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Have you ever received an award?

Years and years ago. I got honors awards in middle school and the Gold Award in Girl Scouts in high school. Does the dean's list in college count?

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ  USA

Not really since school days. I won quite a number of awards for public speaking, debate, and interpretive reading in high school. Some academicy type things in college. I have a bowling trophy or two at my mom's house from my days as a teen leaguer. I have three diplomas (those are kinda like awards, right?) As a working adult, nothing more than nice certificates of compleletion / achievement for seminars and workshops - those really aren't awards. I had a video piece included in a couple of festival / collections and I did receive a grant last year to work on another website.

Felicia, 35
Lowell
, MA   USA

Yes, I was in a small beauty pageant once.

Melodi, 19
Gahanna
, OH   USA

not really

Patty

Assorted ones in school and college. One or two since.

Jane, 60
West Linn
, OR    USA

In high school I got a couple of keys, one for language (I did advanced French independent study) and one for yearbook (I was on the staff for three years, including one as photo editor and another as copy editor). I've gotten some others but nothing really interesting, not that high school keys are interesting.

etoile, 20
Washington
, DC  USA

Just a few of those cheesy web awards for my personal site, a few "good citizenship awards" most kids got in grade school, but nothing worth hanging on my wall.

Ryan, 28
Riedlingen  GERMANY

Lots of karate awards, bronze, silver, and gold honours awards for high school, um.. safety patroller of the year in '95 lol.

Dianne, 17
Ontario  CANADA

Yes, in school for academic achievement.

Laura, 36
Lowell
, MA    USA

Tangible awards presented in formal ceremonies? Probably not since childhood. Intangible awards with no ceremony? Frequently.

Jill, 60
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

A couple.

Alias Irrelevante

Yes, but nothing really worth mentioning. I'm good at my job. I always went to school. Etc.

Firelady, 23
Dallas
, TX   USA

Yes.

Eric, 19
Beverly Hills
, CA   USA

I'm sure I have. Nothing like the Nobel Prize for Literature or a Hugo Award or anything, though.

Karen, 22
Marshalltown/Ames
, IA  USA

A perfect attendance award one year :P

Talia, 24
Wilton
, CT   USA

I won two years in a row for best male vocalist for my high school musicals. Does that count? I was Teen Angel in Grease, and Lovin' Al' in Working.  Woohoo A-Dog!

A-Dog, 18
McMinnville
, OR  USA

Yeah, I received a fishing trophy when I was really little, that I'm ashamed of now. I was with an outing of boys in a royal rangers (christian group for boys) group, because my brother was going. And my mom took me along, and a man from the church helped me cast my line, and I ended up catching the biggest fish. So not only was I not suppose to be participating, because I was a girl, but I won the fishing trophy for the biggest fish. I still have it, but I don't like to display it because now I'm against fishing. Weird, huh?

Lisa J., 23
TN  USA

Yes.

Fisch, 46
Preston
, CT   USA

Several, mostly for writing. The one that I really take a lot of pride in is the SC Lt. Governor's award for writing that I won in 5th grade.

Angela, 17
Bella Vista
, AR  USA

I like to take pictures and for the past few years I have been a member of our local camera club. At our monthly photography competitions, I have won about a dozen awards.

Reba, 51+
Silver Spring
, MD  USA

Wow, let me think about that...I have trophies and plaques from elementary school for winning spelling bees. I have a literary award for a poem I wrote. I think there's more but I can't think at the moment. Awards have never been that important to me. I clam up when I receive praise...it's a

Jennifer, 19
Wilkes-Barre
,
PA  USA

In elementary school I got awards for having no red slips. We had a thing called "Project R" that I assume stood for Respect...anyway, if you were bad (this includedskipping steps on the stairway) you got a red slip. If you didn't get any red slips during a month, or did something extraordinary like return a library book on time, you got a green slip and were allowed to attend a "Project R" Assembly.

Kristin, 20
IA  USA

I just returned from Atlanta and my mom, aunt Mag and I ate at a local Irish pub, The Old Court.

Felicia, 35
Lowell
, MA   USA

My daughter-in-law and I lunched on a Chinese buffet.

Jill, 60
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

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