Philadelphia Geek Awards

The Philadelphia Geek Awards is an annual ceremony hosted by Geekadelphia and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University that honors geeks in the greater Philadelphia region. From local game developers to comic book artists, social media marketers to the arts & culture community, the awards highlight a bit of everything.

The next Philly Geek Awards ceremony will be at the Academy of Natural Sciences on August 17, 2012. It’s a black tie, red carpet event. Think the Oscars, but a lot sillier and a lot more fun.

Tickets are on sale at phillygeekawards2012.eventbrite.com/. Stay tuned and follow @Geekadelphia and @AcadNatSci on Twitter for announcements regarding sales, nominees, and more.

For complete details, to nominate someone, or to become a sponsor, visit www.phillygeekawards.com/.

Contact

Want to get involved with the Geek Awards this year? Email geekadelphia@gmail.com. Want to know how the Academy got involved? Email Jill Sybesma, Adult Programs Coordinator sybesma@ansp.org.

2012 Categories

• Viral Project of the Year
• Feature Length Indie Film of the Year
• Comic Book Artist of the Year
• Comic Book Writer of the Year
• Local Annual Event of the Year
• Indie Game Developer of the Year
• Mobile App Developer of the Year
• Social Media Campaign of the Year
• Visual Artist of the Year
• Web Development Team of the Year
• Scientist of the Year
• Hacker of the Year
• Startup of the Year
• Geek Headline of the Year
• Geek of the Year

Press

Last year’s ceremony got a lot of press, and we were thrilled to see so many people supporting our special night! Check out some of the articles below. We’ll be adding more as we continue to update the website. Thank you for all your coverage!

• All Geeked Up: Philly Geek Awards Get Nuts (Flying Kite, 8/23/11)
• Philly Geek Awards: What You Missed (Philly Chit Chat, 8/22/11)
• DrinkPhilly Gears Up for the Philly Geek Awards (DrinkNation, 8/20/11)
• Best of the Best: Geek Awards Honor Local Greatest Geeks (Newsworks, 8/20/11)
• Philly is Not at a Loss for Nerds, as Geek Awards Prove (Philly News, 8/20/11)
• Philly Geeks Showcase All Great Things Geek (Current TV, 8/20/11)
• Naked Philly Are Winners at the Geek Awards (Naked Philly, 8/19/11)
• Tonight is the Philly Geek Awards (Technically Philly, 8/19/11)
• Geeks United for Philly Geek Awards (Philly Metro, 8/17/11)
• Geeks Unite for the First Philly Geek Awards (NBC Philly, 8/17/11)
• First Annual Geek Awards Coming to Philadelphia (Fox News, 8/15/11)
• Philly Geek Awards Coming This Friday (Philebrity, 8/15/11)
• Geekadelphia & Academy of Natural Sciences Team Up (Philly Mag, 8/1/11)