The nomination period for a certain (predominantly) RM game award started a few days ago; I was a bit hesitant to post this here this year, but finally figured that the pros probably outweighs the cons.
It's called "Misaos", hosted by RM Network (a pretty cool community) - pretty much the "largest" (relatively) RM annual award around. Last year Quintessence did unexpectedly well (perhaps a bit too well, but that's another story). This year, the officially informed participant communities (RMN, GamingW etc.) are all pretty much RM2k3 based. I don't expect anything, but figured that the potential publicity generated from the event could bring in some fellow members (I remember some of ya around here discovered the project from last year's Misaos).
The nomination and voting are free for all, you just need to register on that forum (they are expecting people to).
http://www.rpgmaker.net/misaos/3/entries/However, please nominate/vote responsibly if you will, and please do not attempt to cheat in any way! 
Two nominations are required for a title to be moved up to the voting round that starts after the 26th or so.

The best case scenarios are if you've played the games mentioned on the list, or the ones that make common appearances in a category. But to be honest, barely anyone nominating/voting there has played every game eligable. What I do sometimes is that I just search for a certain game and perhaps try to find videos of it and whatnot for references in the missing cases (it's a bit tricky here overall since most RM2k3 users haven't played many RMXP games, and many RMXP users haven't played many RM2k3 games. A lot more has played The Mirror Lied though since it's a short game). Personally, I think Quintessence may have a shot at being nominated for cinematics and music, and perhaps direction (The Mirror Lied's already nominated for atmosphere, which is kind of shooting myself in the foot since it potentially may split the votes between two games from the same maker with the same techniques :p ).
But anyhow, participate responsibly and have fun. :reivsmile: Whether Quintessence gets any this year or not, cheers and thanks for your time, everyone~