The Kentucky Askew Award is given annually to an individual deemed to have written the outstanding student project for the year.  It was created by the American Academy of Certified Public Managers® to recognize outstanding projects throughout the country and was named in honor of George C. Askew who, by virtue of being the first named called in the first CPM graduation ceremony in Georgia in 1976, became the first individual to be certified by a Certified Public Manager® program.  A Society committee selects the winner through an evaluation of the highest-ranking projects.

The Gene Childress Award is given in honor of Gene Childress who served as the first Executive Director of the Governmental Services Center (now known as the Office of Employee and Organizational Development) beginning in 1981 and instituted a training program that later became affiliated with the Certified Public Manager® Consortium.  A Society committee selects the winner through an evaluation of applications.

The Charlotte Glaser KSCPM Merit Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Managers®.  A Society committee selects the winner through an evaluation of applications.