POM People Awards

The POM People Awards, (Abbreviated as PPA), is an annual event in which community members can win awards in the form of customized forum signatures for their accomplishments and contributions to the site during the year.

History
On 18th November 2012, Zenester created the forum thread for the first PPA. Once all the categories had been implemented and the votes counted, Leoshi, Kyoufuu and a number of guest stars recorded and published a comedic podcast in which they announce the winner of each category.

On 2nd November 2013, the second edition of the award series was greenlighted and the aforementioned community members took up their roles, host, vote counter and podcast crew respectively, again. A couple of categories were retired while a few more were added.

Process
The event follows a procedure that lasts 3 months from November 1st to January 20th.

During the month of November, members may discuss about the event and how it will run. During the month, members may sign up for roles in organizing the PPA, ask questions, discuss suggestions and propose award categories.

During the first half of December, members will send private messages to nominate people for categories. They are allowed to nominate up to 3 people per category and nominate people for as many categories as they like.

During the second half of December, the nominations are counted and polls will be set up. When the polls are set up, members will vote for the winner.

Around January 20th, a POM cast is released to announce the winners. Winners will receive award signatures in their inbox on the forums.

Artist awards

 * 1) Best Punk artist
 * 2) Best Hard Rock artist
 * 3) Best Hardcore artist
 * 4) Best Metal artist
 * 5) Best Ska artist (first edition only)
 * 6) Best Funk artist (first edition only)
 * 7) Best Classic Rock artist
 * 8) Best Ska artist (third edition only)
 * 9) Best Alternative artist
 * 10) Best Non-POM song artist
 * 11) Best POM songs with Singing artist
 * 12) Best collaborator (second edition only)
 * 13) Best singer (second edition only)

Alternative content artists

 * 1) Best article writer
 * 2) Best graphics artist (first edition only)
 * 3) Best poet
 * 4) Best POM-caster
 * 5) Best reviewer
 * 6) Best story-writer (first and second edition only)
 * 7) Best project (second edition onward)

Community awards

 * 1) Member of the Year
 * 2) POM Veteran Award
 * 3) Most active member
 * 4) Most helpful member
 * 5) Friendliest member
 * 6) Funniest member
 * 7) Most underrated member (third edition only)
 * 8) Best project manager (second edition only)
 * 9) Best roleplayer (first edition only)
 * 10) Biggest forumer
 * 11) Craziest member (first edition only)
 * 12) Most likely to succeed