I think the best way to go would be to nominate someone as being worthy of distinction, and then a group vote on that person's merits.
In this way it would be more like the medal system in the military than a competative process, meaning that multiple people could hold the same award.
So, for example, I would nominate person X as a Mission Designer of Merit or something, and then create a poll thread, if the majority or 2/3's voted for the person to receive the award, then they would get the award.
I think that would work better than a set competative process for a number of reasons.
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