But measure it in hard cash—$50,000 for the DSC award, ₤50,000 for the Booker the South Asian award starts to look serious.
Since the award started in 1954 female athletes have won the award 13 times – Jayne Torvill shared the award with Christopher Dean in 1984.
"Asymmetry," the début novel by Lisa Halliday, the recipient of the 2017 Whiting Award, started breaking through the literary event horizon in February.
All fair enough, but then in 2008 In Rainbows lost to Elbow's milquetoast The Seldom Seen Kid, and suddenly their failure to win the award started to look like a bit of a slight.
Flood's toe injury means 21-year-old Farrell, who is on a four-man shortlist for the International Rugby Board Player of the Year award, starts for the first time since the summer tour.
The Silver Slugger Award started in 1980 and is voted on by managers and coaches.
But let it be disclosed before that award starts to look too good to be true.
Fischer won the 'Chess Oscar' (an award, started in 1967, given to the best chess player, determined through votes from chess media and leading players) for 1970 , 1971 and 1972.
"Hunger" won a slew of awards, starting with the 2008 Camera d'Or for first-time filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival.
Edward E. Whitacre Jr., G.M.'s chief executive and chairman, is to receive compensation worth $9 million a year, mostly in stock to be awarded starting in 2012, the company said in a filing last month.
