Top Award Giving Websites

[REEF·]

ITA - Internet Tiny Awards
http://internettinyawards.com

FWA - Favorite Website Awards
http://favoritewebsiteawards.com

Bombshock Awards
http://ultrashock.com - Bombshock Forums

Fcukstar Awards
http://fcukstar.com

Kirupa Site of The Week
http://kirupaforum.com - Site of The Week Threads

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I repeat, these are the top award giving sites.

Daily dose of inspiration comes from here :).

[Jeff Wheeler]

very well put, but there are some other's like moluv, I don't know, maybe you should add it? and how did you make it so that people can rate this thread?

[REEF·]

I have no idea - thread rating just pops up I guess.

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Never heard of moluv ;).

[minimalistik]

I would also include American Design Awards as well as Dope.



very well put, but there are some other's like moluv


I think Sharif is just stating the main award sites whereas Moluv is more of design ezine websites that give sites awards, more like mentions. There are also others like PlasticPilots or Visual Designer. You can view StyleStation's splash and see the awards out there.

[DDD]

man I really want an ultrashock....and a k of course

[berkoWitZ]

I´m on moluv :pleased: but not in plastic pilots :(

[REEF·]

You hardly see the big sites with moluv/ada/dope awards ;).

[zao]

Sure you do.

[CanadianGuy]

I would also include American Design Awards as well as Dope.

No way hoser! lol These sites will give awards to anyone.

Also, the golden and diamond web awards rock!

[minimalistik]

No way hoser! lol These sites will give awards to anyone.
Are you joking? Have you being to Dope? I find it sarcastically that you guys would think Dope is not a good awarding winner. Of course PP is not worthy but i was just adding to the list in the context of award giving not the best out there.



You hardly see the big sites with moluv/ada/dope awards
Tell that to Maurice.

[Jeff Wheeler]

Maurice?

[berkoWitZ]

You hardly see the big sites with moluv/ada/dope awards ;).


;P

[REEF·]

:P Whoops.

[seanmee]

I just happened to stumble onto this thread thru google:)

I am the owner of DOPE Awards, and would like to add that I DO NOT give awards to just anyone, ask the other 1000 or so submissions I have recived over the last month or so:) DOPE is not here to simply give anyone an award, its here mainly to promote established as well as up and coming designers from around the world, hopefully they will make a few bucks through my DOPE award project!!

thnx,
Sean Mee

[DDD]

I have seen some pretty wacked sites sporting a dope awards. Unless they just peeled it and put it on their sites. But I would not put dope up there with a bombshock, but I will be watching your awards to see how things look from now on

[seanmee]

You have to take into consideration that there is an E for Effort section in DOPE Awards, this section is for people with not so much talent, therefore the award is based off of there hard work and EFFORT:)

and yes you are correct, Dope awards is not as respected as ultrashock, fwa, etc, but eventually it will be:) I have big plans for this project in the future, but for now its simply a place for people to become inspired and enjoy a few good works from designers all over the world!!


thnx
sean

[Rockstar]

billbussey sotw also a good one I think

[The_Vulcan]

Well the only 2 sites that I visit are

FWA

and

http://www.bestflashanimationsite.com

[melf]

http://www.superbe.org/
http://www.linkdup.com/
http://www.upwardlink.com/
http://www.design9.co.uk/
http://www.newwebpick.com/main.php
http://www.australianinfront.com.au/
http://www.creatiu.com/
http://www.designiskinky.net/index_main.html
http://www.favouritewebsiteawards.com/
http://www.fcukstar.com/
http://www.internettinyawards.com/
http://www.kirupa.com/lab/index.htm
http://lounge72.com/01/
http://www.moluv.com/
http://www.netdiver.net/explorative/
http://www.seraph.nl/
http://www.thedreamer.com.br/main.asp
http://www.ventilate.ca/
http://www.visuellerorgasmus.de/vo2003.htm
http://www.plasticpilots.com/news/index.php
http://www.worldbestwebsite.com/
http://wow.organicpixel.com/
http://www.plasticpilots.com/apply/index.php
http://www.crossmind.net/cnt/news/news.php?
http://www.flashla.com/FLAvoritos/
http://www.beautifully-webdesign.net/
http://www.lookom.com/
http://www.misspato.com/links/index.php
http://processing.org/
http://www.styleboost.com/
http://www.designtaxi.com/
http://digitalthread.com/

[aveceva]

billbussey sotw also a good one I think

i gotsi one of em :P

personally i feel the Dope award E is actually offensive, its sorta like "i like your effort, you dont make it, but here, if it makes you happy". Actaully, its really offensive, why isnt it just like:

Good Alright Hmmm Crap

the GAHC award. "congratulations, youve won a GAHC AWARD!! You will be featured in the Crap section because we recognise how sh*t your site is and would like to present you with this honour."

Sorry, needed to get that off my chest....no doubt winning an Effort award boosted my ego dramatically enuf to post this....

*cough*

http://www.fmdstudio.net/bbforum.jpg

....


lol, just had chocollaaaate, bit tippy weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[aveceva]

this section is for people with not so much talent, therefore the award is based off of there hard work and EFFORT

just one more thing, sean, thats really offensive, why do you give people with no talent awards...it means nothing, no one deserves to be "you've got no skill but you have heart...". Thats the biggest crap ever, if someone is bad at a sport for example, i would just go "your crap, go practise". meh...

[minimalistik]

If you said hard work and effort in large caps Sean, how does add up with "no talent"? Ive been to the effort section and many of the designers of those sites are pretty darn good if I do say so myself.

that reminds me, anyone seen cartoonfox lately?

[minimalistik]

I usually check up on fcukstar, ita, fwa and wsa.

[seanmee]

There are certain facts in life, and not having as much talent as somone else is one of them, for instance, there may be a football player that runs the 40 yard dash in 4.0 seconds, but doesnt have the heart to use it to his advantcage, he may play on the team, but he sits on the bench, the other guy(the one with not as much talent) runs the 40 yard dash in 5.5 seconds, he doesnt sit on the bench, he actually starts and is leading the team in yards and touchdowns, not because he is the fastest, but because he has the drive and motivation to become faster:)


thnx
sean

[porpous2]

but, may i ask how do you know if someone puts effor into their website?

[seanmee]

but, may i ask how do you know if someone puts effor into their website?
If the design is solid and all the lines are straight and the font is not blurry, that tells me they have put alot of time into the small details:) To be honest, i dont know anything, i just enjoy giving someone a simple award for there hard work, if it makes them happy, then my work is done!!

[Ryall]

http://www.superbe.org/
http://www.linkdup.com/
http://www.upwardlink.com/
http://www.design9.co.uk/
http://www.newwebpick.com/main.php
http://www.australianinfront.com.au/
http://www.creatiu.com/
http://www.designiskinky.net/index_main.html
http://www.favouritewebsiteawards.com/
http://www.fcukstar.com/
http://www.internettinyawards.com/
http://www.kirupa.com/lab/index.htm
http://lounge72.com/01/
http://www.moluv.com/
http://www.netdiver.net/explorative/
http://www.seraph.nl/
http://www.thedreamer.com.br/main.asp
http://www.ventilate.ca/
http://www.visuellerorgasmus.de/vo2003.htm
http://www.plasticpilots.com/news/index.php
http://www.worldbestwebsite.com/
http://wow.organicpixel.com/
http://www.plasticpilots.com/apply/index.php
http://www.crossmind.net/cnt/news/news.php?
http://www.flashla.com/FLAvoritos/
http://www.beautifully-webdesign.net/
http://www.lookom.com/
http://www.misspato.com/links/index.php
http://processing.org/
http://www.styleboost.com/
http://www.designtaxi.com/
http://digitalthread.com/

HEY MODS.... this would be a great sticky for people that have sites they'd like to submit, but dont know of that many places to submit!!

[simplistik]

HEY MODS.... this would be a great sticky for people that have sites they'd like to submit, but dont know of that many places to submit!!

Most of those award sites are wack.... and whoever said that the Golden Web Award was a real good one needs to go shoot themselves. That's absolutely the worst one you can possibly get.

[kirupa]

Most of those award sites are wack.... and whoever said that the Golden Web Award was a real good one needs to go shoot themselves. That's absolutely the worst one you can possibly get.Whoever doesn't get a Golden Web Award should just give up :P

[Jeff Wheeler]

in that case, I quit :(

:P

[T-O]

I get laods of good idea's from Fcukstar (http://www.fcukstar.com/) and TINY awards (http://www.internettinyawards.com/).

[DDD]

but then again they could just use the fancy, state of the art, one of a kind...SEARCH BUTTON......:lol:

[minimalistik]

http://www.superbe.org/
http://www.linkdup.com/
http://www.upwardlink.com/
http://www.design9.co.uk/
http://www.newwebpick.com/main.php
http://www.australianinfront.com.au/
http://www.creatiu.com/
http://www.designiskinky.net/index_main.html
http://www.favouritewebsiteawards.com/
http://www.fcukstar.com/
http://www.internettinyawards.com/
http://www.kirupa.com/lab/index.htm
http://lounge72.com/01/
http://www.moluv.com/
http://www.netdiver.net/explorative/
http://www.seraph.nl/
http://www.thedreamer.com.br/main.asp
http://www.ventilate.ca/
http://www.visuellerorgasmus.de/vo2003.htm
http://www.plasticpilots.com/news/index.php
http://www.worldbestwebsite.com/
http://wow.organicpixel.com/
http://www.plasticpilots.com/apply/index.php
http://www.crossmind.net/cnt/news/news.php?
http://www.flashla.com/FLAvoritos/
http://www.beautifully-webdesign.net/
http://www.lookom.com/
http://www.misspato.com/links/index.php
http://processing.org/
http://www.styleboost.com/
http://www.designtaxi.com/
http://digitalthread.com/


Melf's links are not all web-award sites. Since we are discussing here web-award sites, there is a difference between them and shouts. I dont know where he got those links from, he might taken them from my sticky such as dik or ausinfront. Ausinfront is not a web-award site. Its an australian design portal and they just link your site there if they think your website is creative much like dik's newsfeed.

[Rockstar]

for me these works: BB, Kirupa, Ultra, FCUK

[mrdahl]

ITA - Internet Tiny Awards
http://internettinyawards.com

FWA - Favorite Website Awards
http://favoritewebsiteawards.com

Bombshock Awards
http://ultrashock.com - Bombshock Forums

Fcukstar Awards
http://fcukstar.com

Kirupa Site of The Week
http://kirupaforum.com - Site of The Week Threads

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I repeat, these are the top award giving sites.

Daily dose of inspiration comes from here :).

Are we only talking about awards from sites ? Because while these awards are nice, you must be high if you ignore these :)

http://www.commarts.com or http://www.designinteract.com
One of the largest design mags in the world with respect you won't find most other places.

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=sotdarchive&loc=en_us
MM's site of the day is STILL a huge award.

The same goes for How and Print's annual awards.
These are not given out every other day, which also makes them special and while these sites cover design in general, they do cover web/interactive at least once a year with special issues (and awards).

The PR of "winning" an award from Comm Arts is better than anything else, if you are trying to impress clients. Most clients still doesn't know (or care) about the web only awards.

[minimalistik]

For internation tv ads and production: AD Awards @ www.ad-awards.com

[REEF·]

Does the word top go into anyones head :P?

That big list melf gave us was good and some of them aren't the most respected and biggest. I just don't see people talking about bb awards and seraph awards all the time. On such a big forum like kF and ultrashock, most people don't usually say "yay! I got a seraph award today" - even though I'd be happy with one award, getting one of the top 5 awards I listed is greater than anything :). But what the hell do I know, I never got one.

But I forgot one thing and thank you for reminding me. Macromedia is definetly definetly definetly one of the top ones of course :beer:.

[rkdesign]

I don't know guys...

i subscribe to HOW Design Magazine and a few other similar mags. When it's time to discuss interactive awards... these....

oh crap didn't read the post only a few up. Sorry

Anyway. American Design Awards is totaly reputable as are many other listed...

[simplistik]

One of the biggest problems w/ the design mag awards is they cost, and they cost a lot to enter your stuff... while the prize is great... it's really tough to get the award too. Sadly too... this last HOW annual was pretty lame :( IMO, I dunno who decides this stuff.

[rkdesign]

One of the biggest problems w/ the design mag awards is they cost, and they cost a lot to enter your stuff... while the prize is great... it's really tough to get the award too. Sadly too... this last HOW annual was pretty lame :( IMO, I dunno who decides this stuff.


that's true.

But the reason why they charge is beacuse the competitions are judged by professionals, who have dedicated their lives to understanding color theory, traditional and interactive media design and have proven success records using such knowledge.

It seems lately that sites featured on the aboved mentioned award sites are handing out awards more by popularity than by design.

I wish i could afford to enter the HOW annual...but i also wish I had time to post in a million forums to get people to "bump" my sites up to the top of an extremely long list.


just my thoughts :alien:

[simplistik]

But the reason why they charge is beacuse the competitions are judged by professionals, who have dedicated their lives to understanding color theory, traditional and interactive media design and have proven success records using such knowledge.

While all that is very important they still miss the boat on tons of crap. I work for the second largest sporting company in the world as a designer... so I would consider myself a professional as well, I could keep up with them, so I would consider my opinion just as valuable as theirs... a lot of their stuff they obviously pick only what has been paid to be looked at (which is expensive)... however if they opened it up freely I gaurantee a lot of the art and designs that they feature would be knocked out of the water by many many other designers and artists. They haven't seen the cream of the crop which is a shame and is what makes the annuals they have misleading. As ppl tend to consider them the best of the best if they show up in those magazines... which is definately not the case. Of course that can be said about any type of award. One of our partner companies acutually won best in print in HOW just recently... Quality Printing: The Red Thread. :)

[Celeste Y]

Just thought I would say thanks to you guys...you have cut my work in half! Instead of having to go through the hassle of searching the web, now I can just copy and paste! If there are any more websites that you guys can think of, that would be great!

[rkdesign]

I work for the second largest sporting company in the world as a designer... so I would consider myself a professional as well

Me too man, (largest aftermarket auto manufacturer - lead artist)

Just remember that very many of the members of these forums and award sites are still in high school, and while they are very talented web developers, they have a long way to go before they can make educated statements on the scope of design and the forming of trends.

You are right though... awards are slanted a bit.

[rdj]

if i ever recieve a fcukstar, ita, or bombshock i will be happier then a little kid with with an icelolly!

[G]

ITA and FWA are definatley the big guns in web awards.

[CanadianGuy]

lol. *clears throat*

For the record I was kidding when I said that golden and diamond web awards rock. :lol:

As for paying to be judged: I think it's crap.

[nccaDesign]

Hello all,

Found this thread through google and thought that some of you might be interested in another resource, NCCA Design (www.nccadesign.com (http://www.nccadesign.com)).

Thanks.

[Digitalosophy]

Hello all,

Found this thread through google and thought that some of you might be interested in another resource, NCCA Design (www.nccadesign.com (http://www.nccadesign.com)).

Thanks.

Seems you have to pay to sign up

[REEF·]

I said top d*mn it, top.

Not some new thing you have to pay for.

:bad:

[rkdesign]

I've been noticing there has been a lot of peer pressure on some of the major award sites. When a site is being recognized by more than one award, that qualifies it to recieve all the others?

Does anyone think that there should be more definition between the awards that are given?

i.e best typography, technical merit, best design, use of color

Some sites may win in multiple categories of course, but I think that would be more acceptable. than...

Ultrashock gave them an award, so that automatically means FWA will give one out too.

[nccaDesign]

I said top d*mn it, top.

Not some new thing you have to pay for.

:bad:
Our apologies...

We assumed that since some of the messages in this thread mentioned other "pay to enter" awards, we would mention ours also.

Our hope is that at the very least, the site can be another resource for design inspiration.

Thank you.

[REEF·]

Pay for? You don't have to pay for ITA, FWA, BS, Macromedia, KSOTW or FCUKSTAR...

No offense, but I never even heard of nccaDesign. To be considered "top" you need to be popular and have people know you.

[DDD]

reef....there are many sites you have not heard of and they may be popular in their neck of the woods. Me personally I would not pay for an awards site. Also there is netdiver as well. To me there are only a few awards that hold water.

Hey if you win you get to be in that book? Looking around there. seems you got some nice stuff going there. But I dont understand why you have to pay? Please explain. I am very interested in your site. Looks clean and professional.

Upon further inspection and research it seems this is a viable site. A few guys here have heard of this I guess. Hopefully ncca will come around explain a bit more.

[rkdesign]

Pay for? You don't have to pay for ITA, FWA, BS, Macromedia, KSOTW or FCUKSTAR...

No offense, but I never even heard of nccaDesign. To be considered "top" you need to be popular and have people know you.


hey, no offense Reefster, but... that's entirely inaccurate. And why are getting so upset about it?

The only one out of those that you listed that I actually respect is Kirupa, beacuse in most cases an explanation and review is given to the winner...and sometimes those who participated.

As I stated in an earlier post... IT "SEEMS" that those others just post whatever the most popular site is at the moment. IN some cases this means it is a good site, but compared to the music industry... you can hardly say what is the most popular on the radio is the best effort.

IN FACT it is usually quite the opposite.

[REEF·]

I'm not, why can't people just leave the 5 (or 6) I posted alone?

(the review is given because theres like 10 mods and its on a forums so all of them have time to give their own thoughts)

[DDD]

huh? Reef I am confused and dont feel like reading the history. Please explain why you are getting a hard time (again :lol: )

[nccaDesign]

Hi again everyone and once again our apologies ...

We truly did not intend to create any misunderstandings on the message board. We also apologize if anyone perceived that we were projecting ourselves as a top design award site, though we strive hard to one day be just that.

Thank you to DDD for the complement and to answer the questions:

- Yes, in addition to the cash prize, winners of the yearly tournament in the 3 categories do get inclusion in the book. We encourage you to read the "How to Compete" section of our site to get a better grasp on how a winner is determined as it is quite a timely process.

- The answer to why there is a fee to compete is due to the fact that a portion of the entry fee goes into the cash prize. The more competitors, the greater the prize gets. We feel that with the cash prize, firms/designers will be somewhat compensated for inclusion of their work in the book, unlike many other paying competitions that do not do so.

Like we said in our previous reply, if nothing at all, at the very least we hope that you can use the site for design inspiration and view the work of your peers.


Thank you.



reef....there are many sites you have not heard of and they may be popular in their neck of the woods. Me personally I would not pay for an awards site. Also there is netdiver as well. To me there are only a few awards that hold water.

Hey if you win you get to be in that book? Looking around there. seems you got some nice stuff going there. But I dont understand why you have to pay? Please explain. I am very interested in your site. Looks clean and professional.

Upon further inspection and research it seems this is a viable site. A few guys here have heard of this I guess. Hopefully ncca will come around explain a bit more.

[DDD]

sounds like a good thing after I launch my site I am going to sign up...fa sho...I wanna try to make it in that book. I got a few things cookin that may make it. Actually I may sign up b4 I launch.

Man!! Some rough critics in there. SOme good logos got low scores.

[CanadianGuy]

Bah! I'm sorry but paying to compete just feels wrong to me. Who gives a rats arse about the cash prize? Most great designers will tell you that their recognition of their work is more important than a couple of bucks.

O yea I just got an email saying that I won a golden web award and now I'm elgible to enter the esteemed designer committeee if I just send them $19.95 :lol:

[DDD]

lol...golden webby. Yea I feel ya CG. But the chance to be included in a book which I am confident I can get in and the cash prize and some of the fringe benefits seem pretty cool (actually I would just like to see my work published outside of what my clients do). I dont think he is pressuring anyone like this thread turned into. But I am going to try it I will let ya'll know if I win :lol: :beam:

[wii]

Well, I consider the most important Award sites to be:

http://www.favouritewebsiteawards.com/
http://www.bestflashanimationsite.com/
http://www.internettinyawards.com/
http://www.dopeawards.com/
http://www.ultrashock.com/
http://fcukstar.com/

There are many others, and lots of portal sites, but if we are talking about the top awards sites, then the above should be it !

I agree with Sean that he doesn´t give out awards for everyone, and the effort section is a good idea. I´ve seen some amazing sites even in the effort section, so that should tell anyone how hard it is to win at Dope.

When that is said, I also think that it´s very subjective what a good site is, I´ve seen some truly great sites at the above links, but also some sites I didn´t like at all, where the usability is terrible and so on...so it´s a matter of taste in many respects, just like everything else in life.

[khamstra]

Has anyone ever heard of the ADDYs?

I know these forums are generally about flash but a lot of the top sites for awards that were listed only give awards to sites done in flash. I agree that they are the top when talking about Flash but to say they are the top award sites leaves another section of the web out of it.

Just my thought, khamstra

[seanmee]

Wow I cant believe this thread is still going!!
Thnx for the support Wii, I truly spend alot of time reviewing each and every site before giving an award. To be put in the same category as fwa. ita, etc, is amazing:)

As far as charging people for a submission, it all boils down to if the designer is willing to pay to play, I personal would never charge someone to show off there work, but thats just me, as a designer I know at the end of a intense web project, I am thankful to finally be paid, and would not be willing to give any of that hard earned cash to anyone. except the wife, heheh:)

Sean Mee
www.dopeawards.com

[DDD]

the good thing is see about ncca and a few others like it is it seems the recognition makes it out of the design community. Not a bunch of commoners know about bombshock, and the ones mentioned. Which is not bad, just a little something different. Still not to sure about the dope awards but it seems sean stands behind the work he puts into it, so thats a plus.

[rkdesign]

There are many others, and lots of portal sites, but if we are talking about the top awards sites, then the above should be it !

Thankfully I know this isn't true, otherwise I would only get to see 5% of the digital culture out there. What about Netdiver, Carole was giving reviews of websites before Macromedia was a company. And she DEFINATELY doesn't adhere to peer pressure.

You do realize that ad agancies like GSD&M, Mindshare, TMP Worldwide have never heard of those top 5? :h:

[DDD]

yea I mentioned netdiver as well. Face it most design awards do not make it out of the design community. Meaning we only know their value. But what ncca is trying to do is get recognition abroad. I think more design spots should see about getting published. I think that idea is a good thing.

[wii]

Please note that the above list I posted is my personal favorite awards list - I do check other sites as well for great flash work, but the list I posted is where I personally find what I consider the coolest designs. I just added on more to the list that I forgot:

http://www.bestflashanimationsite.com/

[rlLife]

i am sorry to say that i think that is true of dope and new web pick. they have good sites some of the time both most times i just seems like they put any site on there

[SawyeR]

I smell a sticky here ... very useful thread,thanks to all !

[MrMass]

I say any award is good...as long as you work hard on your websites...those who didnt win an award from favoritewebsiteawards etc..big deal...you continue working and eventually with years of experience you will get one!

I feel much better when another designers around here support your work and give you comments to improve it...thats a award too!

peace

[wii]

http://www.dopeawards.com/ - has a new look !

Check it out.