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An award is something given to a person or group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field. Awards are often signified by trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins or ribbons. An award can carry a monetary prize given to the recipient, for instance, the Nobel Prize for contributions to society, or the Pulitzer Prize for literary achievements. An award can also simply be a public acknowledgment of excellence, without a tangible token or a prize. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Some trophies seen in the London Irish clubhouse at Sunbury in 2002. ...
A certificate is an official document affirming some fact. ...
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal attached to a wall or other vertical surface and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event. ...
A Medal is a word used for various types of compact objects: a wearable medal awarded by an authority government for services redered, especially to a country (such as Armed force service); strictly speaking this only refers to a medal of coin-like appearance, but informally the word also refers...
A badge is a device, patch, or accoutrement which is presented or displayed to annotate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, as a symbol of authority (ex: police), or as a simple means of identification. ...
A variety of award pins, the largest of which is only 1 inch (2. ...
Examples of a simple flat ribbon award and a folded, two-layer ribbon award. ...
Nobel Prize medal. ...
The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ...
Awards can be given by any person or institution, although the prestige of an award may depend on the status of the awarder. Usually, awards are given by an organization of some sort, or by the office of an official within a organization or government. For instance, a special presidential citation (as given by the President of the United States) is a public announcement giving an official place of honor (e.g. President Ronald Reagan gave a special presidential citation in 1984 to the Disney Channel for its excellent children's television programming). The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1969 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
People who have won certain prestigious awards, such as the Nobel Prize, a champion title in a sport, or an Academy Award (Oscar) can have the award become their identity, becoming primarily known for winning the award than for any other achievement or occupation. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
Mock awards, which typically recognize failures or atypical achievements, are also popular and are usually given by people and organizations of lower or average prestige, such as comical organizations and individual writers. Popular mock awards include the Razzies, a satirical counterpart to the Academy Award which recognizes the worst movies. The Golden Raspberries or Razzies were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to complement the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ...
One common type of award in the United States is the employee of the month award, in which typically the recipients' names are listed in a prominent place in the business for that month.
Some awards are given after a fee is paid by the recipient, such as the German Design Award. The German Design Award (German: Deutscher Designpreis) is one of the council for styling (German: Rat für Formgebung) and the Federal Ministry of economy and technology donated honouring for good design. ...
Lifetime achievement awards
A lifetime achievement award is an award given to an individual to honor his or her life-long contributions. Many organizations give out such awards, including entertainment, sports, academia, and charities. Only three completely fictional characters are known to have been presented with a Lifetime achievement award. They are, in order: Jason Voorhees, Godzilla, and Chewbacca, to whom MTV presented the accolade in 1992, 1996, and 1997, respectively. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Recreation. ...
Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ...
A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ...
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Godzilla, as portrayed during his latest film from the Millennium series. ...
Chewbacca (or Chewie) (c. ...
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The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award is given on an annual basis to a sportsperson who has made a long-running and considerable contribution to sport. ...
The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording [1]. This award is distinct from the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which honors specific recordings rather than individuals, and...
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. ...
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