Rhode Island Monthly was founded in 1987 by Daniel J. Kaplan and Konrad L.
The awards are given in a wide range of categories that vary from year-to-year ad hoc.
Recent awards include best restaurants, best local band, best hiking trail, best bars to people watch, best ice cream places, and best vintage store.
[4] A recent addition to the magazine, these now-yearly awards recognize "the weirdest, dumbest, most outrageous" moments of the preceding year.
[5] Rhode Island Monthly produces several ancillary publications: