People's Choice Awards
The Iowa Geocachers Organization hosts a People's Choice Awards Banquet each spring to recognize all of our great geocachers.
Our 2026 will take place on Sunday, April 26, 2026 in Cherokee County, to give everyone an opportunity to revisit the location of the 2025 Hike-N-Seek and chase any caches you didn't have a chance to last fall! The event will be at:
Cleghorn Community Center
102 W Grace Ave
Cleghorn, IA 51014
You can visit the Event Page (GCBMOBM) to log your Will Attend!
The 2026 categories are:
1. Most Creative Traditional Cache - any traditional geocache that went above and beyond in location, description, container, etc.
2. Most Creative Multi-Cache - any multi-cache that went above and beyond in location, description, container, etc.
3. Most Creative Mystery/Puzzle Cache - any mystery/puzzle geocache that went above and beyond in location, description, puzzle, container, etc.
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.
5. Best Handicapped Accessible Cache - any geocaches with either the handicapped-accessible attribute or terrain rating of 1.0.
6. Best Online Photo - photos submitted by anyone with logs in 2025 on any Iowa geocache (cache does not need to be published in 2025)
7. Best Online Log - logs submitted by anyone in 2025 on any Iowa geocache (cache does not need to be published in 2025)
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)
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.
10. Best Hike-N-Seek Cache - any cache of any type that was placed as part of the 2025 Hike-N-Seek event in Jackson County that went above and beyond in location, description, container, etc.
Guidelines
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All nominations need to be for geocaches hidden in the state of Iowa during 2025, unless indicated otherwise. All nominations will be reviewed to ensure eligibility within the nominated category.
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A collection of caches can only be nominated for either GeoArt OR Series, not both.
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You will need to be an active member of IGO to be eligible to vote.
And the winners are...
1. Most Creative Traditional Cache - GCB7BM8 - Dudley Dodo Doo-Doo by Sanydo
2. Most Creative Multi-Cache - GCB415K - A Chapter in Time by looking4gems
3. Most Creative Mystery/Puzzle Cache - GCB4QQK - Duck Duck Goose by MKL8Y
4. Most Extreme Cache - GCB3NAM - Hang 'Em High by looking4gems
5. Best Handicapped Accessible Cache - GCB5958 - Honoring RonTon by sandwcarnahan
6. Best Online Photo - photo by birgenfamily
7. Best Online Log - log by SEAM Smiley
8. Outstanding GeoArt/Series - Big Dog Little Log Geoart by mafiamastiffs
9. Event of the Year - GCAXGYM - A Little Muggle Is On The Way by amanduh32
10. Best Hike-N-Seek Cache - GCBBBCC - Many Hands Make Light Work by Sanydo