What's it called when you get a type of award because you didn't get the award y...

What's it called when you get a type of award because you didn't get the award you were supposed to get?

Let's say someone was trying to get an award, and they tried really hard, but they didn't end up getting it. But, because people felt bad for them that they didn't get it, the person was given a different award called a(n) ___ award, meaning "Hey, you didn't do it, but here's this instead, because at least you got something."

EDIT: the Lexico links originally posted have broken, fresh ones are added.

Merriam-Webster has

consolation prize
noun
: a prize given to a runner-up or a loser in a contest

Cambridge Dictionary has

consolation prize
noun
a small prize given to someone who has taken part in a competition, but who has not won

A non-winner might be awarded a

consolation prize
_NOUN

A prize given to a competitor who just fails to win or who has come last.
A two-week holiday in Cape Town was the consolation prize.

From Lexico.

The word consolation itself means

The comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment.