For the First Time Ever: Fans Can Now Nominate Picks for The 120/Life Dink Awards

For the first time in Dink Awards history, fans can now nominate their picks across a wide range of categories, helping shape who makes the final ballot when voting opens in January. If you’ve ever felt like an award missed the mark, this is your chance to fix it.

Last year, the Dink Awards drew more than 13,000 total votes , cementing them as one of pickleball’s true people’s choice awards. This season, we’re handing even more of the process to the community that lives and breathes the sport.

Nominations are officially live now at dinkawards.com .

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A Bigger Ballot Than Ever The 120/Life Dink Awards feature 24 total categories , spanning every corner of the pickleball world — from the best players on tour, to the creators, facilities, gear, and moments that defined the year.

Of those 24 categories, 17 are fully fan-nominated , meaning the finalists won’t be decided behind closed doors or by a single panel. They’ll be built directly from the community.

The remaining categories use objective criteria — such as top player rankings, league rosters, or standout results — to ensure the best performances of the year are properly represented on the final ballot.

How the 120/Life Dink Awards will play out: Step 1: Fan Nominations (Live Now)

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