GNN'S second annual "Best of the Net" awards celebrate the rich diversity and character of the global Internet community; twenty awards presented in gala event and Esther Dyson chosen as Netizen of the Year

Business Wire, Nov 4, 1995

Professional: Electronic Gourmet Guide (eGG) http://www.2way.com/food/egg/index.html

A monthly food and wine online magazine edited by Karie Heydoe, eGG features high quality photos, articles, columns, interviews, recipes, and news snippets. Although the tone is champagne and marinated herbed cheese, even the skeptical gourmand will be charmed.

Interactive Sites

Amateur: Electric Postcard http://postcards.www.media.mit.edu/Postcards/

Judith Donath's Electric Postcard server allows Internet users to choose an image from a virtual "Card Rack," compose and address a private message, and send it to a friend. The intended recipient is notified via email that a postcard and claim number is waiting for htem at the site's "Pick-up Window."

Professional: Votelink http://www.votelink.com/

Votelink is an ambitious interactive polling station published by Alexia Parks, an ex-Washington Post columnist in Boulder, Colorado. Each week Internet users can participate in polls on national issues conducted for the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K., as well as certain U.S. states and cities.

Internet Navigation

Amateur: BOBAWORLD http://gagme.wwa.com/-boba/bobaworld.html

BOBAWORLD is Bob Allison's amazing collection of links, images and information, including Spider's Pick of the Day; Daily, Weekly & Monthly Goodies; and Uncle Bob's Kids' Page.

Professional: Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com/

With over 50,000 entries, the Yahoo Guide is the Internet's largest subject index of Web resources. Given its size, Net users are fortunate that designers David Filo and Jerry Yang have created an index structure that is both easy and fun to browse.

K-12 Education

Amateur: Midlink Magazine http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/-MidLink/

MidLink Magazine is a bimonthly online magazine created by and for children ages 10 to 15 to link middle schools around the world. The site is a collaborative project created by several middle schools and hosted by the University of Central Florida.

Professional: AskERIC http://ericir.sunsite.syr.edu

AskERIC provides a wealth of curriculum materials and extensive research on education. Visitors can ask questions of researchers (hence the name AskERIC), or explore some of the site's hosted resources such as PBS's series "Newton's Apple" or the Discovery Learning Community's education materials.

Literature

Amatuer: Hyperizons http://www.duke.edu/-mshumate/hpterfic.html

Created by Duke graduate student, Michael Shumate, this site is chock full of resoures on postmodern fiction and its computerized cousin, hypertext fiction. It links to a wonderland of Web sites including The Hypertext Hotel, begun by Robert Coover at Brown University and Victory Garden and Marble Springs, hypertext novels from Eastgate Systems.

Professional: The Mississippi Review Web http://www.usm.edu/usmburg/lib_arts/english/can4writers/c4wmain.html

This online edition of the prestigious print literary magazine features entirely new content and is edited by Frederick Barthelme and Rie Fortenberry. It publishes original prose, poetry and fiction from established and emergent writers.