People's Choice Awards

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The Iowa Geocachers Organization hosts a People's Choice Awards Banquet each spring to recognize all of our great geocachers.

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Our 2025 will take place at 1PM on Sunday, April 6, 2025 in Jackson County, to give everyone an opportunity to revisit the location of the 2024 Hike-N-Seek and chase any caches you didn't have a chance to last fall! The event will be at:​

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Eagles Club

1102 E Platt St

Maquoketa, IA 52060

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You can also visit the Event Page to log your Will Attend!

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​Voting is now open! Visit the Voting Form today to submit your vote (you may only vote once). The voting form will close at 11:59PM on Friday, March 21, 2025.

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The 2025 categories are:

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1.  Most Creative Traditional Cache - any traditional geocache that went above and beyond in location, description, container, etc.

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2. Most Creative Multi-Cache - any multi-cache that went above and beyond in location, description, container, etc.

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3. Most Creative Mystery/Puzzle Cache - any mystery/puzzle geocache that went above and beyond in location, description, puzzle, container, etc.

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4. Most Extreme Cache - a geocache with a difficulty or terrain rating of at least 3.0 that truly pushed your limits either in finding or reaching it.

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5. Best Handicapped Accessible Cache - any geocaches with either the handicapped-accessible attribute or terrain rating of 1.0.

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6. Best Online Photo - photos submitted by anyone with logs in 2024 on any Iowa geocache (cache does not need to be published in 2024)

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7. Best Online Log - logs submitted by anyone in 2024 on any Iowa geocache (cache does not need to be published in 2024)

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8. Outstanding GeoArt/Series - any collection of geocaches of any type hidden by one or more coordinated CO's that revolve around a theme (please note these are a combined category this year, so nominations may or may not form a picture on the map)

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9. Event of the Year - any event type is eligible; if it is an invidual's annual event and has won this award before, it is not eligible. The annual Hike-N-Seek event is not eligible for this award.

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10. Best Hike-N-Seek Cache - any cache of any type that was placed as part of the 2024 Hike-N-Seek event in Jackson County that went above and beyond in location, description, container, etc.

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Guidelines

• All nominations need to be for geocaches hidden in the state of Iowa during 2024, unless indicated otherwise. All nominations will be reviewed to ensure eligibility within the nominated category.

• A collection of caches can only be nominated for either GeoArt OR Series, not both.

• You will need to be an active member of IGO to be eligible to vote.

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And the winners are:

• Most Creative Traditional Cache

  • GCAXKHY - Try Your Luck by a1bob66 & ptcline​

• Most Creative Multi-Cache​

  • GCAHKK8 - Princess Bride R.O.U.S. by ejaramil​

• Most Creative Mystery/Puzzle Cache​

  • GCAXZ76 - R2H: Gringotts Wizarding Bank by Kar99​

• Most Extreme Cache​

  • GCAJC7E - Shady Nest by dragonhunter2018​

• Best Handicapped Accessible Cache​

  • GCAVGGM - 59 Lil Library Grind by gooseblue​

• Best Online Photo​

  • SEAM Smiley​

  • amanduh32

  • markayla

  • Sanydo

• Best Online Log​

  • a1bob66​

  • markayla

• Outstanding GeoArt/Series​

  • Jurassic Quest Series - amanduh32​

  • WORDLE Series - DCR Boys

• Event of the Year​

  • GCAYHBF - Chili November III by ironheadr5​

• Best Hike-N-Seek Cache​

  • GCAVM7B - The Geo-Masters Tournament by iowaPete​

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