Other Industry Awards

GAMA is proud to support the efforts and excellence throughout our industry. Listed here are some of the awards bestowed upon designers, artists and manufacturers of our industry. Voted on by fans and peers, these represent the accolades of those who know the products best.

Pen and Paper

The Pen & Paper Fan Awards are voted on once a year by visitors to www.pen-paper.net. Voters are free to select any product they wish; no predetermined nominees are selected. Visitors voted on the Best RPGs, Supplement, Adventure, Cover Art, Interior Art and more! To see the winners, visit http://www.pen-paper.net/awards.php.

Diana Jones Award

The Diana Jones Award is an annual award created to publicly acknowledge excellence in gaming. The award was first made for the year 2000, and the first award ceremony was on August 4, 2001.

It is decided on merit, not popularity or commercial success. You may never have heard of some of the nominees, but you can be certain that they are all outstanding in their fields. What is more, because the winner is chosen by a closed, anonymous committee, it is impossible for a manufacturer or publisher to stuff the ballot or interfere with the voting.

The Diana Jones Award is designed to reward any combination of achievement, innovation, and anything that has benefited or advanced the hobby and industry as a whole; or which has had the greatest positive effect on games and gaming; or which, in the opinion of the judging committee, shows or exemplifies gaming at its best.

The precise interpretation of ‘excellence in gaming’ is left to the discretion of the individual judges, who approach the subject from many different backgrounds and perspectives. Innovation, artistic merit, commercial success, cultural significance, longevity and several other factors are all considered.

Anyone and anything within the games industry and hobby is eligible to win the Diana Jones award. That includes but is not restricted to: individuals, products, publications, publishers, distributors, retailers, clubs, organisations, conventions, events, trends, innovations and concepts. It is possible that the committee may decide not to give the award if in their opinion nothing in the previous year was sufficiently outstanding to qualify.

For more information on the Diana Jones Awards, including past winners, please visit www.dianajonesaward.org.