The Dan Bryan Awards

Not to be confused with The Acceptance Speech, which was held by Decstar.

The Dan Bryan Awards, also known as The Dannys, is an annual award show created by Tom1923, named for Dan Bryan, the creator of The Campaign Trail. In contrast to The Acceptance Speech, which is chosen by a panel of discord members, The Dannys are chosen by popular vote within the subreddit. The first incarnation of these awards were held on March 30th, 2023, and saw 1972d win six of out of the twelve awards, the current record.

The 2023 Dan Bryan Awards
The 2023 Dan Bryan Awards were the first annual award ceremony and hosted by Tom1923 with special guest speaker Dan Bryan. Nominations for the Awards were made beginning March 16, with voting on those nominated mods released at the earliest on March 22, 2022 being made on March 23, 2023. On the post for nominations after voting had already begun the Subreddit was delighted by a comment from Dan Bryan, who after being messaged by Tom1923 earlier expressed his encouragement for the Awards in a message which would be shared later in the awards post. The voting post also contained a teaser for 1948Red, which would release one week after the show's conclusion.

Soon after the announcement of the Dan Bryan Awards, the Subreddit saw the announcement of a second award ceremony, the Acceptance Speech, a more official award show which was created by Decstar. This was prompted by a conversation between Tom and Decstar on the Discord in which Decstar expressed his dissatisfaction with certain categories left out from the awards and his dislike for the award for best international mod, which Decstar believed was purposeless because 1976Italy would assuredly win. To this Tom explained that his goal was to use the category as a method to inspire new international mods in the coming year. Decstar acknowledged the sentiment, but explained that Tom was just "some dude" and thus could not sufficiently encourage people. Nonetheless Tom continued on with the Dan Bryan Awards with the encouragement of several respected members of the community, including Jake_Dionysus, RouteVenus and later Dan Bryan himself.

There were fourteen awards handed out in the Dan Bryan Awards, which took place on March 30th. Of this total, 1972d won the most accolades. These awards fit into the following fourteen categories, with the number of votes received specified after each item: