AwardsandHonors.com was launched in January, 2009 as the web’s first comprehensive awards portal. What does that mean? It means you’ll find news, history, trivia and an extensive database of over 34,000 award winners. America is obsessed with awards (just check out all of the Oscars hype) and awardsandhonors.com feeds that obsession. Where else will you find Nobel laureates side by side with the winner of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest or Presidential Medal of Honors winners sharing space with the Super Bowl MVP? Awards coverage is updated daily and award winners date back to 1731.
AwardsandHonors.com is a remarkable resource for anyone interested in keeping on top of news, features and information surrounding major and not-so-major awards. It is a great tool for teachers and students, for journalists and researchers, and for anyone else who happens to be interested in the world’s great achievers and the organizations that honor them.
Some of the key site features include:
· * A searchable database of award winners
· * Daily news updates
· * The “back stories” on hundreds of awards
· * A comprehensive awards calendar
· * Features on current and past awards winners
· * “Reality Check”- where visitors can get updates on the status of competitors on their favorite reality shows
· * Trivia- Fun facts behind some of the biggest awards and award winners.
· * MyAwards- Where visitors can create personal pages to share news about awards or honors they may have received. You can post photographs, news stories, etc.
· * Our Awards- Virtually every company (large and small) gives out awards and honors to employees. We give companies the opportunity to create their own pages on our site… a chance to show the world how proud they are of their top achievers
· * Polls and Contests- Everyone loves to make their picks for everything from who will win the Oscars to who should be Time’s Person of the Year. Visitors get to pit their picking skills against fellow award enthusiasts
· * Awards Alerts- we will send breaking news to your e-mail box every day, giving you up to the minute news and previews on your favorite awards
To sum up, AwardsandHonors.com is the destination for everything related to the world of awards and honors!
