Sixsidia

John Halcyon Styn hosted the sixth annual SXSW Web Awards on Sunday evening, March 9, at the Four Seasons. Web sites from as far-flung places as Alaska and Australia competed in more than 20 categories. Categories, winners, and links listed below; see www.sxsw.com/interactive for more.

Animation/Cartoon: Sixsidia (www.sixsidia.com)

Art/Culture: Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People (www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/ainu)

Audio/Radio: Sonic Memorial Project (www.sonicmemorial.org/)

Content/E-zine: Polar Inertia (www.polarinertia.com)

Developer's Resource: Tangent (www.tangent.cx)

Educational Resource: Face to Face (www.itvs.org/facetoface/intro.html)

Experimental: A Is for Apple (www.aisforapple.net)

Film/Film Industry: Ice Age (www.iceagemovie.com)

Gaming: The Sopranos, Big Pussy's Poker Heaven (www.hbo.com/sopranos/poker)

Green/Nonprofit: It's My Life (www.pbskids.org/itsmylife)

Grrl Site: GirlsAllowed! (www.girlsallowed.org)

Humor/Satire: Super Console Wars (www.discomedia.com)

Movie/TV: SPONGI (www.spongi.com)

Music Industry: Motel Records (www.motelrecords.com)

Musical Artist/Band: Rush (www.rush.com)

Personal/Online Diary: WiredNomad (www.wirednomad.com)

Redesign/Relaunch: Jeffrey Zeldman Presents (www.zeldman.com)

Services: Pixeltees (www.pixeltees.com)

Student: One Night at the StarFright (www.madbrad.net)

Weblog: Ultramicroscopic (www.ultramicroscopic.com)

Weird/Extreme: A Dog and His Elephant (www.ep.tc/dog)

People's Choice Award: Rush (www.rush.com)

Best of Show: A Is for Apple (www.aisforapple.net)