Humay Award

Humay Award (Azerbaijani: Humay Mükafatı) was an Azerbaijani national achievement award, established in 1993 by the Baku International Cultural Society and was active until 2019.

[3] For the first three years, a ceramic figurine was presented as an award made by artist Mezahir Avshar [az].

[3] Starting after the forth year, a bronze statuette was made by the artist Arif Gaziev [az].

[3] Subsequently, new nominations were added, including television, architecture, journalism, sport, tourism, “best music video”, book publishing, science, dance, "the art of national mugham”, "the art of photography", and "the best project in the Azerbaijani Internet".

[4] Other early awardees in 1994 included actor Arif Ali Guliyev [az];[5] actor Alakbar Huseynov;[6] visual artist Farman Gulamov;[7] and music composer Ismail Gadzhibekov [az].