Public voting has now ended!

You have decided on the top three nominees in each category, and now it's over to our panel of 50 industry judges to make the final decision.

We will reveal the winners at an exclusive ceremony in London on Friday, 31 May. If you're not one of the lucky ones to get an invite, this website will also announce the winners on the day. Plus, you'll be able to discover the winners' responses in the August issue (#243) of .net, on sale from Tuesday 18 June.

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Game Changer of the Year

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This category celebrates something that really helped the industry and the community move forward. It can be a new web design tool, a GitHub project, an outstanding article that kicked off an important discussion, etc.

Adobe Edge Tools & Services

BugHerd

Code Club

CodePen

Gridset

Node.js

Open Device Lab

Popcorn Maker

Typecast

WebPlatform.org

Best New Web Technology

This award recognises a company's or an individual's contribution to making the web work better.

AXR

CSS Filter Effects

CSS Flexible Box Layout

Dart

Firefox OS

The picture element

The srcset attribute

TypeScript

Web Components

WebRTC

Open Source Project of the Year

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Here we are looking for the best new open source project. It's as simple as that.

The Accessibility Project

Brackets

Angular.js

Bootstrap

Conditionizr

Ember.js

Firefox OS

Font Awesome

Grunt

Laravel

Best Online Portfolio

This award honours the best online portfolio (standalone site or using platforms like Behance, Cargo or Dribbble) by a designer or developer.

Guillaume Tomasi

Filidor Wiese

Marisa Passos

Paul Currah

Robby Leonardi

Sergey Shmidt

Shane Prendergast

Stephen Burgess

Vaclav Krbusek

Vladimir Kudinov

Side Project of the Year

We love side projects! We want to honour a pet project by a freelancer or someone at an agency, which was noted by the community and maybe even turned into a money-making business.

Am I Responsive

The East Wing

Form Follows Function

FTPloy

Niice

OneMinuteWith

The Pastry Box Project

Scotch

Sidebar

A Student's Guide to Web Design

New Entrepreneur of the Year

Here we are looking for a new entrepreneur who had a great business idea that's made an impact on the industry. There is no age restriction.

Christian Reber

Clare Sutcliffe

Craig Lockwood

Dan Shipper

Jared Erondu

Joel Gascoigne

John Roa

Mandy Brown

Paul McKeever

W Cookson / M Metternich

Brilliant Newcomer of the Year

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This award honours the shooting stars in web design or development who have excelled in their given field over the last 12 months. There is no age restriction.

Angelina Fabbro

Brendan Falkowski

Dan Eden

Jack Franklin

Josh Emerson

Josh Long

Laura Kalbag

Mat Marquis

Tiago Pedras

Ethan Resnick

Young Developer of the Year

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This gong will go to an outstanding web developer under 25 who has consistently produced good work and made serious waves in the world of web development over the last 12 months.

Anna Debenham

Anthony Colangelo

Ben Howdle

Hans Christian Reinl

Harry Roberts

Jack Franklin

Josh Emerson

Kit Cambridge

Michael Wright

Sindre Sorhus

Young Designer of the Year

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We're looking for an outstanding web designer under 25 who has an impressive portfolio and has made a name for themselves in web or app design over the last 12 months.

Dan Edwards

Diego Quintana

Elliot Jackson

Jules Bassoleil

Kyle Turman

Isaac Paavola

Manik Rathee

Rita DeRaedt

Sawyer Hollenshead

Tyler Galpin

Best New Agency

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We're looking for the best new digital agency. Must have produced outstanding work, employ at least two people and been formed within the last 12 months.

Active Theory

Baji Group

Brian Hoff Design

fffunction

In the Loop

Maido

Pixeldot Creative

Smack

SuperFriendly

We Make Awesome Sh.it

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