
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