[quote=@Revans Exile]
You say how awards are chosen but not what the awards are.

What are the awards?
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[@Psyga315] is correct -- but the actual prizes are a bit unclear, and/or buried somewhere in all these RPGC threads. Here's the skinny -- we're basically doing everything we can think of to reward winners, both of the main-prize popular vote, and all the staff picks. Some of the rewards (Hall of Fame, newsletter spots, publicity) are available now -- you'll get all those. Other rewards are on the way too -- but they involve some re-coding of the website, to add things like personal trophy cases, graphics, profile features, and stuff like that. I'm not really in a position to predict when they'll be ready, or what things will actually turn out to be possible, but we're keeping records so that everybody who might be eligible for a post-facto feature later on will get that, too. 

TLDR -- awards are given for each of the bonus categories; main award is decided by popular vote; all winners will be recognized in the contest thread, the hall of fame, the site newsletter, and any future features we're able to add.