Award Categories

The Committee looks at finished work and long-running practice. Not every category gets an award every year, and sometimes two recipients share one.

Public Record & Research

Lifetime Achievement in Public Record

For years of research and documentation, and for keeping a record that would otherwise have disappeared.

Supporting evidence: Archives, publications, field reports, collected testimony or a long body of research.

From the Hall: Cock Goblin Research & Safety Council (2022)

Preservation & Custodianship

Distinguished Custodianship

For looking after a collection, place or tradition and keeping it open to the public.

Supporting evidence: Collection histories, conservation records, public access and proof that you are still the one looking after it.

From the Hall: The Testicle Tabernacle (2023)

Specialist Innovation

Excellence in Elective Innovation

For building a service, process or system around a very specific need and committing to it completely.

Supporting evidence: A working practice, documented methods and a clear explanation of what the nominee started.

From the Hall: AREOLA Institute (2026)

Arts & Independent Vision

Uncompromising Vision in the Arts

For a distinctive body of art made with a clear vision and on the artist’s own terms.

Supporting evidence: A portfolio, exhibitions, publications or other finished work. A proposal alone is not a body of work.

From the Hall: Brian’s Buttholes (2024)

Heritage & Local Enterprise

Excellence in Heritage Enterprise

For independent businesses that keep a local practice, identity or way of working alive.

Supporting evidence: The history of the business, that it is still trading and what sets it apart from its neighbors.

From the Hall: Grandmammaries & Kathy’s Cuntry Store (2025)