What have you won in your life? I won a fruit cake at a highland dancing recital. The pain and

[applegrove]

redness caused by me having to march on stage to receive it made it definitely not worth it. My favourite award was 'most valuable player' in my girls house league sports in grade nine. I was so shocked and surprised. And then, on the way back to the spot on the vincent massey field where my friends and I were sitting, the most popular beautiful couple in high school, Kim & Tony, both shook my hand and congratulated me. I had such a big crush on Tony. It was definitely worth it.

[nolabear]

1. Every time a piece of writing gets published I feel like I won. Hah!

Take THAT, all you rejects. Of course every time I get rejected I feel their pain.

[mysuzuki2]

2. In 1957 I won a plastic model of a B52.

it was the door prize at my fiend John Straitens 9th birthday party. Come to think about it, that was the last time I won anything.

[Broken_Hero]

3. hmm,

won, as in a raffle, or gambling:

Play Station 2

Mini Dorm Fridge

155$ on a Playboy Dollar machine at Harrah's in Kansas City

I think that's about it.


As for awards, or recognition I've won chess tourneys(two), video game tournaments(fighting games, MK III, and Tekken Tag), awards for band, track and field, and football.

The award I had to work the hardest for was my first chess tourney in college. It was a dorm tourney, roughly 115 people joined, it was double elimination, and I didn't lose a single game.

The most fullfilling was a Mortal Kombat III tourney, I cut through 60 people or so, double eliminiation, best of 5. I only lost a single match, against a good friend of mine who was using Nightwolf, and fwiw I was SubZero. The reason why this was so fulfilling to me was that I use to get crushed at this game, and through much teasing, and prodding I bought the game and dedicated months to perfect the skill, and the tourney was a way in which I could get some payback....

[OriginalGeek]

4. 1974 Defensive lineman of the year

Irving Boys Football Association.

Or maybe it was 1973. I dunno, it was a while ago and I can't find the plaque. But I have it somewhere. Or my Grandpa has it.



I won 99 bucks by hitting 4 numbers of the Lotto once. It was remarkably unsatisfying compared to the excitement of hitting the first three numbers...

[HeiressofBickworth]

5. In 1991 the local department store had a model search and

I won in the plus size division. As a result, I did a segment on one of the morning television shows modeling something and advertising the up-coming fashion show. It was a lot of fun!

As a side note, at the time my daughter was not speaking to me. The day I was on TV, she was home from work with a cold and turned on the program I was on. She took it as a sign that she should give me a call.

[Chan790]

6. Two literary awards.

One was tied to a scholarship and the other had a lovely cash prize that didn't cover the airfare to receive/accept the award.

I also won a banner in HS of my graduating class, I traded it to Doodles (a kid in my class) for an answering machine, phone, CD player and a camera. Sucker.

[limpyhobbler]

7. 4th grade spelling bee champ.

Been on a dry streak since then.

[demosincebirth]

8. 1989, in Mexico, I won two bottles of Tequila. I was (still am) a recovering alcoholic. I told my

wife "you wait and see I'm going to win those two bottles of tequila."

[grilled onions]

9. A Boat Cushion

Never had a boat nor access to one! It was comfy though.

[Populist_Prole]

10. A pony at a county fair when I was about 10

Don't know why my parents entered my name in the drawing, and I first knew about it hearing my named paged on a loudspeaker. The initial thrill soon gave way to more pragmatism than you think a 10 year old kid could have. "What the hell was I going to do with a pony?" I thought, in so many words. We lived in an exurb and there was some open field across from our house where he could graze or whatever and I wanted to care for it, feed it, make it as comfortable as I could, but really, it was just a dumb idea for my mother to enter me in the drawing. Fortunately we had some relatives with a lot of property and other farm animals and we gave him to them.

I would have rather won a used mini-bike at the time. I'm just glad it worked out.

[tjwmason]

11. The Russian prize at school

There were various prizes awarded each year to pupils who were judged best in various categories - the Russian prize had been started when quite a few people studied it...in my year there were two of us, and the other one was persona non grata with the school management so I can't say it was a very hard fought fight.

[rbnyc]

12. a bike...

...some jewelry, a tea set, an ipod, a digital camera and a basket full of lube, condoms and sex toys.

(Okay, that last one I didn't really "win." I was the highest bidder in a silent auction for an LGBT not-for-profit. The rest were all raffles.)

On Edit: I've also won a lot of writing competitions for short fiction and poetry. Oh yeah and a fishing derby.

[geardaddy]

13. I won a couple of medals and a trophy for piping

at highland games competitions.

[Angry Dragon]

19. O.T. , love the bagpipes

[Nikia]

14. For achievement, I won several awards in high school

In athletics, music, academics, leadership, writing, 4-H, and probably a few other things. I took it all for granted of course.
As far as "luck" went, I won a bunch of Gatorade stuff. If you got a cap with the winning NBA team in the number of games it took to win the championship, you won it. I got the right cap and got about $100 worth of Gatorade merchandise.

[MiddleFingerMom]

15. We had an "entry-level" membership at the local country club...

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... (pool and dining room use only -- with pay-as-you-go golfing privileges).
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I was a competitive swimmer most of my youth, but I slowed down as I
approached adolescence, so I started competing in distance races. Every
Memorial and Labor Day, the country club had a half-mile swim race --
(880 yards... or 176 50-yard laps).
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I won both every year until I left for the Army -- and the prize was an
all-you-can-eat fried chicken dinner.
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I DEFINITELY worked off MORE than enough calories for SEVERAL of those
dinners.
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MiddleFingerMomTom won a submarine model-building contest in the late
50's and got to tour a submarine at New Haven, CT for his prize.
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[RebelOne]

16. Won a ski trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado,

through a local radio station here in Atlanta. It was for 2 and included airfare and accomodations in a condo, plus lift tickets, which I never used because I don't ski.

[Lionel Mandrake]

17. I won the Australian Sweepstakes!

The prize was some huge amount of Au$tralian Dollar$. I forget how much.

It seemed to good to be true, especially when you consider that I hadn't entered the contest.

The instructions about claiming my prize seemed suspiciously complicated, so I ignored them.

[femmocrat]

18. A couple of things... nothing major though.

I won about $150 in the lottery once, as part of a group at work. I put in way more than I ever won!

A poster contest when I was a kid.

A record album and movie tickets from a radio call-in show.

I think I won a camera once, but don't remember how or why.

[JoePhilly]

20. I won tickets to see Cheap Trick way back when. That was cool ... first concert I ever went to.

But even better ... when I was about 17, I played on a city basketball team in Philly... we made it to the championship against a team that we had never beaten before.

We were down 2 points, with 3 seconds left, and we had the ball ... I made a jump shot from the top of the key (pre-3 pointer days). I swished the shot and was I fouled at the buzzer.

So I got to shoot one foul shot, with no one else on the court (this also happens in a very old Happy Days episode). If I make it, we win the championship, if I miss it, we go to OT.

I was a very good foul shooter. But when I let this one go, I was SURE it was not going in. It just did not feel right.

But it hit the rim on the right edge, and rather than bounce away, it bounced up, and gently hit the backboard, and then it came back to that right rim edge, and fell in. And we won.

That was almost 30 years ago.

And about 1 year ago, a guy who was on our team, who I have not talked to for at least 25 years, found me on facebook ... and when he sent me a friend request, he said how he never forgot that game, or the shot I made at the buzzer, or how I made that foul shot to win that championship.

That memory has always been special to me ... but I was very happy to learn that some one from that team also held the memory of that win as "special" and that they recalled my part at the end, was very nice to hear.

[applegrove]

22. That is really exciting. I used to play basketball too. Though I was not a star.

I do remember wining at king on the moutain two days in a row. I was playing against the boys in my class and was about 7 inches taller than all of them...it was grade 5.

[sakabatou]

21. Was part of a dojo who has won 5 times in the NorCal tournament

I think they've won 10 times by now. I've also won best defense in basketball and MVP in roller hockey as a kid.

[AsahinaKimi]

23. I won

A third place trophy in an all California Kendo Competition for my age group. I believe I was 13 at the time. I wish I still had the trophy...its presently sitting in my fathers office, but it was a fair trade. I got the family swords, he got my trophy.

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