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17 More Awesome Awards Websites

In a continuing effort to showcase awards organizations with engaging and impactful websites, we present to you 17 more that feature thoughtfully-designed graphics, eloquent and concise copy, and interactive and social elements – all of which make for truly memorable user experiences. If you missed the previous post check it out now! (21 Spectacular Awards Websites).

1. The One Club

This site features an effective use of horizontal and vertical navigation and scrolling, and it directly presents awards rankings on its homepage nicely. The One Club is a prominent non-profit organization recognizing and promoting excellence in advertising.

2. The CSS Design Award

This organization scrutinizes sites from around the world to award sites that exhibit cutting-edge, innovative design. Highlighting sites on a daily basis, its own site (fittingly enough) is both highly functional and clean in its design approach.

3. Favourite Website Awards

The Favourite Website Awards is another awards program that honors excellence in web design and is touted as “the most visited website program in the history of the internet.” Bold, interactive graphics and a plethora of easy-to-navigate sections make this site’s web presence truly stand out.

4. Singapore Short Film Awards

Presented by The Substation, Singapore’s first independent contemporary arts center, the Singapore Short Film Awards is an annual competition that celebrates the best in Singapore’s short films. The site features well-designed, easy-to-read content and effective placement of web elements.

5. The Beast Best Awards

Organized by popular news and opinion website The Daily Beast, The Beast Best Awards showcases innovative websites and Twitter feeds. The site is unique in its modular presentation of winners, combining simple, graphical representations with informative mouse-overs.

6. Web Visionary Awards

The Web Visionary Awards recognizes websites that excel in various categories, including fantastic typography, effective leveraging of social media, and excellent data visualization, among others. Operating in conjunction with Web Visions Conference, an internationally-recognized conference exploring the future of web and mobile design, technology, user experience and digital media, the site features a fun yet elegant design and an excellent parallax scrolling experience for easy navigability.

7. The Lovie Awards

The Lovie Awards’ website utilizes clean, bold elements with easy-to-read copy, making for an exceptionally impactful user experience. Its pan-European award and organization honors content created on the Internet in multiple categories.

8. The Limelight Film Awards

This annual short film competition recognizes and awards filmmakers in 12 film categories. Its site is a multimedia-rich user experience, capturing both highlights from the red-carpet event and winning contestants’ films.

9. European Business Awards

The European Business Awards honors innovative businesses in a variety of industries, from cosmetics and fashion to engineering and manufacturing. The site is a captivating mix of strong, colorful graphics and typography mixed with impactful web copy.

10. Eurobest Awards

This organization’s colorful and simple awards site highlights its festival and contest – an event celebrating the best in the advertising and creative industries. Simple and direct call-to-actions and concise messaging make this website shine in the usability category.

11. The Weblog Awards

Highlighting the best in blogs from around the world, the annual Weblog Awards recognizes leading blogs in categories such as humor, lifetime achievement, and writing, among others. The site is especially effective in its use of horizontally-scrolling content and utilization of screen space.

12. The Communicator Awards

Extended use of white space is the ongoing trend in web design these days, and The Communicator Awards’ website is exemplary in this regard. The two-decades old awards organization recognizes the biggest and best ideas in marketing and communication.

13. Peabody Awards

Since 1941, the Peabody Awards has been recognizing excellence in storytelling, with a more recent emphasis in electronic media. Due to the organization’s legacy and prominence, the site is a great mix of strong branding and interactive video and media.

14. The Rad Awards

This awards website is another example of effective use of white space. Negative spacing and simple typography combine to give users an elegant, easy-to-digest user experience. The Rad Awards recognizes firms that excel in recruitment communication.

15. MobileWebAwards

Produced by the Web Marketing Association, the MobileWebAwards recognizes and showcases individuals and organizations that exhibit excellence in mobile websites and apps. With fun, custom-designed graphics used minimally and placed strategically, the site is an excellent combination of content and functionality.

16. The Crest Discovery Awards

A rich, engaging color palette and simple typography make this awards website highly readable and informative. Organized by the British Science Association, the CREST Discovery Award recognizes innovative and quality work in technology, engineering, math, and sciences.

17. Hollywood Film Awards

The Hollywood Film Awards honors excellence in filmmaking and is widely regarded as a preeminent pre-Oscars showcase. The site’s homepage primarily communicates through bold, high-resolution photos and features a particularly effective implementation of infinite scrolling.

Miriam Hancock

Miriam Hancock
Miriam is the Marketing Coordinator for OpenWater. When she isn't writing and designing content she paints and cooks for her own personal blog.

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