1997 Webby Awards

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.

Nominees and winners

Category	Webby Award winner	Other nominees
Art and Design	Entropy8	AdaWeb
Art and Design	Entropy8	@tlas
Art and Design	Entropy8	Eadweard Muybridge: New Media Pioneer
Art and Design	Entropy8	Migraine Boy
Books and magazines	Salon	Feed Magazine
Books and magazines	Salon	Suck
Books and magazines	Salon	24 Hours in Cyberspace
Books and magazines	Salon	Urban Desires
Games	You Don't Know Jack	Macromedia Shockwave Gallery
Games	You Don't Know Jack	Happy Puppy
Games	You Don't Know Jack	GameSpot
Games	You Don't Know Jack	Games Domain
Home	Family Planet	HomeArts
Home	Family Planet	Cocktail
Home	Family Planet	Britannica Online
Home	Family Planet	Toiletology 101
Living / Health	Reuters Health Information	Women's Edge
Living / Health	Reuters Health Information	Planet Out
Living / Health	Reuters Health Information	DeathNet
Living / Health	Reuters Health Information	Acupuncture.com
Money	Edmunds Automobile Guide	The Motley Fool
Money	Edmunds Automobile Guide	Fortune
Money	Edmunds Automobile Guide	CNNfn
Money	Edmunds Automobile Guide	Adbuster's Culture Jammer's Headquarters
Movie and Film	Internet Movie Database	Cinemedia Site
Movie and Film	Internet Movie Database	Mr. Showbiz
Movie and Film	Internet Movie Database	Film.com
Movie and Film	Internet Movie Database	E!Online
Music	SonicNet	Wilma
Music	SonicNet	Addicted to Noise
Music	SonicNet	Microsoft Music Central
Music	SonicNet	Tunes.com
Politics + Law	The Netizen	Disinformation
Politics + Law	The Netizen	California Voter Foundation
Politics + Law	The Netizen	Channel A
Politics + Law	The Netizen	The Stalker's Home Page
Science	The Exploratorium	ArchNet
Science	The Exploratorium	The Discovery Channel Online
Science	The Exploratorium	Scientific American
Science	The Exploratorium	Smithsonian Magazine
Sports	ESPNet SportsZone	Charged
Sports	ESPNet SportsZone	The Coach's Edge
Sports	ESPNet SportsZone	Instant Ballpark
Sports	ESPNet SportsZone	SkiNet
Television	The Gist	Edrive
Television	The Gist	PBS Online
Television	The Gist	UltimateTV (Online Service)
Television	The Gist	The Biz
Travel	TravelMag	The Rough Guide USA
Travel	TravelMag	Route 66
Travel	TravelMag	Travelocity
Travel	TravelMag	travlang
Weird	Gallery of the Absurd	Ad Nauseam
Weird	Gallery of the Absurd	Fetish
Weird	Gallery of the Absurd	Entropy Gradient Reversal
Weird	Gallery of the Absurd	The ONION

Panelists

Whereas 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.
The panel of judges was: