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The 2005 Webby Award winners have been announced, recognizing Web sites in genres from activism to personal sites. I was very happy to see that McSweeney's won for best copy / writing in voting by both the Webby judges and "people's voice." I'll have to check out some of the other winning sites; I've never heard of some of them.

Special Webby recognition went to:

The Webby Lifetime Achievement Award: Former Vice President Al Gore
Webby Person of the Year: Craig Newmark of craigslist
The Webby Artist of the Year: The Kleptones
The Webby Breakout of the Year Award: Flickr

Craigslist and Flickr I get. But Al Gore? Cue tired "invented the Internet" jokes.

The full list of Webby winners and finalists (washingtonpost.com was a finalist in the "Newspaper" category) is available on the contest Web site.

The actual awards ceremony will be held June 6 in New York, hosted by Rob Corddry of The Daily Show.