Web-based television shows are becoming more and more prevalent, and this past Saturday evening, awards were given in the first annual Streamy Awards. The Streamys are given by a consortium of new media companies, Tilzy.TV, Tubefilter, and NewTeeVee, and an independent board reviewed and nominated awards in 24 categories. Below are the results:

CATEGORY: Overall Series

Best Comedy Web Series
Childrens’ Hospital
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
The Guild – Winner
Onion News Network
You Suck at Photoshop

Best Dramatic Web Series
2009: A True Story
After Judgment
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy – Winner
Gemini Division
Sorority Forever

Best Hosted Web Series
Boing Boing TV
Diggnation
EPIC FU – Winner
Project Lore
Wine Library TV

Best Reality Web Series
Amtrekker
Lo-Fi St. Louis
The Mortified Shoebox Show
Penn Says
The Shatner Project – Winner

Best News or Politics Web Series
Alive in Baghdad – Winner
MobLogic
Monkey News Source
Rocketboom
Talking Points Memo TV

Audience Choice Award
After Judgment
Dorm Life
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog – Winner
The Guild
The Hayley Project
The Legend of Neil
Project Lore
The Shatner Project
Tiki Bar TV
The Wingmen

CATEGORY: Directing

Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series
Casanovas
(Casey Casseday, Geoff Bunch)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
(Joss Whedon) – Winner
The Guild
(Sean Becker)
The Legend of Neil
(Sandeep Parikh)
Overkill: A Love Story
(Joshua Sternin, Jeffrey Ventimilia)

Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series
After Judgment
(Michael Davies)
Heathens
(Jesse Petrick)
Pink
(Blake Calhoun) – Winner
Sorority Forever
(Douglas Cheney, Chris Hempel, Chris McCaleb, Ryan Wise)
With the Angels
(Mary Feuer)

Writing

Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series
Break a Leg
(Yuri Baranovsky, Vlad Baranovsky)
Childrens’ Hospital
(Rob Corddry, Jonathan Stern)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
(Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon) – Winner
The Guild
(Felicia Day)
You Suck at Photoshop
(Matt Bledsoe, Troy Hitch)

Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series
After Judgment
(Michael Davies)
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy
(Jane Espenson, Seamus Kevin Fahey, Ronald D. Moore) – Winner
Gemini Division
(Andrew Black, Lawrence Frank, Brent Friedman, Joshua Stern, Jacqueline Zambrano)
Sorority Forever
(Chris Hampel, Chris McCaleb, Ryan Wise)
With the Angels
(Mary Feuer, Jonathan Robert Kaplan, Werner Trieschmann)

CATEGORY: Acting

Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series
Amir Blumenfeld  — (Jake & Amir)
Rob Corddry — (Childrens’ Hospital)
Nathan Fillion — (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog)
Neil Patrick Harris — (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog) – Winner
Sandeep Parikh — (The Guild)

Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series
Felicia Day — (The Guild) – Winner
Lisa Kudrow — (Web Therapy)
Megan Mullally — (Childrens’ Hospital)
Kristen Schaal — (Horrible People)
Taryn Southern — (Private High Musical)

Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series
Joel Bryant — (After Judgment)
Justin Hartley — (Gemini Division)
Alessandro Juliani — (Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy) – Winner
Seth Mendelson — (Take Me Back)
Christopher Stapleton — (30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust)

Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series
Rosario Dawson — (Gemini Division) – Winner
Taryn O’Neill — (After Judgment)
Rachel Risen — (The Hayley Project)
Jessica Rose — (Sorority Forever)
Tara Rushton — (KateModern)

Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series
All’s Faire
Childrens’ Hospital
Dorm Life
The Guild - Winner
Horrible People

Best Guest Star in a Web Series
Fernando Chien — (The Guild)
Felicia Day — (The Legend of Neil)
Eva Longoria Parker — (Childrens’ Hospital)
Paul Rudd — (Wainy Days) – Winner
Tay Zonday — (Nite Fite)

Best Web Series Host
Xeni Jardin — (Boing Boing TV)
Kevin Rose — (Diggnation)
Zadi Diaz — (EPIC FU)
Alex Albrecht  — (Project Lore) – Winner
Gary Vaynerchuck  — (Wine Library TV)

CATEGORY: Craft Awards

Best Editing in a Web Series
Backyard FX — (Erik Beck)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog — (Lisa Lassek) - Winner
The Guild — (Sean Becker)
Jake & Amir — (Amir Blumenfeld, Jake Hurwitz)
Tiki Bar TV — (Jeff Macpherson)

Best Cinematography in a Web Series
The All-For-Nots — (Jack Ferry)
Captain Blasto — (Christopher Preksta)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog — (Ryan Green) – Winner
The Legend of Neil — (Richard E. Stark)
Pink — (Alan LeFevre)

Best Art Direction in a Web Series
Captain Blasto — (Christopher Preksta)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog — (Alethea Root)
Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show — (Pogo Saito)
The Guild — (Leah Mann)
Tiki Bar TV — (Kim Bailey) - Winner

Best Visual Effects in a Web Series
Backyard FX — (Erik Beck) – Winner
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog — (Nicholas Onstad, Jesse Siglow)
The Guild — (Doug Luberts)
Kirill — (Oliver Smyth)
The Pop — (Sevan Najarian)

Best Animation in a Web Series
Happy Tree Friends
Homestar Runner
The Meth Minute 39 – Winner
Stickman Exodus
Zero Punctuation

Best Original Music in a Web Series
The All-For-Nots — (Kathleen Grace, Thom Woodley)
All’s Faire — (Thom Woodley)
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy — (Bear McCreary)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog — (Jed Whedon) – Winner
The Guild — (Eanan Patterson, Don Schiff)

Best Ad Integration in a Web Series
The All-For-Nots — (Dodge Nitro)
Back on Topps — (Skype) - Winner
Blah Girls — (Vitamin Water)
Gemini Division — (Windows Mobile, Cisco Systems)
Whatever Hollywood — (Popchips)

Best Artistic Concept in a Web Series
Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction
Stephen King’s N
The Ten Commandments of La Vida Loca
Wreck & Salvage
You Suck at Photoshop – Winner

Our sincere congratulations to the winners and nominees. There are some amazing ideas being explored with new media and it’s pretty exciting to see them get recognized. We’d be happy to talk to any of the shows on a future podcast.