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The Webby Awards - the self-professed Oscars of Net award shows - throws its fourth annual bash May 11 in San Francisco. But with more than 800 award sites rolling out virtual red carpets, it's hard to find anything that'snot an award-winning site. Among the not-so-highly coveted prizes: the Totally Killer Site Award (www.reallybig.com/killer.shtml), the Cowpie Award (www.socool.com/socool/cowpie.html), and the Press Release Network Award (www.pressreleasenetwork.com/main8c1.htm). Here's the crème de la self-congratulatory crème.
Award site Surfers Choice Internet Awards (www.surferschoiceawards.com)
Sound bite "Quality Is an Attitude"
Presented August
Judges Professionals from various sectors of business and the Net
Last year's big winner www.kellyservices.com, Surfers Choice Site of the Year
Award-winning feature Site doubles as a portal to award-winning sites
Award site World Best Website Awards (www.worldbestwebsites.com)
Sound bite "The Top of the Net"
Presented Ongoing
Judges Webmasters and graphic designers
Last year's big winner www.film.com, Gold Award
Award-winning feature All judges are previous World Best award winners
Award site International Web Page Awards (www.websiteawards.com)
Sound bite "The Most Prestigious and Respected Award on the Internet"
Presented April 20
Judges International Web site designers and interactive-ad executives
Last year's big winner www.princeofegypt.com, Best of Festival
Award-winning feature Judges honor obscure sites - e.g., the Republic of Slovenia's (www.sigov.si) - that are often passed over by big-name awards
Award site Cool Site of the Year Awards (www.coolsiteoftheday.com/awards.html)
Sound bite "The Web's Original 'Awards' Site"
Presented April 27
Judges The surfing public
Last year's big winner www.howstuffworks.com, Grand Cool Site of the Year
Award-winning feature Last year's ceremony featured Robin Leach, a trapeze artist, and someone dressed as a blue transvestite bunny
Award site The Webby Awards (www.webbyawards.com)
Sound bite "Oscars of the Internet"
Presented May 11
Judges International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences: Bowie, Dyson, Lanier, et alia
Last year's big winner www.amazon.com, Technical Achievement
Award-winning feature $50,000 goes to the winner of this year's SFMOMA Webby for Excellence in Online Art
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May Day UK All the Rage
DVDecryption on Trial
Community Reporting
Ask Dr. Bob
Chicks-and-Mortar
Casting the Net
This Year's Nominees for Best Award
People
Jargon Watch
Farm Aid
Dosing With Microcrystals
Pipe Cleaner
Stalking the Wild VC
Ready to Ware Health Care
Raw Data
