Well here they are, the inaugural Ticket Awards. They've listened, they've watched, they've played. . . The Ticket's stable of writers (can we call them that?) have had their noses in the trough all year horsing down (well, we've started) a diet of popular – and not so popular – culture. All we had to do was to corral them into a confined space and get them to discuss their favourite movies, music and games of 2011.

Huge thanks, then, to Donald Clarke, Tara Brady, Tony Clayton-Lea, Jim Carroll, Lauren Murphy, Ailbhe Malone, Brian Boyd, Sinéad Gleeson, Michael Dervan, Siobhán Long, Cormac Larkin, Joe Breen, Ciara O’Brien and Joe Griffin.

But it's not all about them . . . it's actually up to you. Peruse the lists, argue, fume, cogitate, then please vote for your favourite movies, actors, bands, albums, games . . . at irishtimes.com/ticketawards. Did we mention there are prizes? Results in The Ticketon December 16th. And thanks - ANTHEA McTIERNAN, editor