2009 Webby Honors & SPOW Awards
Obit is an Official Honoree of the 2009 Webby AwardsThe biggest Internet awards out there, the Webby's, have honored Obit in two categories: Best Copy/Writing and Best Magazine. Click HERE to see the impressive company that we are in as an honoree (other publications honored include The Economist, Vanity Fair and POLITICO).
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.
We are delighted and heartened by the recognition! Thank you to all of our readers for your feedback and support. Thank you to our writers for their excellent work. And a special thank you to Avery Rome, our senior editor.
Sincerely,
Krishna Andavolu
Managing Editor, Obit-mag.com
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Obit Wins Two Awards from the Society of Professional Obituary Writers
Contributors Kevin Nance and Judy Bachrach won awards from the Society of Professional Obituary Writers second annual awards honoring excellence in the dark art of obit writing. Congratulations to both Judy and Kevin! Read the award-winning stories below.
Best Online Obituary
Don't Tell Chuck by Kevin NanceApril 9, 2008
He was no girlie-man, that Charlton Heston. The epic screen actor, who died Sunday at 84, didn't do small or sensitive or morally complex; he did big, commanding and utterly sure of himself. His signature roles were all Great Men, largely untroubled by indecision, doubt or mixed motives.
Peoples Picks Award, Online Obit
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Yves Saint Laurent: Vive le Roi by Judy BachrachJune 3, 2008
Every woman who got dressed at any moment during the ’60s or ’70s wore Yves Saint Laurent – even if she never purchased a single thread from the great French couturier.
