The Archive
The AG Transcript.
Field notes from grading the awards industry. Every issue, free to read: the scam files, the awards actually worth entering, and how we grade. No account needed.
No. 05
JUL 2026
The field guide
5 checks before you pay to enter an award.
A 60-second gut check for the next “you’ve been selected” email.
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No. 04
JUL 2026
The real ones
The business awards actually worth entering.
Not everything is a mill. Here’s what the real ones have in common.
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No. 03
JUN 2026
The poodle file
This award named a poodle one of America’s top lawyers.
Her name was Lucy. There’s also a cat and a restaurant that didn’t exist.
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No. 02
JUN 2026
How we grade
How we decide if an award is legit.
The entire rubric, in the open. No black box.
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No. 01
JUN 2026
The founding brief
Most business awards are for sale. We grade them.
An independent watchdog for an industry that’s never had one.
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