AWARDS
SITES
Best of the Web
Annual awards in several categories, such as best news site, community site, sports site, and so on.
Cool Central
Check out the cool site of the week, day, hour, or moment.
Cool Homepages
Links to "cool sites" - sites that, in the site owner's opinion, are especially attractive or functional in design.
Cool Site of the Day 
The original "cool site" awards. Don't miss the Cool Site of the Year Awards.
must-c: internet design awards
Users vote for the "must-c" award, given each month in a new content category. This award is given for graphic design excellence, as well as execution and content.
SF WoW Top25 Leaders of the Millenium
Website for the Top25 Women of the Web awards in San Francisco, honoring 25 women prominent in the computer and Internet industries each year.
The Webby Awards
An annual web awards competition, judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
WOW Site Awards
Publishing Essentials' DesignCafe awards their "WOW Site" award to sites showing design excellence.
ARTICLES
Big Thinkers Compete for Cash
At the 4th annual ThinkQuest conference, winning teen web designers will win cash prizes for the sites they've created. (11/22/1999 at Wired News)
Can't Judge E-Books by Words Only
The National Book Foundation will consider e-books for its National Book Award; but the books must be printed out. E-book publishers say this will diminish the books, which often contain graphics, sound, and hyperlinking. (6/5/2001 at Wired News)
Global Sites Left out of Webby Nods
The Webby Awards nominees for 2001 included mostly U.S., and perhaps too many California-centric, sites. (4/26/2001 at ZDNet)
Mouse Inventor Strives for More
Douglas Engelbart, who invented the mouse 30 years ago, recently won the British Computer Society's Lovelace Medal; in an interview, he talked about his desire and plans to push human society forward. (11/5/2001 at BBC News)
Much Ado About 5K
A judge of the Sylloge 5K web page contest muses on the enthusiasm and creativity that went into contestants' attempts to build small, functional, beautiful pages. (5/12/2000 at A List Apart)
National Book Awards Decides to Consider E-Books
The National Book Foundation will consider e-books for its National Book Awards; but the books will have to be printed and bound to be considered, and pay the same $100 entry fee as "normal" books. (5/31/2001 at The Industry Standard)
Project Cool Announces Top Sites for 1999
Project Cool Inc. has announced its picks for the best websites of 1999. (1/4/2000 at InternetNews.com)
SFWoW, Where Did the Winners Go?
Aside from trouble locating some of their awardees, the nonprofit San Francisco Women on the Web had some technical problems keeping their website up on the day of awards. (4/27/2001 at Wired News)
Three IT Pioneers Share Nobel
Scientists who helped invent semiconductors and integrated circuits won the Nobel Physics prize this year. (10/10/2000 at Wired News)
Webbys: Hugs, Kisses, and Glam
Coverage of the fourth annual Webby awards. (5/12/2000 at 15 Seconds)
Women Who Think Differently
This year's Top 25 Women on the Web award honored a number of behind-the-scenes folks - activists, designers, etc. - in addition to the usual CEOs and celebrities. (4/24/2001 at Wired News)
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