Have you ever won an award?

You’re in good company – I won a poetry recitation award at school, as well and also the German prize one year, as well.

Oh, and seeing as you’re a journo, I thought I’d add that our four-person magazine team won the Religious Publication of the Year a few years ago, when I toiled on Songs Of Praise magazine (on a freelancer basis). An amazing achievement – especially given that I’m an atheist!

songs of praise poetry

Posted about 1 year ago by robram

I won a school writing competition many years ago for writing a story about wheelchair called Willie. First prize was a flight in a small two-seater aircraft. I threw up all over the pilot. Second prize was $100 …

Posted about 1 year ago by Lauralou

Stitch and Bitch London won the UK’s biggest knitting group, awarded by the British Hand Knitting Association. We were awarded with £50 worth of yarn! Wooo hoooo!

Posted about 1 year ago by Joelle

I once had a Bafta on my desk. They’re very heavy.

Posted about 1 year ago by iSleepDiagonal

I won a cup for improvement when I was about 11. It was the cup they gave the backward kids who tried extra hard, despite their backwardness. I won it because I did shit work all through the year, but then pulled off a great set of exam results at the end of the year. My form master thought that I must be naturally stupid, but had worked extra hard to improve myself.

Even at 11, I can remember the warm glow of self satisfaction when he read my end of year reports and realised that my work was just shit because I’m bone idle. He actually told me that I didn’t deserve the prize, and that I should be ashamed of myself.

That just made it all so much sweeter.

So screw you, Mr Ford. So what if you were right about my laziness? And so what if you were also right when you said that if I didn’t buck my ideas up, I’d end up wasting my whole life? My name is still engraved on that cup, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

Who’s the winner now, eh?

Posted about 1 year ago by CasperCCC

I’ve won a few advertising awards but failed to win many, many more.

I love the people who win a major award and then try to sound all modest by saying they’re going to hang it in the downstairs toilet. In other words, where everyone who comes to your house will see it.

Posted about 1 year ago by BraveNewMalden

I came second in an Easter egg painting competition once. It’s probably just as well I didn’t win. My dad was giving out the prizes.

[It wasn’t dodgy, mind, it was Barclays Bank supersavers (kids’ accounts) competition. My dad worked for Barclays, but wasn’t a judge. He did tell me to remember to not call him Dad though]

Posted about 1 year ago by AdrianCooper

As Joelle rightly says we won Biggest Knitting Group in the UK! In your face anyone with an Oscar!

it was all because of me

Posted about 1 year ago by Beagleskin

I won lots of awards at school from random Geography prizes to the High Jump cup (which nobody can now believe as I’m not terribly tall). However, since the age of 18 I have won nothing. Not a thing. Except maybe a tenner on the lottery. Which leads me to believe I may have peaked exceedingly early. Which is a shame. The rest of my life looks set to be rather disappointing if that is the case.

ISD how did you come to have a BAFTA on your desk? Do you think they’re heavier than an Oscar? I suppose I could google it but am too busy slumping into a depression caused by the sad realisation that my best is behind me.

Posted about 1 year ago by SeeSee

Yes! I have! For dancing. Like ten years ago. And I got four. Four.

I got one at secondary school too for a story that I done wrote.

Posted about 1 year ago by Carla

Like SeeSee, I won lots of stuff at school, but I don’t think I’ve won anything since. Bah. Must try harder.

Posted about 1 year ago by Floatykatja

SeeSee – I’ve never held an Oscar so I don’t know. A Bafta is heavier than you’d expect, anyway. The computer game company I used to work for won it for some kind of innovation/technical achievement thing. A couple of years later I went to a Bafta nominations do for a later game I worked on, and there was free red wine. That’s the most drunk I’ve ever been (a story for another day, perhaps).

Also, a friend worked for one of the Soho CGI companies, one of the TV series he worked on won an Emmy. He had his Emmy on top of the telly in the living room. Rather unwieldy and dangerously pointy, I seem to remember.

The only reason your best is behind you is because you don’t know what’s going to happen next.

Posted about 1 year ago by iSleepDiagonal

Also, I have my cycling proficiency award (failed first time!), 10m underwater, bronze and silver survival swimming, elementary helmsman, BCU 2* Canoeing.

All before I was 15. I’d die if I tried that lot now.

Posted about 1 year ago by iSleepDiagonal

I’ve won a Bafta and various other things that I don’t give a shit about now that I’ve got a Bafta.

Posted about 1 year ago by eviltwin

Aww thanks ISD, your kind words may well have given me the impetus I need to crawl out of my depression. (I’m easily swayed).

Posted about 1 year ago by SeeSee

Nowt since school…but I did win the GCSE Art, English, French and Media Studies prizes, and then the A Level English and Biology prizes (by rights they should’ve given me the Art prize, too, but for some reason it was felt that I couldn’t have prizes for all my A level subjects) and I also got the special cup for the best A level results. I was such a fucking swot!

I also randomly won the achievement award one year on sports day, because despite being shit at all sports, I managed to win the long jump that year.

Posted about 1 year ago by Allie

That reminds me SeeSee. I was driving along the other day, some guy flagged me down. He said “Give us a lift?” I said “Sure. You look great, the world’s your oyster! Go for it.”

Posted about 1 year ago by iSleepDiagonal

ISD, that’s woeful.

However, despite myself, I just laughed out loud

Posted about 1 year ago by SeeSee

I won an award in a football tournament two weeks ago. also have won school poetry contest. casper very funny

Posted about 1 year ago by kristine

I always used to win fancy dress competitions too

Posted about 1 year ago by kristine