The Prog Rock Magazine first annual Progressive Music Awards are now live, and inviting votes from people worldwide in a number of categories. The publication said that "after years of entertaining millions of fans the world over, Prog magazine feels that acknowledging the great progressive artists of the past and present is long overdue. So here we do just that, doffing our caps to a splendid array of artists from over the past 40 years that have seen some of the most imaginative and thought provoking rock music ever created. It continues to enthral us here at Prog magazine as much as it does you readers who buy the magazine. This is about us giving something back. So have your say, and vote in the first five reader driven categories – you could even win a bumper goody bag full of prog delights from all the nominees and a framed piece of prog artwork from The Flood Gallery."

Specifically of interest to Brain Damage readers are in three distinct categories...the first of which will see one of the reader-chosen candidates win:

• GRAND DESIGN - Celebrating the artistic achievement for the raft of Special and Deluxe Editions that populate the modern progressive genre. Pink Floyd are in this category for the Immersion reissues, and this is one of the reader vote categories...so make sure you place your vote!
• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT which includes PINK FLOYD...but will be chosen by the Prog editorial team.
• The PROG GOD category which has Roger Waters as one of the options, which will also be chosen by the Prog team.

The award ceremony takes place in London in September.