1997 Webby Awards
The 1997 Webby Awards were the first of the annual Webby Awards, and also the first-ever nationally televised awards ceremony devoted to the Internet. 700 people attended the event on March 6, 1997, at Bimbo's Night Club in San Francisco, California
Nominees and winners
| Category | Webby Award winner | Other nominees |
| Art and Design | Entropy8 | AdaWeb |
| Art and Design | Entropy8 | @tlas |
| Art and Design | Entropy8 | Eadweard Muybridge: New Media Pioneer |
| Art and Design | Entropy8 | Migraine Boy |
| Books and magazines | Salon | Feed Magazine |
| Books and magazines | Salon | Suck |
| Books and magazines | Salon | 24 Hours in Cyberspace |
| Books and magazines | Salon | Urban Desires |
| Games | You Don't Know Jack | Macromedia Shockwave Gallery |
| Games | You Don't Know Jack | Happy Puppy |
| Games | You Don't Know Jack | GameSpot |
| Games | You Don't Know Jack | Games Domain |
| Home | Family Planet | HomeArts |
| Home | Family Planet | Cocktail |
| Home | Family Planet | Britannica Online |
| Home | Family Planet | Toiletology 101 |
| Living / Health | Reuters Health Information | Women's Edge |
| Living / Health | Reuters Health Information | Planet Out |
| Living / Health | Reuters Health Information | DeathNet |
| Living / Health | Reuters Health Information | Acupuncture.com |
| Money | Edmunds Automobile Guide | The Motley Fool |
| Money | Edmunds Automobile Guide | Fortune |
| Money | Edmunds Automobile Guide | CNNfn |
| Money | Edmunds Automobile Guide | Adbuster's Culture Jammer's Headquarters |
| Movie and Film | Internet Movie Database | Cinemedia Site |
| Movie and Film | Internet Movie Database | Mr. Showbiz |
| Movie and Film | Internet Movie Database | Film.com |
| Movie and Film | Internet Movie Database | E!Online |
| Music | SonicNet | Wilma |
| Music | SonicNet | Addicted to Noise |
| Music | SonicNet | Microsoft Music Central |
| Music | SonicNet | Tunes.com |
| Politics + Law | The Netizen | Disinformation |
| Politics + Law | The Netizen | California Voter Foundation |
| Politics + Law | The Netizen | Channel A |
| Politics + Law | The Netizen | The Stalker's Home Page |
| Science | The Exploratorium | ArchNet |
| Science | The Exploratorium | The Discovery Channel Online |
| Science | The Exploratorium | Scientific American |
| Science | The Exploratorium | Smithsonian Magazine |
| Sports | ESPNet SportsZone | Charged |
| Sports | ESPNet SportsZone | The Coach's Edge |
| Sports | ESPNet SportsZone | Instant Ballpark |
| Sports | ESPNet SportsZone | SkiNet |
| Television | The Gist | Edrive |
| Television | The Gist | PBS Online |
| Television | The Gist | UltimateTV |
| Television | The Gist | The Biz |
| Travel | TravelMag | The Rough Guide USA |
| Travel | TravelMag | Route 66 |
| Travel | TravelMag | Travelocity |
| Travel | TravelMag | travlang |
| Weird | ' | Ad Nauseam |
| Weird | ' | Fetish |
| Weird | ' | Entropy Gradient Reversal |
| Weird | ' | The ONION |
Panelists
Whereas in later years the panelists were official members of International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, in 1997 the awards were chosen and given by IDG's The Web Magazine, which appointed a panel to judge the competition.The panel of judges was: