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The Stranger Genius Awards, given by Seattle alternative weekly newspaper The Stranger, "bring attention to, and recognize the contributions of, ... outstanding artists in Seattle."^[1]^[2] Winners are notified by receiving a chocolate cake bearing the message "You're a Friggin' Genius!"^[1]

The event is generally taking place in autumn.^[3]

Stranger Genius Award winners
Person or organization	Category	Year
Susan Robb	Visual Art	2003
Web Crowell	Film	2003
Matt Briggs	Literature	2003
Chris Jeffries	Theater	2003
Velocity Dance Center	Organization	2003
Vital 5	Organization	2003
Victoria Haven	Visual Art	2004
David Russo	Film	2004
John Olson	Literature	2004
Sarah Rudinoff	Theater	2004
Seattle School	Organization	2004
SuttonBeresCuller	Visual Art	2005
Michael Seiwerath	Film	2005
Rebecca Brown	Literature	2005
Gabriel Baron	Theater	2005
Frye Art Museum	Organization	2005
Lead Pencil Studio	Visual Art	2006
James Longley	Film	2006
Jonathan Raban	Literature	2006
Jennifer Zeyl	Theater	2006
On the Boards	Organization	2006
Alex Schweder	Visual Art	2007
Linas Phillips	Film	2007
Heather McHugh	Literature	2007
Cary Moon	Politics	2007
Amy Thone	Theater	2007
Strawberry Theatre Workshop	Organization	2007
Wynne Greenwood	Visual Art	2008
Lynn Shelton	Film	2008
Sherman Alexie	Literature	2008
Paul Mullin	Theater	2008
Implied Violence	Organization	2008
Jeffry Mitchell	Visual Art	2009
Zia Mohajerjasbi	Film	2009
Stacey Levine	Literature	2009
The Cody Rivers Show	Theater	2009
Pacific Northwest Ballet	Organization	2009
Susie Lee	Visual Art	2010
Charles Mudede and Robinson Devor	Film	2010
Jim Woodring	Literature	2010
Shabazz Palaces	Music	2010
Marya Sea Kaminski	Theater	2010
DK Pan	Visual Art	2011
Gary Hill	Film	2011
Lesley Hazleton	Literature	2011
The Intelligence	Music	2011
John Osebold	Theater	2011
Sarah Bergmann	Visual Art	2012
Megan Griffiths	Film	2012
Ellen Forney	Literature	2012
Lori Goldston	Music	2012
Grady West	Theater	2012
Zoe Scofield & Juniper Shuey	Performance	2013
Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney	Music	2013
Rodrigo Valenzuela	Visual Art	2013
Maged Zaher	Literature	2013
Benjamin Kasulke	Film	2013
Valerie Curtis-Newton	Performance	2014
Industrial Revelation	Music	2014
C. Davida Ingram	Visual Art	2014
Gary Groth	Literature	2014
Drew Christie	Film	2014
Yussef El Guindi	Literature	2015
Steve Fisk	Music	2015
Mary Ann Peters	Visual Art	2015
Scarecrow Project		2015
Cherdonna Shinatra	Performance	2015
Barbara Earl Thomas	Art	2016
Tracy Rector	Film	2016
Lindy West	Literature	2016
Erik Blood	Music	2016
Emily Chisholm	Performance	2016