A short clip of "Welcome to the Reel World" and a short interview of its director Jon Teboe is included in the video called "Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors." The film won Super 8 1st place during the Cinemagic Short Film Festival held at this horror convention in Los Angeles in November of 1985.
Screened in the Short Narrative Competition division of the 14th Athens International Film Festival in May of 1987 in Athens, Georgia.
Won a bronze medal trophy at the 57th American International Film Festival sponsored by The Photographic Society of America in September 1986.
Won a Certificate of Merit and screened at the 11th Annual International Film Festival sponsored by The Kinetic Image Film Group in November 1986.
Won an Honorable Mention and screened at The First Annual Amateur Film and Video Contest sponsored by Dimensional Masque in Phoenix, AZ in September 1987.