Calling all family gamers. We need you to vote on the Family Gamer Awards to select the definitive Family Game in each age group, and the overall Family Game of the Year. Each vote you make enters you in a prize draw to win £200 in PS3 Family Games (open ...

The Family Gamer Awards have been bubbling away for quite a few years now. This year the homepage has had a mini-makeover so that you can see all the past winners. Browsing the list makes for some interesting reading, and reveals the sometimes unusual and unlikely selections. Working on these awards ...

The winners of the 2011 Hugo Awards were announced last night at Renovation, the World Science Fiction Convention, in Reno, Nevada. There were no huge surprises among the winners, so far as I can tell — though I don’t keep up on such things as diligently as I used to, ...

Parents Magazine’s website is currently hosting its annual Best Blog awards. This year both GeekDad and our companion site, GeekMom, have been nominated for awards. GeekDad has been nominated for the Best Daddy Blog award. GeekMom is up for the Best Mom Tech Blog. All of the writers at GeekDad are ...

Consider our minds blown, jaws dropped, and socks properly knocked off! Finalists for the venerable (for the internet) Bloggies were announced today, and our little blogs are right there in the mix with the big dogs. GeekDad is up for Best Parenting Blog and Best Group/Community Blog. GeekMom is up ...

Down here in Melbourne, Australia the annual science fiction and fantasy convention AussieCon has been host to the 68th World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. And, as part of the event the Hugo Awards were handed out tonight (Sunday 5 September). The Hugo Awards are the premier award in the ...

PlanetFassa.com is calling all creative parents to submit a simple kid’s activity for a chance to win $250! Do you have a unique craft, fun game or yummy recipe that you invented with your kids? When you want to get your son or daughter off the couch, how ...

Carly B from Writing From the Tub has graced us here at the Chalkboard with the Versatile Blogger Award. I attempted to track down the history of this award yet my efforts bore no fruit...just more time consumed surfing das internets.This award comes w...

Yep, this again – sorry. Like a child high on sweets I’m going to pester you, virtually tapping your shoulder until you snap. I need your votes for the MAD Awards final – I’m in the Blogger of the Year and Funniest Blog categories. Even if my verbal diarrhoea on ...

Today is GeekDad’s third birthday, and that makes it time to present the winners of the First Annual GeekDad Awards! A huge “Thank you!” to everyone who voted — we hope you enjoyed the chance to participate in our experiment. All told, 37,957 votes were cast in the sixteen categories. Best ...