| Diana Jones Award | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | Excellence in gaming |
| Presented by | Diana Jones committee |
| First awarded | 2001 |
| Website | http://www.dianajonesaward.org/ |
The Diana Jones Award is an annual award for "excellence in gaming". The original award was made from a burned book encased in lucite.[1] The award is unusual in two ways: first, it is not an award for a specific class of thing, but can be awarded to a person, product, publication, company, organization, event or trend – anything related to gaming; second, it does not count popularity or commercial success as a sign of "excellence".[2] The award was first presented in 2001.[3]
Nominees are circulated during the year to the committee, which is mostly anonymous but which is known to include Peter Adkison, Matt Forbeck, John Kovalic and James Wallis.[4] The committee is anonymous to protect the voting process from interference, but individual judges are free to reveal themselves.[2] The committee releases a shortlist of three to seven nominees[2] in spring, and the award is presented to the winner at Gen Con in Indianapolis in August.
- ^ "Tabletop gaming's most coveted trophy is a burned book". Polygon. 10 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "About the Diana Jones Award". The Diana Jones Award committee. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ "The Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming". The Diana Jones Award committee. Archived from the original on 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ "Gaming's Nobel Prize, the Diana Jones Award, selects Gen Con, Gloomhaven and Terraforming Mars among 2017 nominees". Tabletop Gaming. 7 June 2017.