Organizations

» 4 Elements Award    Awards for excellence in graphics, art, content and/or design. Multiple levels with individual criteria for each. Rating: AS! 4.5, UWSAG 5, WA 10    http://4elementsaward.com/

» Animation Playhouse Award Program    Offers gold, silver, bronze and merit awards for sites that excel in design, content and navigation. Rating AS! 3.5    http://www.animationplayhouse.com/winaward.htm

» Artabus Awards    Three levels of awards for art-related sites. Rating AS! 2.5    http://www.artabus.com/awards.php

» BT Design Awards    Rewarding sites with educational and resource value. Six individual awards are available, including three for general excellence plus art, music and movies. Ratings: AS! 5.0, WTA    http://www.barbaratampieri.com/myaward.html

» Beacon Awards    Recognizing non-commercial sites which provide positive content and valuable resources. Features four levels plus site-of-the-year award. Rating: AS! 5, WA 5, WTA    http://home.earthlink.net/~velderkin/beaconaward.htm

» Beehive Awards    A program for general Web excellence focused on useful content. Separate awards for sites based in South Central Indiana, the State of Indiana and all others beyond the state. Rating: AS! 5.0+, WTA, WA 10.3 (Retired)    http://bton.com/tb4/welcome.html

» BigEye Award Program    Three-tiered program plus an annual award. Winners based on innovative design, interesting content, easy navigation, and quick load time. Rated AS! 5, WTA    http://bigeye.com.sapo.pt/

» Circus World Awards    Five levels for overall excellence, including Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit plus a Designer award for non-English websites. Detailed criteria, self test and resources. Rating: AS! 5.0, WTA    http://jansown.com/Awards.html

» Classics Award of Excellence    Four awards of excellence to personal and business sites that show skill in design, navigation and content. Rated: AS! 3.0, UWSAG 2.0    http://www.animationattic.com/winaward.htm

» Comedy Zone Cool Site Awards    Multiple awards are available for well-designed sites with entertaining content. Rating: AS! 3.0    http://www.comedy-zone.net/guide/awards.htm

» Copacabana Runners Heart & Soul Award    Program based in Brazil that recognizes the achievements of webmasters who put Heart and Soul into their sites. English and Portuguese language sites may apply. Rating: AS! 4.0 (Retired)    http://www.copacabanarunners.net/awarding.html

» Critics Choice Awards    Recognition for sites that demonstrate a high caliber of proficiency in content, graphic art, and value to society. Contains detailed criteria and tutorials. Rating: AS! 5.0 (retired)    http://jjoakley.com/awardsprogramn.html

» DAGA International Awards    Award based on the graphics originality and quality. Rating AS! 5.0    http://euromania.altervista.org/DAGA.htm

» Geetha's Web Design Awards    Offers four levels of awards for superior design. Site also contains webmaster resources. Rating: AS! 5.0 (Retired)    http://www.geethazone.com/awards.html

» Groundzero Design Award    Award for sites that display excellence of flow, creativity and content. Rating: AS! 4.5    http://www.ground-z.org/award.html

» Inukshuk Awards    Multi-level program to showcase sites based on high quality content and presentation. Contains detailed criteria and a self-test. Rating: AS! 4.5    http://www.ascoffanscuff.com/aw/index3.html

» JerryD's Music Site Award Program    Offers seven awards, including a general one with three levels along with others for design, content, flash, award sites, non-English, and music based websites. Rating AS! 4.5    http://www.jerryd1.com/1awardsnew.shtml

» Korea Award    Three levels for quality of content with style plus a site-of-the-year award. Offers free graphics and other resources including information about Korea. Rated: AS! 4.0, WA 10*, UWSAG 5, EAI 4, WTA    http://www.koreaaward.com

» Korea Orchid Award    Three levels to recognize sites that combine imagination, creativity, graphic layout and useful content to educate or entertain. Includes detailed criteria, self-test and winners list. Rated: AS! 5.0, WA 10, UWSAG 4, EAI 4    http://www.koreanorchid.com/award/index.htm

» Ladder54 Website Awards    Seven-tiered program for general excellence in design and content and separate categories for firefighting and related content. Rating: AS! 3.0.    http://www.ladder54.com/awards/index.htm

» Lakota Wolf Web Design Award    Multiple awards based on design and navigation. Includes specific criteria and winners list. Rated: AS! 2.5    http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/lakotaweb/award.html

» Learning Fountain Elite    Award for commercial sites only that qualify under one of five categories and meet 6 separate criteria. Rating: AS! 5.0    http://www.learningfountain.com/awardsfm.htm

» Medals of Excellence    Awards three levels to sites that display expertise in areas of informative and tasteful content, technology, design and navigation. Rating: AS! 5.0, WTA    http://www.sunsetsurfers.com/awards/awards.html

» Mesweet's Award Site    Offers four awards for exceptional site content. Scoring is based on a point system. Rating: AS! 5.0, WTA (Retired)    http://www.mesweet.net/awards.html

» Nem5 Awards Program    Awards are presented to Web sites displaying the highest standards of excellence in original design. Detailed criteria determine four award levels. 11 other individual category awards are also available. Rating: AS! 5.0+, WTA    http://www.webmaggic.com/

» Pacoima Ranch Vision Award    Single level based on general site excellence. Contains basic criteria and winners list. Rating: AS! 3.0.    http://www.pacranch.com/visionaward.html

» Pirelli INTERNETional Award    Annual international multimedia award for sites related to science and technology. Features rules, jury profiles, previous winners and online application. Rating AS! 5.0    http://www.pirelliaward.com/

» Reach for the Stars Award    Offers gold, silver and bronze awards for personal and business websites which have excellent design, content and navigation. Rated: AS! 3.0, WA 1.0    http://www.animationgold.com/introduction.htm

» Red Stag Awards    Four levels of awards for personal and commercial sites. Detailed criteria for functionality, design and content with standardized scoring. Site also includes resources and tutorials. Rating: AS! 4.5 (retired)    http://www.dochertyfamily.com/red_stag_awards.htm

» StarSite Award    Award program with few winners, focused on cutting-edge design and development. Detailed criteria on site includes a self-test. Rating: AS! 5.0+, WTA (Retired)    http://www.starsiteaward.com

» Surfers Choice Awards    Fee-based program with multiple tiers. No submissions are accepted from GeoCities, Tripod, Angel Fire or domains that resolve to them. Rating: AS! 5.0, WTA.    http://www.surferschoiceawards.com/

» Talking Hands Award    Award program for sites focused on teaching and learning. Sites must be nominated for consideration. Includes detailed criteria and scoring. AS! Rated 5.0    http://www.faeriekeeper.net/talking.htm

» The DRH Design Award    Offers award for individuals or groups that exhibit creativity in overall design, content, functionality, and appeal. Rating: AS! 3.5.    http://www.drhdesign.com/drhaward.htm

» Thomas Sims Graves Award Program    Offers four levels of awards that can be won plus a Diamond Award that is discretionary. Rating AS! 3.5, WA 3    http://www.tsgraves.com/allAwards.php

» Tim's Spider Awards    Award program with four levels: Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit for talent and creativity. Rating AS! 5, WA 4, EAI 5, UWSAG 5, WTA    http://www.timart.be

» Vie's Inn of Wonders' Awards    Award program with a focus on outstanding content. Includes detailed criteria and disqualifiers, self test, online application and winners list. Rated: AS! 4.5    http://www.viesinnofwondersawards.com

» Vision Site Design Awards    Offers Supreme, Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. Criteria include stunning design, sense of balance, ease of navigation and site optimization. AS! Rated 4.0    http://www.vsda-web-awards.com/

» Web Design Poet Award    Awarding sites with unique designs and creative solutions. Contains basic criteria and nomination form. Rating: AS! 3.5    http://www.poeticsolutions.com/poetawardps.html