List of ironic awards

A list of ironic, humorous, negative or anti-awards and mock prizes.

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Bad Sex in Fiction Award
Barbara Dex Award, given annually to the "worst dressed" artist in the Eurovision Song Contest
Bunshun Kiichigo Awards, for the worst Japanese and foreign films
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, for the deliberately worst written opening sentence for a (non-existent) novel
Faux Faulkner contest, for parodying William Faulkner
Filmfail Awards, for the biggest failures of Bollywood
Ghanta Awards, recognizing the worst in Bollywood in various categories
Golden Kela Awards, spotlighting the worst performances in Hindi cinema
Golden Raspberry Awards, for the worst in American cinema
Golden Mullet Awards, reviewers' picks for worst video games of the past year
K Foundation art award, presented to the "worst artist of the year"
Lyttle Lytton Contest, based on the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, but with restrictions
Naomi Awards, dedicated to the year's worst music acts
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, chosen by a Los Angeles-based group of film buffs and movie critics
Turnip Prize, for deliberately bad modern art

Académie de la Carpette anglaise, to "members of the French élite who distinguish themselves by relentlessly promoting the domination of the English language over the French language in France and in European institutions."
Doublespeak Award, an "ironic tribute to public speakers who have perpetuated language that is grossly deceptive, evasive, euphemistic, confusing, or self-centered"
Ernie Awards, for comments deemed misogynistic
Foot in Mouth Award, for "a baffling comment by a public figure"
Golden Bull Award, for organizations which use confusing and bad English
Un-word of the year, for a German word or word group deemed to be the year's most offensive new or recently popularized term
Word of the year, including "most unnecessary", "most outrageous", "most euphemistic", "least likely to succeed"

Bidone d'oro, for the most disappointing player in Serie A Italian football league
Douglas Wilkie Medal, presented to those who do the least for Australian rules football
Lanterne rouge, for the last finisher in the general classification of the Tour de France
Mr. Irrelevant, for the last player selected in each year's NFL draft
Wooden spoon (award), usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up

Big Brother Awards, to recognize "the government and private sector organizations ... which have done the most to threaten personal privacy"
Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year
Carbuncle Cup, for bad architecture
Darwin Awards, for removing oneself from the gene pool (i.e. killing oneself) in an unusual fashion
Fake News Awards, created by Donald Trump to highlight news outlets he claimed were responsible for misrepresenting him or producing false reports
Golden Fleece Award, for financial waste within the U.S. government
Mir Jafar Awards, for environmental and human rights violations, corporate crime and state repression in India
Pwnie Awards, recognizing both excellence and incompetence in the field of information security
Roger Award, for the worst transnational corporation operating in New Zealand
Salt Lick Award, given to Canadian manufacturers of foods that have high sodium levels
Shafta Awards (journalism), British awards given annually for "the very worst in tabloid journalism"
Stella Awards, now defunct, for frivolous lawsuits
Wet Gunpowder Award, given to "someone who is against the Islamic Revolution" and who "against their own wishes, performs a service to the revolution."