American Association of Webmasters Award

Description: "The American Association Of Webmasters Awards are primarily designed to supply formal recognition to webmasters and designers who have shown outstanding achievement in web design, content and creativity." Sites are evaluated on page layout and design, content, navigation, HTML coding, and technical features. Rating: [ Award Sites! 5.0 ] Citation: "Congratulations! Your site at: Matt Wallace's The Compleat Heretic has been selected to receive The American Association Of Webmasters, "Bronze" Award. We see all the hard work and dedication that you have put into constructing your web site and your efforts are well deserved. Your site displays: A nice clean Design and Layout of Website, with quality content and informative information for your visitors." "Unlike many internet Award programs the AAWM has gone to great lengths to source the highest quality Awards available." "Congratulations once again on a wonderful website and contributing interesting content to the World Wide Web. We wish you all the best." Awarded: 27 April 2008

Natayada Award

Description: Leandro Natayada, a webmaster from the Philippines, offers his award "to enhance the skill in web making." Sites are evaluated on design and content. Citation: "Congratulations!!!!!!!!!" Awarded: 22 April 2008

Casey's Celtic Charm Award

Description: Wendy and David Russell, co-owners and cowebmasters of an educational site devoted to wirehaired fox terriers, Casey's Celtic Charm, operate an awards program that "is strongly motivated by [their] desire to highlight the 'Best of the Best' websites on the Internet. While there are an infinite number of websites on the Net, there are finite numbers that leave an overwhelming feeling of being awe struck by both the content and the structure of the site. The mission of Casey's Celtic Charm Awards Program is to recognize and bring attention to these exceptional sites which demonstrate a unique blend of knowledge and technology." Sites are evaluated on content, design and layout, navigation, and lasting impression. Rating: [ Award Sites! 5.0 ] Citation: "Our evaluators have now completed the review of your site submission. We are extremely proud to present your site with the Casey's Celtic Charm Bronze Award. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to review your work, the visit was most inspiring. Your effort and dedication shine throughout your pages. You are truly deserving of our highest accolades, and for making the World Wide Web a much better and nicer place for us all to visit. . . . Thank-you for your interest in our Awards Program and Congratulations on such a fine web site." Awarded: 20 April 2008 Superseded: 5 March 2011 by Casey's Celtic Charm Award: Silver [Award Sites! 5.0+]

Webmaster's Response:

I accept this award in memory of my family's wirehaired fox terrier, Angel, aka Pooners or Poonie Dog (1972-1986). She strayed into our lives when she was about six months old. The family who had owned her couldn't deal with such a "lively" and "energetic" puppy. Soon after we took her in, we realized just how truly "special" she was when we came home one day and found the recliner over six feet out of place. Angel had dragged this heavy piece of furniture across a carpeted floor by the flap on the footrest and obviously had stopped only when her haunches hit the hearth! Though she had shredded the flap in the process, no one in our family was angry with her; we all marvelled at the strength and tenacity of this young little dog. She always loved to play tug-of-war with a length of rope or an old towel; she usually won because once she clamped on, she would not let go! Until the final year of her life when she went blind, she never tired of chasing down an old tennis ball, inside or out. She was a smart, affectionate, loyal, tough, fearless, and feisty member of our family; she fit right in. I still miss her; she was such a great dog...

— Matt Wallace, aka The Compleat Heretic

JerryD's Site Award

Description: Jerry D. Tucker, owner and webmaster of JerryD's Site from Houston, Texas, offers awards "to recognize superior websites which reflect the webmaster's exceptional hard work and dedication." Sites are evaluated on load time, page layout and design, navigation, graphics, spelling and grammar, HTML coding, and content. Rating: [ Award Sites! 5.0 ] Citation: "Hi and Congratulations! Your site - The Compleat Heretic - has been accepted as a winner of JerryD's Bronze Award, Rated AS! 5.0. We were impressed with your site as a great contribution to the internet. Your site has nice graphics and wonderful navigation. Our awards are not easy to win so keep up the great work." Awarded: 11 April 2008

CLL Website Award

Description: Juhani Kerkkonen, a retired systems analyst from Helsinki, Finland and the webmaster of Conceptanalysis, Language and Logic, operates the CLL Website Awards Program to encourage "good mission and knowledge in Internet and Award communities by rewarding excellent web sites." Sites are evaluated on content, navigation, and design. Rating: [ Award Sites! 4.0 | UWSAG 4.0 | WebsAwards 4 ] Citation: "Congratulations! I'm pleased by announcing, that your site "Matt Wallace's The Compleat Heretic" is a Bronze Award winner of my "CLL Website Awards". Also, thank you very much for inviting me to evaluate your excellent site with so rich and versatile content of an economic and social conservatism, moral traditionalism, secular Humanism etc. larded with refreshing humor! Navigation is clear, easy to use, relevant and exhaustive. Pages are proper-sized with very high consistency. Backgrounds, fonts and graphics are well selected lending support to a harmonious whole. In its entirety your site is very pleasant to visit." Awarded: 9 April 2008 Superseded: 13 March 2011 by CLL Website Award: Silver

WCG Web Award

Description: William C. (Bill) Gowacki, "Husband-Father-Veteran," offers his award to other webmasters "Just Because" "[he] truly believe[s] [they]'ve earned it no matter what everyone else says to [them]." Citation: "HAND SALUTE..................Nothing else need be said!" Awarded: 5 April 2008

Webmaster's Response:

::HAND SALUTE::

And lest the civilians be confused, please note:

In the military, the hand salute is a demonstration of mutual respect between servicemembers. Protocol dictates that the lower ranking member salute first and that the higher ranking member return the salute. Regardless of who initiates the exchange, both giving and receiving the hand salute are high honors allowed only to the military. Veterans retain the privilege when they return to civilian life so they may honor one another, the service, and our country's flag.

— James Matthew (Matt) Wallace, aka The Compleat Heretic
Sergeant, U.S. Army, Honorably Discharged (1985-1993)

Alice Pandora Award

Description: Alice Pandora, a Brazilian webmistress from São Paulo, "recognizes website builders that have created a nice web site, with beautiful images, well written texts with content and easy navigation." Sites are evaluated on content, functionality, graphics, safety, navigation, and usefulness. Rating: [ AWARD 3.5 ] Citation: "Congratulations, you have an excellent site. You have put forth the best design, navigation and content. Your site deserves my gold award. Keep up the good work." Awarded: 4 April 2008 Superseded: 7 May 2008 by Alice Pandora Award [Award Sites! 3.0 | AWARD 3.5 | Belgica 7.5 | UWSAG 2.0]

Pemaweb Award

Description: The Pemaweb Award Program, operated by Peter Bähr of Braunschweig, Germany, offers awards to honor the trouble, diligence, and care of webmasters who provide extraordinary web sites and thus contribute to a genuine enriching of the Internet. Sites are evaluated on content, design, layout, and ease of navigation. Rating: [ Award Sites! 3.0 ] Citation: In German: "Vielen Dank für die Einladung Deine Seiten zu besuchen und bewerten zu dürfen. Deine Webpräsenz hat ungewöhnliche Inhalte und interessante Perspektive über das Leben, Liebe und Hass. Die Art und Weise deines Schreibstils lässt den Besucher an deinen intimsten Gedanken und Geschichten teilnehmen. Deine Homepage lädt durch die gut zu bedienende Navigation und dem schlichten Design den Besucher zur Wiederkehr ein. Wir sind der Meinung, daß deine Seiten eine gute Bereicherung im Internet darstellen und möchten deshalb deine Mühen und tolle Arbeit mit dem Pemawebaward in Bronze auszeichnen. Wir hoffen, dass Du diese Auszeichnung annimmst und ein wenig Freude damit hast." In English: "Thank you for the invitation to visit your site and assess. Your website content has unusual and interesting perspective on life, love and hate. The way your writing style allows the visitor to your intimate thoughts and stories. Your home page loads through the well-to-use navigation, and the simple design the visitor to return. We believe that your pages is a good enrichment on the Internet, and therefore want your great effort and work with the Pemawebaward in Bronce excel. We hope that you accept this award, and a little joy to have." Awarded: 4 April 2008

Site-Awards.Org Achievement Award

Description: Site-Awards.Org, a South African awards giver, offers this "tribute to recognise all webmasters for their skills & talents to provide a service to the community of web surfers." Sites are evaluated on content and design. Citation: "Our judges from site-awards.org had visited your site and checking your pages. After going through discussion among themselves, we have come to a conclusion. All of our judges found that your site qualifies to receive our upmost highest award - Gold Award. It was judged that your site is well-organised and much effort had been done to deserve our highest honour award." Awarded: 1 April 2008

Blue Jay Web Award

Description: San Diego Plastics, Inc. recognizes other webmasters with the Blue Jay Web Award because "only the best get the bird." Citation: "Due to the tremendous increase in the number of requests for this award we are no longer able to review web sites for the Blue Jay Web Award. Unfortunately, award winners can no longer be listed here. You are invited to take and use the Blue Jay Web Award for yourself." Awarded: 1 April 2008

Chameleon's Eye Award

Description: Chamowners Web, a site devoted to Old World chameleons operated by David Pickering, offers awards "to recognize sites that present information in a manner that educates as well as entertains." Sites are evaluated on purpose, entertainment and educational value, content, page layout and design, ease of navigation, and graphic quality. Citation: "Thank you for your interest in the "Chameleon's Eye Award". I have reviewed your site and I am pleased to announce your score has earned your site the Bronze Chameleon's Eye Award. You certainly have some fascinating opinions. Your site is clean and easily navigated." Awarded: 1 April 2008 Superseded: 22 June 2008 by Chameleon's Eye Award [Award Sites! 3.5 | AWARD 3.5 | WebsAwards 1]

Tim’s Award for an Excellent Website

Description: Corporal T.E. Price, a South Carolina law enforcement professional and webmaster of Tim's Police Page, presents his award "to sites that are free from Hate and Adult content." Sites are evaluated on page layout, originality, download speed, and ease of navigation. Citation: "Matt, I friggin love your site! I emailed the link to everyone I know!!! I'm at work and will probably spend the rest of the night going through it. Hell Yeah!!!!!!" Awarded: 30 March 2008