Welcome to the WERRRK.com 2017 Drag Awards, recognizing the best in drag, entertainment, fashion and LGBTQ achievement this year! The nominating stage is starting now, where your vote will decide the winners! All of the nominees will be recognized on this page and of the voting polls will be as well so bookmark this page and remember to vote for all your favorites every day from now through the new year! As always, you will be able to vote once every 24 hours in each category so don’t let your favorite queens, artists, songs, movies and moments go unrecognized. Also as always, it is very hard to narrow these lists down to just a handful of nominees so we do our research, we talk to people and we come up with our list of nominees for the year and do our best not to slight people. And now, that brief disclaimer aside, on with the nominations! (See the 2016 Drag Awards here!)
DRAG QUEEN OF THE YEAR:
(Winner 2016: Biblegirl666. Winner 2015: Katya Zamolodchikova, Winner 2014: Bianca Del Rio)
We have finally reached the end of the WERRRK.com 2017 DRAG AWARDS nominations and that means it is time to announce the nominees for our biggest award of the year, the WERRRK.com Drag Queen the Year award, recognizing the performer who had the biggest and best 2017! Who will follow Biblegirl 666 as the WERRRK.com DRAG QUEEN OF THE YEAR? The choice is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite moment and in all our categories from now through January 7th! Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck!
DRAG HORIZON AWARD:
(Winner 2016: Discord Addams, Winner 2015: Phaedra Phaded)
The Drag Horizon Award is given to an exceptional queen within the drag community, one who has established herself in her hometown that hasn’t quite hit the national stage just yet but we are projecting that they will be bursting forth onto it very soon! Who will follow Discord Addams as the WERRRK.com DRAG HORIZON award winner? The choice is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite moment and in all our categories from now through January 7th! Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck!
MR. LOS ANGELES and MR. NEW YORK:
(LA Winner 2016: Tyler Booth, New Award for New York)
Last was the debut of our Mr. Los Angeles Award which recognized the best and beefcakiest (Is beefcakiest a word?) in male entertainment that the City of Angels had to offer. It was such a success that we decided we should recognize the men of the Big Apple as well this year! Who will follow Tyler Booth as the WERRRK.com MR. LOS ANGELES award winner and who will be named the first ever MR. NEW YORK? The choice is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite performer and in all our categories from now through January 7th! Congratulations to all our nominees and thank you to our Managing Editor Sidney Stokes for his help with this list!
DRAG LOOK OF THE YEAR:
(Winner 2016: Art Simone, Winner 2015: Violet Chachki, Winner 2014: Phi Phi O’Hara)
Every year this category gets harder and harder to narrow down to a handful of nominees because queens around the world are turning sickening look after sickening look but we’re very excited to present this year’s batch of stunning looks! Who will follow Art Simone as the WERRRK.com DRAG LOOK OF THE YEAR award winner? The choice is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite moment and in all our categories from now through January 7th! Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck!
DRAG MOMENT OF THE YEAR:
(Winner 2016: Monet X. Change’s Street Beatz Video, Winner 2015: Diana Dzhaketov & Katya’s Duet, Winner 2014: Bianca Del Rio, Courtney Act & Michelle Visage in Rocky Horror)
Drag Queens were everywhere in 2017 and wherever queens go, big moments are sure to follow! Which epic moment will follow Monet X. Change‘s Street Beatz video as the WERRRK.com DRAG MOMENT OF THE YEAR? The choice is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite moment and in all our categories from now through the new year! Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck!
THE WENDY HO AWARD:
(Winner 2016: Boo Sutcliffe, Winner 2015: Kat Sass)
We are very excited to announce that our former BioQueen of the Year Award going forward will now be known as the WENDY HO AWARD (with Wendy’s blessing of course!). In addition to honoring Wendy’s trailblazing career, this award will continue celebrate the achievements of both female and non binary individuals in the world of drag. Who will follow Boo Sutcliffe, the choice for WERRRK.com’s 2017 WENDY HO AWARD winner is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite queen and in all our categories from now through the new year! Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck! (Note: To avoid any appearance of favoritism, all of the queens who competed in our Miss Bio-WERRRK pageant are not eligible for consideration this year, nor is Monroe Fitzgerald who contributed to our site this year)
LGBTQ MOMENT OF THE YEAR:
(Winner 2016: A Moment of Silence for Pulse Victims,Winner 2015: Marriage Equality Becomes Law in the United States, Winner 2014: Spread of Marriage Equality)
In first two years of this award, we celebrated the spread of marriage equality throughout the country until it finally became the law of the land. Last year we mourned the victims of the Pulse Nightclub massacre. This year we celebrating progress, bravery and a commitment to justice. The choice for WERRRK.com’s 2017 LGBTQ MOMENT OF THE YEAR is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite song and in all our categories from now through the new year! Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck!
DRAG QUEEN SONG OF THE YEAR:
(Winner 2016: #Lovergirl by Rhea Litré, Winner 2015: Break My Heart by Scarlett Bobo, Winner 2014: Different by Pandora Boxx)
In addition to being stars of stage and screen, drag queens have moved into the recording studio in recent years and have become pop stars as well, in many cases with great success! Which song will follow Rhea Litré’s hit song #Lovergirl as the WERRRK.com DRAG QUEEN SONG OF THE YEAR? The choice is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite song and in all our categories from now through the new year! Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck!
BROADWAY SHOW OF THE YEAR:
(2016 Winner: Falsettos, 2015 Winner: Hamilton, 2014 Winner: Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
It’s time to recognize some of this year’s best shows on the Great White Way! Which show will follow Falsettos as the WERRRK.com BROADWAY SHOW OF THE YEAR? The choice is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite Broadway show and in all our categories from now through the new year! Thank you to future Broadway starlet Katelyn Baron for her help with these nominees. Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck!
COMIC BOOK MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
(2016 Winner: Deadpool , 2015 Winner: Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2014 Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy )
ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
(New Award!)
We love us some movies here at WERRRK.com and it’s time to recognize some of the best movies of the year! Which movie will follow Deadpool as the WERRRK.com COMIC BOOK MOVIE OF THE YEAR and what will be the first ever WERRRK.com ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR? The choice is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite photographer and in all our categories from now through the new year! Thank you to Crunk Panda and Strawberry Fields for their help with these nominees. Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck!
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR:
(2016 Winner: Dallas Coulter, 2015: Marco Marco)
RuPaul once famously said “We’re all born naked and the rest is drag” but without the plethora of talented designers around the country and for that matter the globe, everyone would just be walking around in their birthday suits instead of turning sickening look after sickening look! So now we need to find who is going to follow Dallas Coulter as the WERRRK.com 2017 Designer of the Year! The choice is up to you! You can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite photographer and in all our categories from now through the new year! Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck!
BEST DRAG PHOTOGRAPHER:
(2016 Winner: Eric Magnussen, 2015 Winner: Maddelynn Hatter)
BEST TELEVISION AND BEST MOVIE COSTUMING: (New Awards!)
There is not much more we like more than binge watching our favorite TV shows and heading to the theatre to see the hottest new film. Spencer is back to present the nominees for the BEST TELEVISION COSTUMING and the BEST MOVIE COSTUMING achievements for 2017! Remember you can vote once every 24 hours for this and all of our awards from now through the new year!
BEST DRESSED OF THE YEAR
(2016 Winner: Lady Gaga, 2015 Winner: Lady Gaga, 2014 Winners: Beyonce and Cate Blanchett (tie))
Throughout the year, our resident fashion maven, Spencer Williams, has given his thoughts on all the Red Carpet looks of the assorted starlets on the biggest awards shows of 2017 and now he’s here to present his nominations for the BEST DRESSED OF THE YEAR award! Who shined on the Red Carpet at the biggest Award Shows of the year, the choice is up to you! Remember you can vote once every 24 hours for this and all of our awards from now through the new year!
QUEEN OF LOS ANGELES:
(2016 Winner: Diana Dzhaketov, 2015 Winner: Misty Violet, 2014 Winner: Melissa BeFierce)
As the two OG’s of our “Queen of” awards, the QUEEN OF NEW YORK and the QUEEN OF LOS ANGELES are two of the hardest awards to nominate each year given the preponderance of talent on each coast. That being said, we’re going to see who will succeed Diana Dzhaketov as the 2017 QUEEN OF LOS ANGELES! Remember you can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite City of Angels queen between now and the new year. Congratulations to all of our amazing nominees and good luck! (Editor’s Note: As always with the “Queen of” awards, queens who have been on RuPaul’s Drag Race or that we have on pretty good authority will be on the coming season of the show are not eligible.)
QUEEN OF NEW YORK:
(2016 Winner: Tina Burner, 2015 Winners: Judy Darling and Marti Gould Cummings (tie), 2014 Winner: Bob the Drag Queen)
As the two OG’s of our “Queen of” awards, the QUEEN OF NEW YORK and the QUEEN OF LOS ANGELES are two of the hardest awards to nominate each year given the preponderance of talent on each coast. That being said, we’re going to see who will succeed Tina Burner as the 2017 QUEEN OF NEW YORK! Remember you can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite Big Apple queen between now and the new year. Congratulations to all of our amazing nominees and good luck! (Editor’s Note: As always with the “Queen of” awards, queens who have been on RuPaul’s Drag Race or that we have on pretty good authority will be on the coming season of the show are not eligible.)
QUEEN OF CHICAGO (2016 Winner: Trannika Rex)
Since we have started these awards in 2014, some of our most popular awards have been the “Queen of” awards, given to the queen in those cities and countries that simply had the biggest and best year of any queen there! So we’re going to get these nominations started with our nominees to see who will succeed Trannika Rex as the 2017 QUEEN OF CHICAGO! Remember you can vote once every 24 hours between now and the new year. Congratulations to all of our amazing nominees! (Editor’s Note: As always with the “Queen of” awards, queens who have been on RuPaul’s Drag Race or that we have on pretty good authority will be on the coming season of the show are not eligible.)
QUEEN OF THE UK (2016 Winner: Ellis Atlantis)
Since we have started these awards in 2014, some of our most popular awards have been the “Queen of” awards, given to the queen in those cities and countries that simply had the biggest and best year of any queen there! Next up, we’re going to see who will succeed Ellis Atlantis as the 2017 QUEEN OF UK! Remember you can vote once every 24 hours between now and the new year. Congratulations to all of our amazing nominees and thank you to our UK correspondent Emily Meow for her help putting this list together!
QUEEN OF AUSTRALIA (New Award!)
Since we have started these awards in 2014, some of our most popular awards have been the “Queen of” awards, given to the queen in those cities and countries that simply had the biggest and best year of any queen there! Last we added QUEEN OF CHICAGO, QUEEN OF THE UK and QUEEN OF THE GREAT WHITE NORTH to our awards and this year we’re going to see who will be voted WERRRK.com’s first ever QUEEN OF AUSTRALIA! Remember you can vote once every 24 hours between now and the new year. (Editor’s Note: As always with the “Queen of” awards, queens who have been on RuPaul’s Drag Race or that we have on pretty good authority will be on the coming season of the show are not eligible. So basically, sorry Courtney Act! We still love you though!)
QUEEN OF THE GREAT WHITE NORTH: (2016 Winner: Miss Conception)
Since we have started these awards in 2014, some of our most popular awards have been the “Queen of” awards, given to the queen in those cities and countries that simply had the biggest and best year of any queen there! Next up, we’re going to see who will succeed Miss Conception as the 2017 QUEEN OF GREAT WHITE NORTH! Remember you can vote once every 24 hours for your favorite north of the border queen between now and the new year. Congratulations to all of our amazing nominees and good luck eh!