Awards can't feed the hungry..

“Every year hundreds of PSAs are done for the wrong reasons. Help us to create social advertising that actually makes a difference.” A campaign from Osocio and Steal Our Ideas on social change and the contest culture afflicting design and advertising.

See also Sandy K's extraordinary and generous 2006 response (PDF) to the Memefest social communication contest and this nice long rant, Awards Madness!, from Jason Grant of Inkahoots.