This is a list of negative or anti-awards and mock prizes.

Arts and entertainment

Bad Sex in Fiction Award ''Literary Review'' is a British literary magazine founded in 1979 by Anne Smith, then head of the Department of English at the University of Edinburgh. Its offices are on Lexington Street in Soho. The magazine was edited for fourteen years by v ...

, awarded by the British magazine '' Literary Review'' *

Bald Archy Prize The Bald Archy is an Australian art prize, which parodies the prestigious portraiture award, the Archibald Prize. It usually includes cartoons or humorous works making fun of Australian celebrities. History It was founded in 1994 by theatre ...

, an Australian art prize, parodying the Australian

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archib ...

and mocking Australian celebrities *

Barbara Dex Award The Barbara Dex Award was a fan-voted accolade awarded annually to the worst-dressed contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest. The award was created by the fansite The House of Eurovision in 1997, which hosted it until the site's closure in 2 ...

, given annually to the "worst dressed" artist in the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

Bunshun Kiichigo Awards The Bunshun Kiichigo Awards (文春きいちご賞 - ''Bunshun Kiichigo Shou''), or ''Bunshun Raspberry Awards'', is an award presented in recognition of the worst in film. It was founded in 2005 by the Japanese publication company Bungeishunj� ...

, for the worst Japanese and foreign films * Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, for the deliberately worst written opening sentence for a (non-existent) novel * Faux Faulkner contest, for parodying

William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of ...

* Filmfail Awards, for the biggest failures of Bollywood *

Ghanta Awards The Ghanta Awards (sometimes abbreviated as The Ghanta) is an award presented in recognition of the worst film in Bollywood. Founded by Prashant Rajkhowa and Karan Anshuman in 2010, the annual Ghanta Awards ceremony in Mumbai takes place about th ...

, recognizing the worst in Bollywood in various categories *

Golden Kela Awards The Golden Kela Awards are a satirical take on Bollywood that award the worst performances in Hindi cinema each year. Created by ''Random Magazine'', winners are selected each year by an online poll and receive an award in the shape of a golde ...

, spotlighting the worst performances in Hindi cinema * Golden Raspberry Awards, for the worst in American cinema * Golden Mullet Awards, reviewers' picks for worst video games of the past year *

K Foundation art award The 1994 K Foundation award was an award given by the K Foundation (Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty) to the "worst artist of the year". The shortlist for the £40,000 K Foundation award was identical to the shortlist for the well-established but cont ...

, presented to the "worst artist of the year" *

Lyttle Lytton Contest Adam Cadre (born February 5, 1974, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American writer active in a number of forms—novels, screenplays, webcomics, essays—but best known for his work in interactive fiction. Biography Cadre's 1998 piece ''Photopi ...

, based on the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, but with restrictions *

Naomi Awards Naomi Awards was an award ceremony dedicated to the year's worst music acts. It was a parody of the BRIT Awards, and was run by the music channel Music Choice. They were named after supermodel Naomi Campbell, whose own 1994 single "Love and Tears" ...

, dedicated to the year's worst music acts * Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, chosen by a Los Angeles-based group of film buffs and movie critics * Turnip Prize, for deliberately bad modern art

Language and speaking

* Académie de la Carpette anglaise, to "members of the French élite who distinguish themselves by relentlessly promoting the domination of the English language over the French language in France and in European institutions." *

Doublespeak Award The Doublespeak Award is an "ironic tribute to public speakers who have perpetuated language that is grossly deceptive, evasive, euphemistic, confusing, or self-centered", i.e. those who have engaged in doublespeak. It has been issued by the Nation ...

, an "ironic tribute to public speakers who have perpetuated language that is grossly deceptive, evasive, euphemistic, confusing, or self-centered" *

Ernie Awards The Ernie Awards, or the 'Ernies', are Australian awards for comments deemed misogynistic. They are held annually. They are named after former Australian Workers' Union secretary Ernie Ecob, who was known for his misogynistic remarks. One of ...

, for comments deemed misogynistic * Foot in Mouth Award, for "a baffling comment by a public figure" *

Golden Bull Award The Golden Bull Award is an award that is given annually by the Plain English Campaign to an organisation who has made what is deemed by the campaign to be a confusing and bad use of English (see gobbledygook). Past "Winners" Started in 1980, t ...

, for organizations which use confusing and bad English *

Un-word of the year Un-word of the year (german: Unwort des Jahres) is an annual selection of one new or recently popularized term that violates human rights or infringes upon democratic principles, made by a panel of German linguists. The term may be one that discrim ...

, for a German word or word group deemed to be the year's most offensive new or recently popularized term * Word of the year, including "most unnecessary", "most outrageous", "most euphemistic", "least likely to succeed"

Science and pseudoscience

Allergen of the Year Allergen of the Year is an annual award voted upon by the American Contact Dermatitis Society. This is "designed to draw attention to allergens that are very common, under-recognized, merit more attention because they are causing significant allergi ...

* Bent Spoon Award for paranormal or pseudo-scientific fraud * Erratic Boulder Award (orig. Bludný Balvan), for the contribution of individuals and societies in misleading the Czech public and the development of a muddy way of thinking *

Goldenes Brett The award Das Goldene Brett vorm Kopf (English translation: "''The Golden Blockhead''", literal translation "''The Golden Board in Front of the Head''") is a negative prize awarded by the Society for the Scientific Investigation of Pseudosciences ...

, for the most astonishing pseudo-scientific nuisance of the year in German-speaking countries * Ig Nobel Prize, started off as an award for questionable scientific achievements, but evolved to a honourable award with the slogan 'honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think'. *

Pigasus Award The Pigasus Award is the name of an annual tongue-in-cheek award that was presented by noted skeptic James Randi. The award seeks to expose parapsychological, paranormal or psychic frauds that Randi had noted over the previous year. Randi usual ...

, for paranormal fraud, presented by noted skeptic

James Randi James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American stage magician, author and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. Rodrigues 2010p. ...

* Snuffed Candle Award for presenting pseudoscience as genuine

Sports

* The

Gooker Award ''WrestleCrap'' is a professional wrestling website created by R. D. Reynolds and Merle Vincent, serving as a "hall of shame" for some of the worst gimmicks and storylines in professional wrestling history. The site is currently run by Reynolds a ...

, given each year to the worst gimmick, storyline, match or event in professional wrestling in that year. * Bidone d'oro, for the most disappointing player in Serie A Italian football league *

Douglas Wilkie Medal The Douglas Wilkie Medal is an award presented to those who do the least for Australian rules football, in the best and fairest manner. An accolade presented by the Anti-Football League, it is named after Douglas Wilkie, a ''Sun News-Pictorial'' ...

, presented to those who do the least for Australian rules football *

Mr. Irrelevant Mr. Irrelevant is the nickname given to the last pick of the annual National Football League Draft. Although NFL drafts date back to 1936, the first person to be called Mr. Irrelevant was Kelvin Kirk of the 1976 NFL Draft. History "Mr. Irrelev ...

, for the last player selected in each year's NFL draft *

Wooden spoon (award) A wooden spoon is an award that is given to an individual or team that has come last in a competition. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events. The term is of British origin and has spread to other English-speaking ...

, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up

Other

* Big Brother Awards, to recognize "the government and private sector organizations ... which have done the most to threaten personal privacy" **

Big Brother Awards (Australia) {{Self-published, date=June 2008 Overview Since 1998, over 50 Big Brother Awards ceremonies have been held in 16 countries. They are presented around the world by the national members and affiliated organisations of Privacy International to co ...

Big Brother Awards (Finland) {{Unreferenced, date=January 2010 The Big Brother Awards in Finland is the version of the international Privacy International's Big Brother Awards by Electronic Frontier Finland. The purpose of the Big Brother Awards is to draw attention to the vi ...

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Big Brother Awards (United Kingdom) The Big Brother Awards (the Winston Awards) for the United Kingdom 2008 A single Big Brother award was won by New Labour.

* Carbuncle Cup, for bad architecture * Darwin Awards, for removing oneself from the gene pool (i.e. killing oneself) in an unusual fashion * Fake News Awards, created by Donald Trump to highlight news outlets he claimed were responsible for misrepresenting him or producing false reports{{Verify source, date=January 2022 *

Golden Fleece Award The Golden Fleece Award (1975–1988) was a tongue-in-cheek award given to public officials in the United States for squandering public money. Its name is sardonically taken from the actual Order of the Golden Fleece, a prestigious chivalric awa ...

, for financial waste within the U.S. government * Herman Cain Award, for people who have promoted COVID-19 misinformation and later died of COVID-19 *

Pwnie Awards The Pwnie Awards recognize both excellence and incompetence in the field of information security. Winners are selected by a committee of security industry professionals from nominations collected from the information security community. Nomine ...

, recognizing both excellence and incompetence in the field of information security *

Roger Award The Roger Award For The Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in New Zealand was an annual media campaign run since 1997 by two activist organisations, Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa and GATT Watchdog. The winners were chosen b ...

, for the worst transnational corporation operating in New Zealand *

Salt Lick Award The Salt Lick Award was an award given to Canadian manufacturers of foods that demonstrated inappropriately high sodium levels in order to raise awareness of high-sodium foods to general consumers. The name refers to salt licks. The award has not be ...

, given to Canadian manufacturers of foods that have high sodium levels * Shafta Awards (journalism), British awards given annually for "the very worst in tabloid journalism" * Sir Hugh Casson Award, for the worst new building of the year *

Stella Awards Randy C Cassingham (1959 in California, USA) is an American syndicated columnist, humorist, publisher, and speaker. He is a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been the keynote speaker at several of The Skeptics So ...

, now defunct, for frivolous lawsuits * Wet Gunpowder Award, Iranian award given to "someone who is against the

Islamic Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...

" and who "against their own wishes, performs a service to the revolution."

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