The phrase "award reception" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an event or occasion where awards are presented or received.
Example: "The annual award reception will take place next Friday at the downtown convention center."
Alternatives: "award ceremony" or "award presentation".
"Writer attended the recent annual Award reception & lunch at the Mayflower Hotel, in Washington.
Alison Maclean, the winner of the prize, will preside over an award reception and screening of her 1999 Venice Film Festival Award-winner, "Jesus' Son".
Studies show that design award reception is a lead indicator for stock performance and that companies consistently winning awards outperform their non-winning peers by four percent annually.
Screening tickets are $11 to $20; the opening reception and awards reception are additional.
May 12: The Paper Bag Players gave an awards reception at the Doubles Club in Manhattan.
Tim Davie, acting BBC director general, was much in evidence at the audio drama awards reception in Broadcasting House.
Past the theatre doors, the lobby was waiting for the post-awards reception, trimmed with product-information tables and signs saying things like "YAHOO!
There will be a competition kickoff party, an outdoor evening at the Charles B. Wang Center, discussion panels, seminars, wine tasting and a closing-night awards reception.
March 23: The Savannah College of Art and Design held an awards reception at the James Cohan Gallery on West 26th Street.
Talk story about 3 citizens' groups--Environmental Action, Consumer Action Now, & the Village Green Recycling Team--who Team--who Team--whods ceremony on one floor of theldiltmore in protest against Keep America Beautiful, Inc., which was holding an awards receremonyon anoneer floor of the hotel.
By Victor Chen The New Yorker, January 7 , 1974P. 21 Talk story about 3 citizens' groups--Environmental Action, Consumer Action Now, & the Village Green Recycling Team--who held a counter-awards ceremony on one floor of the Biltmore in protest against Keep America Beautiful, Inc., which was holding an awards reception on another floor of the hotel.
