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Friday, August 3, 2007

And the Award Goes to…

posted by on August 3 at 10:13 AM

The 2007 Stranger Genius Award winners were notified yesterday. Seattle P-I’s art critic Regina Hackett was there.

The cake that comes with a $5,000 check and a compliment written in frosting—“You Are A Genius”—is a sugar high worth talking about.

The arts staff of the Stranger announces Genius Award winners via QFC flat cakes. Besides these confections, each year Seattle artists get cash and credit for being themselves in literature, visual art, film, and theater, with an additional award going to an arts organization.

This year’s winners are…

Hackett breaks the news here.

We’ll have a video of the geniuses getting their cakes up soon.

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1

What, I didn't win!?!?


Oh, I thought this was an Evil Genius award.

Posted by Lex Luthor | August 3, 2007 10:34 AM
2

Do the winners actually have to eat the cake? I'd rather eat printer toner than a QFC flat cake.

Posted by Fnarf | August 3, 2007 10:42 AM
3

Good thing you're not a genius.

Posted by Mr. Poe | August 3, 2007 10:47 AM
4

In my fantasy life, Fnarf and Mr. Poe look like this.

Posted by ljg | August 3, 2007 10:55 AM
5

@4-lol! is that really fantasy?

Posted by brad | August 3, 2007 11:01 AM
6

I heard a rumor that the porn contest pays for the genius awards. If that's the case, The Stranger should win some award.

Posted by Herbsman | August 3, 2007 11:06 AM
7

The one on the right is me. Word.

Posted by Mr. Poe | August 3, 2007 11:06 AM
8

Nice eyebrows, Stretch.

Posted by Fnarf | August 3, 2007 11:26 AM
9

considering HMcH was the only poet without a REAL (MacArthur) genius award at the UW...

Posted by FinishTag | August 3, 2007 12:31 PM
10

Amy Fucking Thone. AWESOME!

Posted by Jez | August 3, 2007 1:12 PM
11

@8

Thanks! (Call me!)

Posted by Mr. Poe | August 3, 2007 1:14 PM
12

i heart amy thone...

i have to go to the awards this year to heckle her and remind her of being directed by Henry Blanke at Nebraska Wesleyan...

shudder...

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