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 Prizes for contributions to society. An award can also simply be a public acknowledgment of excellence, without a tangible token or a prize.

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magazine article: Awards. "The Nobels are the originals, of course. Alfred Nobel, the man who invented deadly explosives, decided to try and do something good with all the money he earned, and gave prizes to people who made progress in literature, science, economics and – perhaps most importantly – peace." Read article

word game: Idioms with "win". Match idiomatic expressions that contain the word "win" to their definitions. Play game

word game: Nobel prizes. Match the names of the different prizes to images and descriptions of them. Play game

story: The Fix. The four judges have been sitting in a small room in the Milton Hotel in London for three hours now. They must agree on who will win the four awards in the important Global Music Awards. But there is a problem. A big problem. The judges have not yet agreed on one single thing. They must all agree on each winner. If they can’t all agree, then the award will not be given – nobody will win. Read story

cartoon: "The winner of this year's award ... for finally discovering his new computational method after a lifetime's work ... is ..." See cartoon

trivia: Quote: "I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. (Jack Benny) "See more awards trivia

links: Wikipedia: list of prizes, medals, and awards See more links

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