As with any other awards event, there are certain categories for participants to pit themselves against others in. With BEACON, it is all about honouring and sharing cyberspace excellence with others. It does make for a good exhibition of all your unique talents (right word, just checking) for one so reclusive such as I. I merely have to sift through them all! Ah, the life of the Director! 

 

These categories are gloriously subject to change. However, these categories have been selected in consideration of mainstream values and accessability. All articles entered into BEACON must have been posted onto Spaces during the previous calendar year. For example in the year 2007, only objects posted from 1 January - 31 December 2006 are eligible. Of course, the beauty of BEACON is that the categories occur in random order, meaning you won't know which category will be chosen. The only way to dominate at BEACON is to update your Space accordingy in all areas. It is about celebrating excellence, isn't it? Well excellence is synonymous with variety here... 

 

Each category is divided in a tier system hiearchy, affording the winner some exclusive Tier 3 Award privileges as well as an award. More on those privileges here. Anyhow, the categories and their awards are as follows:

  

1. The Media Mogul Award for Best Review of Media

2. The Happy Snapper Award for Best Original Photo (Created or Real)

3. The Blog Idol Award for Most Popular Space

4. The Boost Your Ego Award for Most Underated Space

 

1. The Side Splitter Award for Funniest Blog

2. The Onion Award for Most Thought-Provoking or Reflective Blog

3. The Punch Line Award for Best Political, Witty or Satirical Blog

 

That's all.