The world is full of many awards and appreciations, where many renowned ceremonies are held to appreciate and encourage the efforts of celebrities and stars. Many awards are a great honor for the stars who perform par excellence. However, there are kinds of awards that are very unusual and weird. Some of these awards will intrigue you about the unconventional ways of appreciation.
Let’s delve into ten such awards that you probably have never even thought or heard of existing in the world:
10) The Turnip Prize:
This interesting prize or award is a satirical award given to children or adults to appreciate their lazy or terrible talent for curating an art piece. This might sound weird but it usually favors the entries that have satirical and cringe titles with bad art creation. The turnip award might be a lighthearted jab at the amateur artists or ordinary peoole to praise their creativity and talent, by embracing absurd pieces of art that portray the ideas and creativity of the individual. It’s surely true art is everywhere in the world and beauty is always in the eyes of the beholder, so it completely depends on a person’s perspective how they look at it, perceive it and curate it.
9) Mullet Awards at Mulletfest:
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In 2018, Laura Johnson founded The Mullet Fest in Kurri Kurri, Australia. This festival usually aims at the distribution of Mullet Awards to the public of all age groups with their amazing Mullet hairstyle. This hairstyle can highlight the legacy of legendary actors like Billy Ray Cyrus and David Bowie. The festival has grown enthusiastically around the world as all the people with mullet hairstyles gather and show off their hairstyle as an iconic business in front and party in the back. It boosts local business and invites attractive visitors.
8) Worst Word/Un-Word of the Year:
Two of the associations or organizations of the world have discovered this mission to condemn the most extreme or obscure words of the languages. The two organizations are;
The Plain English Foundation and The German Language Society (GLS). The initial mission of the Plain English Foundation was to highlight the jabs and euphemisms but as time has evolved, many words are used as slang terms and often complicate the clear phrases confusing audiences. To eliminate this, they have already given this award previously to KFC’s misleading “modification” slogan in 2012. These awards serve as a critique of a linguistic culture as they expose distorted and obscure phrases and correct them.
7) The World’s Most Phallic Building Contest:
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In 2003, this funny content mostly involved the search of buildings around the world that resemble or are symbolic of the male reproductive organ, particularly the penis. This weird concept came into being with the first discovery of the world’s most phallic building. In 2003, Jonathan Ames claimed that the Williamsburg Bank in Brooklyn looked phallic or resembled the male reproductive part. This weird claim made people laugh and humorous.
It made them search for more buildings that had an uncanny resemblance with the male reproductive part. Many audiences came across the building of Ypsilanti Water Tower in Michigan and the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee which resembles the particular male reproductive organ, making it the world’s most phallic building resemblance.
6) Nikon Small World Photo-micrography Competition:
This interesting competition unveiled the new and interesting concept of appreciating the smallest things in the world through the lens. Since 1975, the Nikon company has hosted these events to celebrate the meticulous creation of the smallest things that exist in our world. Moreover, the entries that are made are often judged based on the photography techniques of contrasting tones, exposure, fluorescence, confocal and other elements of the image or film.
To date, the amazing winners have included the Honey Bee eye covered in millions of dandelion pollen and the fluorescent turtle embryo. This contest reveals the fascinating talents of individuals and captures the things that remain unseen from our eyes.
5) The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year:

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This interesting award has been celebrated since 1978, to appreciate the most vague and quirky titles of the book. Initially, this concept was created by a local book fair to keep the readers and customers engaged but later on, it took the shape of an award presented by the bookseller. The winner is usually determined by the public vote of the audience choosing the humorous and weird book title. Some of the funny winners are Lesbian Horse Stories, Crocheting with Math and Is Superman Circumcised? One rule of the award is that the publishers will not participate with their book titles but instead judge the other author’s book titles.
4) The Bad Sex in Fiction Award:
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This weird award is usually awarded or given to the producers or authors who write poorly or weird intimate scenes or stories about sex in their novels. This award was started in 1993 and highlighted the literary tradition of artists or authors who aren’t good at writing about intimate scenes and stories. The concept of this award remains vague since it’s not very funny. It might be used to mock or for irony purposes only. This award reminds the author to write sensual intimate scenes to attract readers and audiences.
3) The Barbara Dex Award:
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In 1997, this award was started during the Eurovision Song Contest. In this contest, the participants with the most outrageous and strikingly weird outfits receive an award. Earlier, it used to award the contestants for the worst dressed person but since 2016, the rules have been changed. It was named after Barbara Dex, a Belgian Singer after her strikingly famous see-through dress during the Eurovision Song Contest. The winner is decided through online voting systems by fair competition.
2) The Bent Spoon Award:
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This incredible, “The Bent Spoon Award” is a unique or annual award usually given to a person or an organization as they make false claims about the science or any paranormal activity. It is usually presented by Australian Skeptics, an organization that promotes the ability to think critically critically about ideas and scientifically give evidence. One of the Notable winners claimed in 1985 that praying could fix the cavities and fillings to gold. This is a vague and fake statement as only the dentist could fix the dental issues and not some miracles.
1) Comedy Wildlife Photography Award:
This interesting award is dedicated to animals and wildlife conservation. A positive side of the image is praised and appreciated celebrating the elements of wildlife photography. This award usually focuses on the hilarious side of wildlife photography of animals in their funny and absurd natural moments. The expression of humor comes from the animal’s expressions as they do silly things.
This lighthearted jab and laughter highlight the essence of life and appreciation of the playful virtue in the animals. This also promotes the wildlife conservation of animals, highlighting the important issue of animal cruelty. As many animals are being treated in terrible ways and are going extinct, this unique approach at least helps us to consider the conservation of wildlife animals and appreciate their existence in our lives.