The 1997 Webby Awards were the first of the annual Webby Awards, and also the first-ever nationally televised awards ceremony devoted to the Internet. 700 people attended the event on March 6, 1997, at Bimbo's Night Club in San Francisco, California.[1]
(from http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/winners-1997.php)
| Category | Webby Award winner | Other nominees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Art and Design | Entropy8 (Archived 15 April 1997 via Wayback) | AdaWeb (Archived 12 April 1997 via Wayback) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| @tlas (http://atlas.organic.com) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eadweard Muybridge New Media Pioneer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Migraine Boy (Archived 3 February 1997 via Wayback) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Books and magazines | Salon (via Wayback) | Feed Magazine (Archived 25 February 1997 via Wayback) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suck (Archived 14 January 1997 via Wayback) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 Hours in Cyberspace (Archived 11 February 1997 via Wayback) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Urban Desires (Archived 21 February 1997 via Wayback) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Games | You Don't Know Jack (http://www.bezerk.com)|Macromedia Shockwave Gallery (Archived 26 October 1996 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Happy Puppy (Archived 12 April 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|GameSpot (Archived 22 March 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Games Domain (Archived 13 April 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Home|rowspan="4" |Family Planet (Archived 17 October 1996 via Wayback)|HomeArts (Archived 3 May 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Cocktail (Archived 7 March 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Britannica Online (Archived 3 July 1998 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Toiletology 101 (Archived 20 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Living / Health|rowspan="4" |Reuters Health Information (Archived 4 January 1997 via Wayback)|Women's Edge (Archived 1 December 1998 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Planet Out (Archived 22 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|DeathNet (Archived 17 January 1999 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Acupuncture.com (Archived 9 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Money|rowspan="4" |Edmunds Automobile Guide (Archived 28 March 1997 via Wayback)|The Motley Fool (Archived 26 January 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Fortune (Archived 16 February 1998 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|CNNfn (Archived 30 March 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Adbuster's Culture Jammer's Headquarters (Archived 17 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Movie and Film|rowspan="4" |Internet Movie Database (Archived 22 January 1997 via Wayback)|Cinemedia Site (Archived 19 June 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Mr. Showbiz (Archived 26 October 1996 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Film.com (Archived 18 October 1996 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|E!Online (Archived 9 April 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Music|rowspan="4" |SonicNet (Archived 6 June 1997 via Wayback)|Wilma (http://www.wilma.com)|-valign="top"|Addicted to Noise (Archived 15 June 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Microsoft Music Central (Archived 15 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Tunes.com (http://www.tunes.com)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Politics + Law|rowspan="4" |The Netizen (Archived 2 December 1998 via Wayback)|Disinformation (Archived 7 April 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|California Voter Foundation (Archived 20 April 2012 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Channel A (Archived 7 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|The Stalker's Home Page (Archived 17 January 1999 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Science|rowspan="4" |The Exploratorium (Archived 15 January 1997 via Wayback)|ArchNet (Archived 16 July 1998 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|The Discovery Channel Online (Archived 30 March 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Scientific American (Archived 15 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Smithsonian Magazine (Archived 14 April 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Sports|rowspan="4" |ESPNet SportsZone (Archived 2 December 1998 via Wayback)|Charged (Archived 12 April 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|The Coach's Edge (Archived 31 January 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Instant Ballpark (Archived 1 January 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|SkiNet (Archived 4 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Television|rowspan="4" |The Gist (Archived 12 February 1997 via Wayback)|Edrive (Archived 15 June 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|PBS Online (Archived 5 June 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|UltimateTV (Online Service) (Archived 25 January 1998 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|The Biz (Archived 2 December 2000 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Travel|rowspan="4" |TravelMag (Archived 5 December 1998 via Wayback)|The Rough Guide USA (Archived 8 March 2001 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Route 66 (Archived 5 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Travelocity (Archived 27 January 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|travlang (Archived 27 February 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Weird|rowspan="4" |Gallery of the Absurd (Archived 5 December 1998 via Wayback)|Ad Nauseam (Archived 1 December 1998 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|Fetish (http://www2.gol.com/users/zapkdarc/fetish.html)|-valign="top"|Entropy Gradient Reversal (Archived 15 June 1997 via Wayback)|-valign="top"|The ONION (Archived 18 April 1997 via Wayback)|} PanelistsWhereas in later years the panelists were official members of International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, in 1997 the awards were chosen and given by IDG's The Web Magazine, which appointed a panel to judge the competition.[2] The panel of judges was:[3]
ReferencesWinners and nominees are generally named according to the organization or website winning the award, although the recipient is, technically, the web design firm or internal department that created the winning site and in the case of corporate websites, the designer's client. Web links are provided for informational purposes, both in the most recently available archive.org version before the awards ceremony and, where available, the current website. Many older websites no longer exist, are redirected, or have been substantially redesigned. External links |