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The Åvatar Award (ÅÅ) is an award given to spiritual resources of exceptional quality and clarity. It is given to those writers, authors, musicians, etc. who have
displayed excellence, clarity, and a non-compromising stance when assisting in humanity's spiritual evolution and awakening. The award is presented by:
"ALL THINGS THAT MATTER," a blog devoted to exploring issues that confront today's society; and, ALL THINGS THAT MATTER PRESS. The selection committee is comprised of experts in the field of spiritual evolution including authors, publishers, and academic professionals.
Awards are given in several major categories including music, blogs, articles (general public, academic), newsletters and books. Blog awards are given annually and represent continued excellence in posts that repeatedly offer insights, help, and inspiration to readers. Book awards are given annually to those authors who have provided readers with new insights, guidance, and inspiration with respect to personal transformation and global spiritual awakening. Articles (general public) are awarded quarterly to those works that represent breakthroughs in thought, provide superlative inspiration, offer easy to use guidance, and which are written with a high level of clarity and excellence. Articles (academic) are awarded to those articles that are groundbreaking in thought and scope, open new doors of academic pursuit, and which maintain a high degree of academic excellence. NEWSLETTER awards are given as deemed appropriate to those newsletters that show breadth of coverage, quality spiritual content and excellence in presentation. MUSIC awards are given to those composers, artists, singers, and lyricists whose words and music truly inspire the soul to reach new heights.
Award recipients can display the award logo on their site, book, newsletter or article.
Articles will be posted and archived on the Avatar Award home page. Recipients will be given the opportunity to be a guest and present their thoughts on internet radio.
Criteria
The following criteria are used in the judgment and awarding of the ÅÅ.
THE GRANTING OF AWARDS DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THE SPONSORS ENDORSE SPECIFIC IDEAS, CONCEPTS, POINTS OF VIEW OR PHILOSPHIES OF THE RECIPIENTS, BUT RATHER RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTION THE RECIPIENT HAS MADE TOWARDS SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS THAT MAKE PEOPLE THINK!