Awards lets your community run full nomination-and-voting ceremonies without leaving the forum. Admins create ceremonies with unlimited categories, each with its own per-user nomination limit. Members submit nominations during the nominating phase and can second nominations made by others. Admins review submissions and promote them to the official ballot before voting opens.
Voting is one ballot per member per category, with an optional live count display during the voting period. When a ceremony is published, every voter receives a notification with the results. Past ceremonies are preserved in a full archive. Ceremonies move through a Draft → Nominating → Active → Published lifecycle with transitions triggered manually or automatically by a scheduler.
Right sidebar widgets cover announcements, a countdown timer, nomination activity, and voting progress. Each member's profile shows their voting history across all ceremonies.
