Considering many of you are advocacy organizations, you might be interested in the Golden Dot Awards:
Golden Dot Awards recognize achievement in online politics. To be eligible, nominees must have used the Internet to try to influence the political process (i.e. for an electoral campaign, political party, official ballot, issue campaign, advocacy group, etc.) between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. Nominees must have campaigned, organized, created political media, or conducted advocacy online.Winners will be announced on Thursday, April 16, and the winners will be honored at the 2009 Politics Online Conference (April 20 - 21).
Vote here for the 2009 Golden Dot award winners.
It looks like there are about 20 award categories, including:
- Technology Impact Moment
- Online Politician of the Year
- Oustanding Online Campaigns (National and local)
- Best Candidate Blog
- Best Mobile/SMS Campaign
- Best Podcasting Series
- Best Animation or Mashup
You can find out more about the criteria and award descriptions here.