How do people get "awards"?

I've seen people with portfolios that have so many awards, however how are they selected? or are they just submitting to every place possible...

And if thats the case is there a list of places to submit work that you have created?

Great design resource

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted October 10, 2017 at 10:07PM by CrazyWebDev http://ift.tt/2g9VFMH