2003 WOODEN ROCKET AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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