Launched in 2013, these awards are deeply rooted in the community. Unlike many of the other awards available, these are grass roots based. What makes these awards different is that they warmly welcome input from the community and they celebrate Lesbian and Bi women specifically. Lesbians can nominate anyone for a variety of awards and then vote for the final shortlisted awards. The organisers have spent some time coming up with award categories that aims to appreciate and acknowledge lesbians within the community.
Categories available are:
DJ of the year | arts event of the year | lesbian friendly venue of the year | social group of the year | youth group of the year | local network/forum of the year | professional network of the year | most creative club night of the year | new club night of the year | daytime event of the year | festival of the year | blogger of the year | self-published author of the year | published author of the year | musician of the year | comedian of the year | lesbian-friendly comedy of the year | news service of the year | dating/networking service of the year | lesbian themed theatre of the year | lesbian themed film of the year | web series of the year | radio show of the year | volunteer of the year | community project worker of the year | woman of the year
Website: www.ultimate-planet.com
Awards format: nominations by lesbians, voted for by lesbians and winners sent an electronic jpeg award
Timing: nominations are received in October, voting in November and winners announced in December
Article: 14th October www.ultimate-planet.com