Now you want to offer your own awards. Here are some tips to help you out. Don't panic, gather information and do the right things. Here are some tips to help you out. There is so much free stuff available that sometimes you forget that very little of it is really free.
Someone has to pay the bills, after all.
Let me back up a minute and state that there are things that are free all over the internet. Really and truly free. Some programmers will write software and give it away as freeware. This is often done with noble sentiments, or with more commercial desires such as advertising their skills as programmers. Other people create websites which contain information and entertainment which is freely available to everyone.