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2003 WOODEN ROCKET AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The WRA Committee is pleased to announce today the 2003 Wooden Rocket Award winners. The annual award recognises online excellence in the science fiction and fantasy genre.
At the close of counting on June 5th 2003, 12,647 online science fiction fans had made 63,531 nominations for various web sites.
The awards for each category for this year were as follows:
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1 Best Online Magazine
Any online SFF magazine which doesn't have a print version.
Winner
The Alien Online
www.thealienonline.net
Runners-Up
Strange Horizons
www.strangehorizons.com
Infinity Plus
www.infinityplus.co.uk
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2 Best Print-to-Web Magazine
Any online SFF magazine which has a print version.
Winner
Locus Online
www.LocusMag.com
Runners-Up
2000AD Online
www.2000adonline.com
Cinefex
www.cinefex.com
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3 Best Author Site
Any web presence of an author published in printed novel form.
Winner
Alan Dean Foster
www.alandeanfoster.com
Runners-Up
Guy Gavriel Kay
www.brightweavings.com
Greg Bear
www.gregbear.com
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4 Best Artist Site
Any web presence of an individual illustrator or painter whose main focus is SFF.
Winner
Michael Whelan
www.michaelwhelan.com
Runners-Up
Boris Vellejo and Julie Bell
www.borisjulie.com
Les Edwards
www.lesedwards.com
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5 Best Gallery Site
Web presence of a gallery showcasing more than one artist's work.
Winner
Elfwood
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/elfwood.html
Runners-Up
Worlds of Wonder
www.wow-art.com
Desktop Starships
www.desktopstarships.com
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6 Best Print Publisher Site
Any web presence supporting a SFF print publisher.
Winner
Baen Books
www.baen.com
Runners-Up
Tom Doherty Associates
www.tor.com
Earthlight
www.earthlight.co.uk
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7 Best E-book Publisher Site
Any web presence supporting an e-book publisher.
Winner
Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com
Runners-Up
Eggplant Literary Productions
www.eggplant-productions.com
Double Dragon Publishing
www.double-dragon-ebooks.com
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8 Best E-book Site
Any web presence of an SFF author published only in e-book form.
Winner
Starcruiser Falcon
www.starcruiser-falcon.com
Runners-Up
When Groinkians Attack
www.WhenGroinkiansAttack.com
R.S LaFaver
www.rslafaver.com
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9 Best Official Movie Site
Any studio-created site with a focus on a single SFF movie or movie series.
Winner
The Lord of the Rings
www.lordoftherings.net
Runners-Up
Star Wars
www.starwars.com
Terminator 3
www.terminator3.com
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10 Best Fan Movie Site
Any fan-created site with a focus on a single SFF movie or movie series.
Winner
TheOneRing.net
www.theonering.net
Runners-Up
JediNet
www.jedinet.com
Echo Station
www.echostation.com
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11 Best Official TV Site
Any studio-created site with a focus on a single SFF TV series.
Winner
Farscape
www.farscape.com
Runners-Up
Stargate SG.1
www.stargate-sg1.com
Star Trek
www.startrek.com
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12 Best Fan TV Site
Any fan-created site with a focus on a single SFF TV series.
Winner
Who Central
www.who-central.co.uk
Runners-Up
Alias TV
www.alias-tv.com
LIS Memories
www.lismemories.com
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13 Best Online SFF store
Any store selling SFF books, comics, videos and merchandise.
Winner
RPG Shop
www.rpgshop.com
Runners-Up
Tenth Planet
www.tenthplanet.co.uk
Bud Plant Comic Art
www.budplant.com
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14 Best Fan Site Home Page
Any SFF site created and maintained by an individual, focusing on their life and fandom activities.
Winner
Lost Car Park
www.lostcarpark.com
Runners-Up
Spicy Green Iguana
www.spicygreeniguana.com
Templeton Gate
www.templetongate.com
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15 Best Directory Site
Directories or search engines with a worthy SFF section.
Winner
Scifi Source
www.scifisource.com
Runners-Up
Ralan's Webstravaganza
www.ralan.com
The Linköping Science Fiction & Fantasy Archive
www2.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/
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16 Best Convention/Society Site
Sites that support an annual SFF event or a regional SFF society.
Winner
The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA)
www.asfa-art.org
Runners-Up
Torcon: The 61st World Science Fiction Convention
www.torcon3.on.ca
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
www.sfwa.org
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17 Best Foreign Language Site
Any SFF site not presented in the English language.
Winner
BEM
www.bemmag.com
Runners-Up
Science Fiction Bokhandeln
www.sfbok.se
nooSFere
www.noosfere.com
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Further details of the awards can be found on its official web site at www.WoodenRocket.com
Press Release Date: Friday 6th June 2003.
Mark Lewis
Awards Co-Ordinator
Wooden Rocket Award
www.WoodenRocket.com
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