Arkansas Times Cannabis Awards
A reader-voted awards project from the Arkansas Times that launched in 2023 and put the state's medical cannabis scene up for a public vote.
- 17results on record
- 2023–2024years in our data
- 2editions
- 12matched to strains
- Arkansaslatest location
01Beginnings
This one starts with a newspaper, not a festival. The Arkansas Times organised the awards and published the results itself1.
A print issue dated 28 March 2023 spotlighted crowd favourites in what it called the first-ever Arkansas Times Cannabis Awards. That makes 2023 the opening edition3. The sources do not say who first came up with the idea.
02The story so far
The awards were reader-voted. Readers picked their favourites among the state's medical cannabis dispensaries, cultivators and products12.
On 6 April 2023 the Arkansas Times staff published a results article that introduced 'the dopest awards in The Natural State'. The categories ran from Best Badder to Best Shatter1.
Names that turn up as winners or finalists include Berner's by Good Day Farm, Bold, Carpenter Farms, Dark Horse Medicinals and Good Day Farm1. The sources do not say which name won which category.
A few days later, on 9 April 2023, an Arkansas Times column covered the poll results alongside its regular strain reviews2.
03Culture and community
This is a public-vote award. The sources describe readers casting votes for their favourites, and they do not mention judging panels or lab testing2.
Because it sits inside a local newspaper, it works as a snapshot of what Arkansas readers liked in the state's medical cannabis market12. The sources do not describe any events or ceremonies.
04Where it stands now
The only edition the sources confirm is the 2023 one3. The sources do not say whether later editions have happened.
05What comes next
The sources do not say whether the Arkansas Times plans another round, or what any future categories or voting rules might look like.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 17 results from this cup across 2 years (2023 to 2024), 12 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Recent first-place strains
| Year | Strain | Category | Entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lilac Diesel | Best Hybrid Strain | Natural State Medicinals |
| 2024 | Blackwater | Best Indica Strain | Natural State Medicinals |
Editions on record
- 2024 · Arkansas (publication, 19 April 2024)
Sources
- The winners of the 2023 Arkansas Times Cannabis Awards (Arkansas Times)
- Growing Green: strain reviews ... results of our Arkansas Times Cannabis Awards poll
- Arkansas Times | April 2023 (Issuu)
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