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Best Comedic Entry:
1999 Q1: February 1, 1999: Living with Spies and Wooden Hands in Squishy
1999 Q2: Who's Reading? — Ftrain
1999 Q3: Stupid Human Vs. Happy Dog — Bad Hair Days
1999 Q4: The Fuck Up Game — Toni (Lagniappe)
2000 Q1: Decorating Tips for Adults — Plaintive Wail
2000 Q2: BathsWhen In Doubt, Use Parsley
2000 Q3: Icky Girlie Things, Yeeeew by Jen of Om Mani Padme Hum
2000 Q4: Poop Chute: one word or two? from Bobofett by Dana
2001 Q1: Lord of Allusions from Terribly Happy by Omar
2001 Q2: May 15, 2001 from Sperare by Kristin
2001 Q3: We'll Make It I Swear from Thought Experiment by Karen
2001 Q4: Hit the Gas from Tomato Nation by Sarah
2002 Q1: Sheltered Lives from Celluloid Eyes by Jette
2002 Q2: One Small Poop For Man from TranceJen by TranceJen
2002 Q3: My Mom is Funny from Hashai by Anna Beth
2002 Q4: Cat Peed on Me from Velcrometer by M. Giant
2003 Q1: To Pee or Not from Marn's Big Adventure
2003 Q2: There's a Spider on my Peter from Mental Drippings by Dusty Scott
2003 Q3: It Was Kinda Fun from Sundry Mourning by Sundry
2003 Q4: Open Mouth. Insert Leg. Repeat. from Tequila Mockingbird
2004 Q1: March 18, 2004 from Bitchypoo by Robyn
2004 Q2: Victoria's Secret Instructions from One Man on the Bummel by Dangerspouse
2004 Q3: A Story about Someone Else's Ass from Dooce by Heather B. Armstrong

Best Dramatic Entry:
1999 Q1: January 4, 1999: Killing Lazarus in Medea Sin
1999 Q2: Entwined in Lagniappe
1999 Q3: And I Love Her — Squishy
1999 Q4: Boys Don't Cry — Patrick (Inside)
2000 Q1: Don't Leave Me — By Secret and Divine Signs
2000 Q2: Dear PaulFunny the World
2000 Q3: Happy Birthday by Keli of Perpetual Blonde
2000 Q4: This Is The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance from Bobofett by Dana
2001 Q1: Four Years from Running With Scissors by Dawn
2001 Q2: Faith And Horses from Are We There Yet? by Are We There Yet
2001 Q3: You Should Have Warned Me from Creme Rinse and Tobacco Smoke by Jolene
2001 Q4: His Name Wasn’t Silas, It Was Simon from Retrospectives by Muffet
2002 Q1: Midlife Calling from Visions and Revisions by Tamar
2002 Q2: I'd Like a Tall Glass of Normal Please from TranceJen by TranceJen
2002 Q3: Almost a Prayer from Darn-Tootin by Rob
2002 Q4: Gonzo Parenting from Da Sauce by DatSauceGuy
2003 Q1: See You Tonight, Bryan from Dumber Than a Box of Rocks
2003 Q2: The Accidental Prescription from Earthbound Disco Ball by Disco The Kid
2003 Q3: My Brother from Autobiography of Anna Rain by Anna Rain
2003 Q4: Unpleasant (and Disjointed) Recollections of my Father from Maud Newton
2004 Q1: Legacy from Picky Eater by JulieK
2004 Q2: The Turtles Weren't There This Morning from Sundry Mourning by Sundry
2004 Q3: August from Ampersand by Chiara

Best Romantic Entry:
1999 Q1: March 11, 1999: Never Talk Again in Stranger Than Fiction
1999 Q2: Letter To Katrina, With Stars in Nothing, By God
1999 Q3: For Natalie/July 10, 1999 — Sara Astruc
1999 Q4: Out of My League — Patrick (Inside)
2000 Q1: Tread Softly — Planning a Sky
2000 Q2: I love HerNobody Knows Anything
2000 Q3: If I Was There by Bob of And if I Die Before I Wake
2000 Q4: Give Me A Ring from FootNotes by SecraTerri
2001 Q1: 50 Ways from Jellyfish by Siobhan
2001 Q2: King of Masochists from The Pjammer Chronicles by Pjammer
2001 Q3: August 21, 2001 from My Life in 12-Point Font by Jan
2001 Q4: Only in New York Part II from Sliver by Kathy
2002 Q1: Daily Valentine from Footnotes by Terri
2002 Q2: Goodbye To You from jenfu dot net by Jen
2002 Q3: To All the Boys I've Loved Before from Anyone's Any by Mo
2002 Q4: Death of a Ringling Brothers Souvenier Flashlight from Sour Bob by Bob
2003 Q1: Walking Across Plasma Fire from Foot Notes
2003 Q2: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do from TranceJen by TranceJen
2003 Q3: Hooters from Grousin' in the Sage by Grouse
2003 Q4: With This Ring, I Me Wed from Tequila Mockingbird
2004 Q1: I'm Already In from Dumber than a Box of Rocks from Weetabix
2004 Q2: Seventeen Years from Kitchen Logic by Kitchen Logic
2004 Q3: Love in a Time of Madness from Amalah by Amalah

Best Rant:
1999 Q1: March 17, 1999: In Defense of Sadness in Nothing, by God
1999 Q2: Don't Give Me That in Shelleyness
1999 Q3: Humanity Just Boggles Me Some Days/July 17, 1999 — Noise
1999 Q4: Ettiquette Rant — Sara (Perfect Way)
2000 Q1: Special — Inside
2000 Q2: IrritationMy Life in 12-Point Font
2000 Q3: Sept. 21, 2000 by Cricket of Catreese.com
2000 Q4: Slimy Men SUCK! from Bitter Hag by Bitter Hag
2001 Q1: I am... a 'Politically Correct' Internet Freak from I Am by Erica
2001 Q2: Time To Trim The Shrub from Headspace by Saundra
2001 Q3: Imaginary Fat People from Pound by Wendy
2001 Q4: December 5, 2001 from Bitchypoo by Robyn
2002 Q1: Nice Girls Don't Swear from I'd Rather Eat Glass by Sasha
2002 Q2: The Story from the Other Seat from Out to Lunch is a State of Mind by Lori
2002 Q3: Why I am a Heartless, Life Denying Bitch from Bobofett by Dana
2002 Q4: Little Miss Racist from Pamie by Pamela Ribon
2003 Q1: Cold-Call This from Lizardspace
2003 Q2: I Have Arrived! from Now Powered with Impotent Fury by Chicagowench
2003 Q3: Of Plastic Plants and Flying Pigs from Supposedly Sane by Alicia
2003 Q4: Your Mama was Presented at a Trek Convention from Pine Barrens Debutante
2004 Q1: March 23, 2004 from One Fat Bitchypoo by Robyn
2004 Q2: Obscenity Again from Invinciblegirl! by Invinciblegirl
2004 Q3: Go Carbs from Tomato Nation by Sars

Best Guest Entry:
1999 Q1: April 1, 1999: Religious Experience in Squishy by Al Schroeder
1999 Q2: May 28th in Kalamazoo Days by Joseph D. Smith
1999 Q3: Photo Hunt/August 30, 1999 — The Mind's I by Mike Lake
1999 Q4: Amy's Back — Scott (Medea's Memoirs) by Amy
2000 Q1: Daniel's Journal Entry Numero Uno — Covet What Was Mine
2000 Q2: Point A to Point B: One Solution — Heather for Thought Experiment
2000 Q3: Smaddy! by Bob of And if I Die Before I Wake
2000 Q4: i love russell crowe in a very gay way from Anyone's Any by Tim for Mo
2001 Q1: Baby's First Tolkien from Stomping Shoes by Kevin for Jenn
2001 Q2: Return With Honor from I'd Rather Eat Glass by Sasha
2001 Q3: My New New York from Journey of a Girl by Miranda for Hannah Beth
2001 Q4: Them’s Good Eatin’ from Kismet by Byrne for Cindy
2002 Q1: No Award Given
2002 Q2: No Great Wisdom from Internet Persona by Allen for Jessamyn
2002 Q3: No Award Given
2002 Q4: Chauffi: The Guest Entry from Dumber than a Box of Rocks by Weetabix
2003 Q1: No Award Given
2003 Q2: No Award Given
2003 Q3: No Award Given
2003 Q4: No Award Given
2004 Q1: No Award Given
2004 Q2: A Birth Story by Geoff for Jessamyn of Internet Persona
2004 Q3: No Award Given

Best Collaborative Entry:
1999 Q1: No Award Given
1999 Q2: Four Seasons in Atropine
1999 Q3: Entry for August 26, 1999 — Covet What Was Mine
1999 Q4: The Brasierre Experience — Nanette (No Idea, No Spark)
2000 Q1: Welcome & An Experiment in Email — Plaintive Wail
2000 Q2: Then and NowVisions and Revisions
2000 Q3: Stuff and Nonsense by Bev Sykes of Funny the World (For The "If..." Collaboration)
2000 Q4: Un-thanks, from pregnancy on from An Inventory of Being by Cara
2001 Q1: I Still Don't Hear the Cats Crying from Shinkansen by Yen
2001 Q2: The Affair from Are We There Yet? by Are We There Yet
2001 Q3: August 22, 2001 from More Than This by Heather
2001 Q4: December 22, 2001 from Sushi for Beginners by Rasee Govindani
2002 Q1: The Big Picture from Earthmovers & Sandcastles by Carrie
2002 Q2: Moving On from Funny the World by Bev Sykes
2002 Q3: Want Your Own Leah? Ask Me How! from Pine Barrens Debutante by Stef
2002 Q4: No Award Given
2003 Q1: Why Do You Love? from The Brazen Hussy Sermons
2003 Q2: No Award Given
2003 Q3: No Award Given
2003 Q4: A Horrible Geometry from Now Fortified with Impotent Fury!
2004 Q1: No Award Given
2004 Q2: No Award Given
2004 Q3: No Award Given

Best Account of a Public or News Event:
1999 Q1: March 28, 1999: Peace is the Time Between Wars in Parenthesis
1999 Q2: April 15: Our Man In Kosovo Wants Ice Cream in Just A Girl
1999 Q3: Hurricane Floyd/September 13, 1999 — Perfect Way
1999 Q4: December 31, 1999 — Beth (Bad Hair Days)
2000 Q1: Sympathy for the Devil — Terry's Random Notes
2000 Q2: Four Dead In OhioShe's Actual Size
2000 Q3: The Broken-Hearted Giant by Queerscribe of Queer Scribbles
2000 Q4: Three Blocks Away from Iteration by Patrick
2001 Q1: Half Her Size from Pound by Wendy
2001 Q2: A Letter To Schuyler from The Book Of Rob by Rob
2001 Q3: For Thou Art With Us from Tomato Nation by Sarah Bunting
2001 Q4: Now Dulls the Bell of Freedom from Headspace by Saundra
2002 Q1: Remembering Daniel Pearl from You Can Take It With You by Jay Elias
2002 Q2: Meiguo from Blue Letters; Monologue by Claire
2002 Q3: Grieve Not - September 11, 2002 from astruc.com by Sara Astruc
2002 Q4: Ring the Alarms from Supposedly Sane by Alicia
2003 Q1: The Stars Our Destination from Now Fortified with Impotent Fury
2003 Q2: No Award Given
2003 Q3: Stars and Planets from Squishy by Pamie
2003 Q4: No Award Given
2004 Q1: March 12, 2004 from Vituperation by Fred
2004 Q2: Some Things I Miss About Home That I Never Thought I Would from Invinciblegirl! by Invinciblegirl
2004 Q3: No Award Given

Outstanding Entry:
1999 Q1: February 21, 1999: A Matter Of Perception in Atropine
1999 Q2: Letter to my Dad in Medea's Memoirs
1999 Q3: That Wasn't You In Here/July 19, 1999 — Lagniappe
1999 Q4: Farewells — Al (Nova Notes)
2000 Q1: The Fifth Commandment — Headspace
2000 Q2: Mr. Gallagher SaysFootnotes
2000 Q3: Happy Birthday by Keli of Perpetual Blonde
2000 Q4: I Will from Bitchypoo by Robyn
2001 Q1: Jingle Bell Time is a Swell Time from Om Mani Padme Hum by Jen
2001 Q2: June 26, 2001 from More Than This by Heather
2001 Q3: Sliding Doors from FootNotes: A Cyber Journal by Terri
2001 Q4: Drinks With Your Ex from Plaintive Wail by Stee
2002 Q1: A Story in Six Parts from Internet Persona by Jessamyn
2002 Q2: Dangerous Curves from Pure as the Driven Slush by Heather Corinna
2002 Q3: God is in the Hospital from Earthbound Disco Ball by Disco the Kid
2002 Q4: What is 'Reasons Why Weetabix is a Loser', Alex from Dumber than a Box of Rocks by Weetabix
2003 Q1: We Are Both Trying from Internet Persona
2003 Q2: Where Do I Stand? from Counting Flowers On The Wall by rowEn
2003 Q3: What It's Like from Anyone's Any by by Mo
2003 Q4: History from Dumber Than a Box of Rocks
2004 Q1: A Lesson in Honesty and Love from Awakened: Treading the Dawn by Melissa Ray Davis
2004 Q2: When He was a World Away... from Sundry Morning by Sundry
2004 Q3: Monthly Newsletter: Month Seven from Dooce by Heather B. Armstrong

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Best Writing:
1999 Q1: Atropine by Elizabeth Badurina
1999 Q2: Squishy by Pamie
1999 Q3: Perfect Way — Sara Astruc
1999 Q4: Book of Rob — Rob
2000 Q1: InsidePatrick
2000 Q2: Footnotes — Terri
2000 Q3: Jen of Om Mani Padme Hum
2000 Q4: Planning A Sky by Melissa
2001 Q1: Shinkansen by Yen
2001 Q2: Internet Persona by Jessamyn
2001 Q3: Cubicle Girl by Kristie
2001 Q4: Journal of a Writing Man by John
2002 Q1: I'd Rather Eat Glass by Sasha
2002 Q2: Discount Satori by Laurie Hopkins
2002 Q3: You Can Take It With You by Jay Elias
2002 Q4: JenFu.net by Jen
2003 Q1: The Earthbound Disco Ball by Disco the Kid
2003 Q2: Dumber Than A Box Of Rocks by Weetabix
2003 Q3: Groovy Decay by Robin Smith
2003 Q4: Some Kind of Somebody by April
2004 Q1: Plain Jane by Jane
2004 Q2: A Scratched Pearl by Dawn
2004 Q3: Dooce by Heather B. Armstrong

Best Design:
1999 Q1: Atropine by Elizabeth Badurina
1999 Q2: Just a Girl by Georgina
1999 Q3: A Tangerine Girl — Jessi
1999 Q4: Toasted Spiral — Satya
2000 Q1: First Person ParticularViv
2000 Q2: Loobylu — Claire Robertson
2000 Q3: Moniqueanyone's any
2000 Q4: Naked Juice by Jessi
2001 Q1: Shinkansen by Yen
2001 Q2: Hejira by Bethany
2001 Q3: The Gaping Lotus Experience by Kym
2001 Q4: Aspirations to Sweetness by Jann
2002 Q1: Random Rain by Sandy
2002 Q2: TranceJen by TranceJen
2002 Q3: Hashai by Anna Beth
2002 Q4: ChubbyChic by Chubby Chic
2003 Q1: Tim's Lounge by Love Productions for Tim Bratcher
2003 Q2: Stark Daving Mad by David Kim
2003 Q3: Ultramicroscopic by Griff
2003 Q4: The Tao of Moon by Magnolia Moon
2004 Q1: No Award Given
2004 Q2: Something Normal by Ellie
2004 Q3: No Award Given

Best Use of Multimedia:
1999 Q1: No Award Given
1999 Q2: House of the Moon by Lunesse
1999 Q3: A Tangerine Girl — Jessi
1999 Q4: Late Night Snacks — Steve
2000 Q1: No Award Given
2000 Q2: No Award Given
2000 Q3: John Bailey of Journal of a Writing Man
2000 Q4: Sleepygirl.org by Heather
2001 Q1: Glitter by Krystyn Wells
2001 Q2: Life As It Happens by Rodney
2001 Q3: Medea Sin by Scott Liles
2001 Q4: Zero + 2 by Scotty & Dawn
2002 Q1: No Award Given
2002 Q2: No Award Given
2002 Q3: No Award Given
2002 Q4: No Award Given
2003 Q1: No Award Given
2003 Q2: No Award Given
2003 Q3: No Award Given
2003 Q4: No Award Given
2004 Q1: No Award Given
2004 Q2: Nowheresville, USA by Michael Cossarwal
2004 Q3: No Award Given

Best New Journal:
1999 Q1: Inside by Patrick
1999 Q2: Naked Eye by Catherine
1999 Q3: Plaintive Wail — Stee
1999 Q4: Bobofett — Dana
2000 Q1: ElphabaJenn
2000 Q2: Funny the World — Bev Sykes
2000 Q3: Jen of Om Mani Padme Hum
2000 Q4: Internet Persona by Jessamyn
2001 Q1: Terribly Happy by Omar
2001 Q2: Hate Your Daddy by Allison
2001 Q3: The Life and Times of a Pineapple Girl by Pineapple Girl
2001 Q4: Things I Learned Today by Tom
2002 Q1: TranceJen by Trance
2002 Q2: Heaven and Woolworths by Glatisanta
2002 Q3: The Beggar's Purse by Thea
2002 Q4: Lizardspace by Lori
2003 Q1: Cicada by Kirsten Nothstine
2003 Q2: Fly In The Honey by Mary
2003 Q3: Analog Girl in a Digital World by Pura Vida
2003 Q4: Desert Agave by Christina
2004 Q1: No Award Given
2004 Q2: Chez Miscarriage by Getupgrrl
2004 Q3: Go Fug Yourself by Heather & Jessica

Best Experimental Journal:
1999 Q1: Ftrain by Paul Ford
1999 Q2: Scherzi & Sospiri by Columbine
1999 Q3: 11350-22666 — Nancy
1999 Q4: John Scalzi's Best of the Millennium — John Scalzi
2000 Q1: Naked EyeCatherine
2000 Q2: 100 Things — Roberto
2000 Q3: Anne of Dartgirl
2000 Q4: Dream Deep by Elizabeth Badurina
2001 Q1: Paradigm Shift by Tim Vandewal
2001 Q2: Musicwhore by Greg
2001 Q3: Until the End of the World by Claire Wenders
2001 Q4: Unsent Letters by Veronica Nichols
2002 Q1: Skincare Girl by Skincare Girl
2002 Q2: Hope With No Pay by Emily Smith
2002 Q3: Thirteen by Pete
2002 Q4: Lessons Learned by Lisa
2003 Q1: The Grub Report by Stephanie Vander Weide
2003 Q2: No Award Given
2003 Q3: Obsessive Consumption by Kate Bingaman
2003 Q4: No Award Given
2004 Q1: No Award Given
2004 Q2: No Award Given
2004 Q3: No Award Given

Best Journal (Overall):
1999 Q1: Perplexity and Redemption by Tess
1999 Q2: Parenthesis by Lynda
1999 Q3: Squishy — Pamie
1999 Q4: Bad Hair Days — Beth
2000 Q1: Book of RobRob Rummel-Hudson
2000 Q2: Sperare by Kristin
2000 Q3: Moniqueanyone's any
2000 Q4: Thought Experiment by Karen
2001 Q1: Shinkansen by Yen
2001 Q2: Sperare by Kristin
2001 Q3: FootNotes: A Cyber Journal by Terri
2001 Q4: Stomping Shoes (Elphaba, Diary of) by Elphaba
2002 Q1: Lexxicon.net by Athena
2002 Q2: Anyone's Any by Monique
2002 Q3: I'd Rather Eat Glass by Sasha
2002 Q4: Dumber than a Box of Rocks by Weetabix
2003 Q1: Marn's Big Adventure by Marn
2003 Q2: ejshea.com by Erin
2003 Q3: Sundry Mourning by Sundry
2003 Q4: Dooce by Heather B. Armstrong
2004 Q1: BitchyPoo by Robyn
2004 Q2: Pine Barrens Debutante by Stef
2004 Q3: Rude Cactus by Chris

Legacy Award (Hall of Fame):
1999 Q1: Hedgehog Tales by Kymm Zuckert
1999 Q2: Nova Notes by Al Schroeder
1999 Q3: Nobody Knows Anything by Diane Patterson
1999 Q4: Willa's Journal by Willa
2000 Q1: Squishy by Pamie
2000 Q2: In Medias Res by Ryan
2000 Q3: Bad Hair Days by Beth Campbell
2000 Q4: Dreaming Among The Jade Clouds by Gingko
2001 Q1: Steveland by Stephen Deken
2001 Q2: Perfect Way by Sara
2001 Q3: More Than This by Heather
2001 Q4: Footnotes by Terri
2002 Q1: Pure as the Driven Slush by Heather Corinna
2002 Q2: Notes to Myself by Renee
2002 Q3: Gwen's Petty, Judgmental, Evil Thoughts by Gwendolyn Zepeda
2002 Q4: When in Doubt, Use Parsley by Amy Lester
2003 Q1: Uncle Bob's Diary O'Chuckles by Uncle Bob
2003 Q2: Aries Moon by Lucy Huntzinger
2003 Q3: Pischina: Diary of a Grown Woman by Pischina
2003 Q4: Chrome Magnum Man Does 21st Century Living by Chrome Magnum Man
2004 Q1: Celluloid Eyes by Jette
2004 Q2: Kitchen Logic by Kitchen Logic
2004 Q3: Funny the World by Bev Sykes