Who Will Win a Webby?

The world’s top Web sites are competing for the industry’s top honor. Here are the nominees and how you can play a role in who wins.

We are steadfast in our opposition to self-promoting awards--unless, of course, we happen to win one. Even so, we kind of like the Webbies, a nerdy equivalent of the Academy Awards for Web sites.

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences last week announced its nominees for best site in 27 categories. The awards won’t be handed out until July 18. It must take that long to visit all the 100-plus sites.

In the meantime, you can noodle around the nominated sites and decide for yourself what rates. Then cast your ballot at https://www.webbies.com. Virtually all are free. The addresses of nominated sites are printed below.

Our favorite: https://www.dancingpaul.com.

Activism:

Act for Change https://www.actforchange.com

Independant Media Center https://www.indymedia.org

PETA https://www.peta-online.org

Protest Net https://www.protest.net

Volunteer Match https://www.volunteermatch.org

Broadband:

120 Seconds https://www.120seconds.com

Heavy https://www.heavy.com

Once Upon a Forest https://www.once-upon-a-forest.com

Newseum https://www.newseum.org/pulitzer/shock/shock.htm

Yahoo Finance Vision https://financevision.yahoo.com

Commerce:

CafePress.Com https://www.cafepress.com

GorpTravel.com https://gorptravel.gorp.com

Half.com https://www.half.com

MySimon https://www.mysimon.com

Travelocity https://www.travelocity.com

Community:

Beliefnet https://www.beliefnet.com

ChickClick https://www.chickclick.com

Craigslist https://www.craigslist.org

Kuro5hin https://www.kuro5hin.org

Fray https://www.fray.com/org

Education:

A Bio of America https://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica

ExploreMath https://www.exploremath.com

NationalGeographic.com https://www.nationalgeographic.com

Nova Online https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova

N.Y. Times Learning Net https://www.nytimes.com/learning

Fashion:

Celine https://www.celine.com

ELuxury https://www.eluxury.com

Hint Fashion Magazine https://www.hintmag.com

Kirna Zabete https://www.kirnazabete.com

SoWear https://www.sowear.com

Film:

Eveo https://www.eveo.com

IndieWire https://www.indiewire.com

Psycho Studio https://www.saulbass.net/psychostudio

Requiem for a Dream https://www.requiemforadream.com

The New Venue https://www.newvenue.com

Finance:

CBS Marketwatch https://www.cbsmarketwatch.com

Motley Fool https://www.fool.com

MyCiti.com https://www.myciti.com

PayPal https://www.paypal.com

Yahoo Finance https://finance.yahoo.com

Games:

3dgroove.com https://www.3dgroove.com

Gamasutra https://www.gamasutra.com

GameLab https://www.gmlb.com

MyVideoGames.com https://www.myvideogames.com

Sissyfight https://www.sissyfight.com

Government & Law:

City of Sydney https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Cornell Legal Info Institute https://www.law.cornell.edu

ICourthouse https://www.icourthouse.com

Nolo Self-Help Law Center https://www.nolo.com

YourCongress.com https://www.yourcongress.com

Health:

HIV Stops With Me https://www.hivstopswithme.org

Medbroadcast https://www.medbroadcast.com

Planned Parenthood Golden Gate https://www.ppgg.org

Teenwire https://www.teenwire.com

ThriveOnline https://www.thriveonline.com

Humor:

FuckedCompany//IS THIS OK? https://www.fuckedcompany.com///IS THIS OK?

Modern Humorist https://www.modernhumorist.com

National Lampoon Dotcom https://www.nationallampoon.com

SatireWire https://www.satirewire.com

The Onion https://www.theonion.com

Kids:

AfriCam https://www.africam.com

Fact Monster https://www.factmonster.com

LUGNET https://www.lugnet.com

Student Coalition for Altern. https://www.scam-mcas.org

Teenwire https://www.teenwire.com

Living:

BabyCenter https://www.babycenter.com

Campaign for Our Children https://www.cfoc.org

ChickClick https://www.chickclick.com

Epicurious https://www.epicurious.com

The Knot https://www.theknot.com

Music:

Erykah Badu https://www.erykahbadu.com

Live365.com https://www.live365.com

Motown.com https://www.motown.com

Sonicnet.com https://www.sonicnet.com

Sputnik7 https://www.sputnik7.com

News:

BBC News Online

CNN https://www.cnn.com

Inside https://www.inside.com

Salon https://www.salon.com

CNET News.com https://www.news.com

Personal Web Sites:

DancingPaul https://www.dancingpaul.com

Fray https://www.fray.com

Blogger https://www.blogger.com

Douglaspearce.com https://www.douglaspearce.com

TheBoar https://www.boar.com

Politics:

CNN.com--AllPolitics https://www.cnn.com/allpolitics

Orvettii.com https://www.orvetti.com

Hotline Scoop https://www.hotlinescoop.com

NPR Election https://www.npr.org/news/national/election2000

OpenSecrets.org https://www.opensecrets.org

Print & Zines:

Feed Magazine https://www.feedmag.com

Mother Jones Magazine https://www.motherjones.com

Nerve https://www.nerve.com

Plastic https://www.plastic.com

The Position.com https://www.theposition.com

Radio:

BBC World Service

COMFM https://www.comfm.fr

Fresh Air

StormLive https://www.stormlive.com

Youth Radio https://www.youthradio.org

Science:

7Stones https://www.7stones.com/Homepage/Publisher/Tut02.html

Dive and Discover https://www.divediscover.whoi.edu

Molecular Expressions https://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/index.html

Plus Magazine

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute https://www.whoi.edu

Services:

Pay Pal https://www.paypal.com

PlanetFeedback https://www.planetfeedback.com

Shoutcast https://www.shoutcast.com

Vindigo https://www.vindigo.com

Volunteer Match https://www.volunteermatch.org

Spirituality:

BuddhaNet https://www.buddhanet.net

Council on Spiritual Practices https://www.csp.org

Kids 4 Truth https://www.kids4truth.com

World Prayers https://www.worldprayers.org

Zen https://www.do-not-zzz.com

Sports:

Bowl.com https://www.bowl.com

CBS SportsLine.com

ESPN.com

Planet Rugby https://www.planetrugby.com

Swell https://www.swell.com

Travel:

Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel https://www.frommers.com

Expedia https://www.expedia.com

Iexplore https://www.iexplore.com

IgoUgo https://www.igougo.com

Tom Parson’s Bestfares.com https://www.bestfares.com

TV:

ESPN.com

History Channel https://www.historychannel.com

NBC Olympics https://www.nbcolympics.com

Nickjr.com https://www.nickjr.com

PBS Online https://www.pbs.org

Weird:

Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization https://www.bfro.net

Disinformation https://www.disinformation.com

Fortean Times Online https://www.forteantimes.com

Peter Pan’s Home Page https://www.pixyland.org/peterpan

Weird N.J. https://www.weirdnj.com