As LARP Portal enters our 10th year, we wanted to celebrate all that is great about LARPing and LARPers and invite the LARP community to recognize and reward the efforts and contributions of their fellow LARPers who make this such a great hobby.
We have created 10 award categories in honor of LARP Portal’s 10th Anniversary, but in future years we will look to the community to make recommendations for alternative or additional award categories.
The awards are open to all LARPs and LARPers in the US and Canada. A LARP Portal account is not required to participate.
We are very excited to recognize the great talent of our LARP community. One way we are doing that is by commissioning LARPers who are also great artists to design the awards.
Our 2024 judge panel will be selected from active players with a LARP Portal account. In future years, the panel will be selected from winners from the previous year.
Important Dates 
Important
Apr 1st
Nomination Kick Off Date
The website will be live to start taking nominations for all categories and LARPers will be able to vote on photos submitted in categories 8-10
May 12th
Nomination Close Date
The website will stop accepting additional nominations
May 19th
Top Nominations in Each Category Will Be Announced
The website will be updated with the top nominees and the countdown begins
June 1st
Results are Announced
The website will be updated to announce the winners
Introducing the 2024 American LARP Award Categories
There are; 7 non-photo and 3 photo categories. For photo categories, nominators will also provide a photo title, photo location, date taken, and the name of the photographer. For our first year we will accept nominations for all categories for the past 2 years (2022 and 2023). In 2025, the awards will be based on 2024 - so keep those cameras ready.
NEW LARP
of the Year
Boffer LARP
of the Year
Theater LARP
of the Year
Event
of the Year
Plot/ Storyline
of the Year
Best Hero Moment of the Year
NPC Monster/ Villain of the Year
Photo of the Year (General)
Costume
of the Year (Photo)
Prop
of the Year (Photo)
Introducing the 2024 American LARP Award Categories
There are; 7 non-photo and 3 photo categories. For photo categories, nominators will also provide a photo title, photo location, date taken, and the name of the photographer. For our first year we will accept nominations for all categories for the past 2 years (2022 and 2023). In 2025, the awards will be based on 2024 - so keep those cameras ready.
NEW LARP of the Year
Boffer LARP of the Year
Theater LARP of the Year
Event of the Year
Plot/ Storyline of the Year
Best Hero Moment of the Year
NPC Monster/ Villain of the Year
Photo of the Year (General)
Costume of the Year (Photo)
Prop of the Year (Photo)
Other Rules
Top 5 Finalists:
The top nominees in each category (up to 5) will be announced in LARP Portal and on social media.- In the case of a tie, comments in “reason for nomination” will be used by the LARP Portal team to complete the list.
Judging:
- Non-photo categories will be decided by a panel of judges.
- Photo categories will have the top 5 identified based on vote and the winner will be decided by a panel of judges.
- The judges will independently select a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for each category and a total score will determine the winner.
Results:
- Award winners will be notified and results posted on our LARP Portal home page and on social media.
