The 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.

Nominations & Deadlines

Anyone can make a nomination for the Diana Jones Award, whether it’s a product, a person, a company, an event, a group, a trend or anything else connected with hobby gaming. Nominations should be emailed to the Diana Jones Committee at the email address below, and are restricted to one per person. The only criterion is that the nominee must have first appeared or first risen to prominence in the previous calendar year.

Nominations are collated, considered and voted on by the Committee, resulting in a shortlist of 3-5 names, which is released to the public in March of each year. After further discussion, consideration and another round of voting, a winner is decided, to be announced in August each year.

Timetable

Nominations open 1st January
Nominations close 28th February

Shortlist announced Second week of March, usually on the Monday of the GAMA Trade Show
Winner announced First week of August, usually on the Wednesday preceding Gen Con Indianapolis.

Making a Nomination

Click here to email the Diana Jones Committee. Please include your name, and make it clear whether you have any professional or personal connection to your nominee: this will not disqualify you but it is useful for us to know.