Shockwave.com announced the winners of the World Internet Animation Competition. The contest, held in conjunction with the annual World Animation Celebration, was open to original animated productions in Shockwave, Flash, QuickTime, Pulse or Windows Media formats. Artists submitted more than 650 entries in ten categories. Here are the winners (when possible links too!):

Grand Prize Winner:

"The Ruth Truth" - Julina Tatlock, Shelia Head, Britton Payne, Sean Lightner, Kit Laybourne

Grand Prize Student Winner:

"Argon" - Peter Peterson

Category 1: Best Animated Commercial

1st: "The Odyssey" - Rob Sharp
2nd: "Sleighmaster 5000 XL" - Edgar Beals

Finalists:
"Foot Pump" - Jon Izen, Super Vision entertainment, INC.
"Loaf-Fu" - Ryan Cronin
"Pizza Vomitto" - Guillaume Joire

Category 2: Best Animated Graphics

1st: "Symbolman - Boy Meets Girl" - Michael Stinson
2nd: "Romanov - Shadow Split" - Chris Lanier, wildbrain.com

Finalists:
"Industrial Cage" - Matthew Hazard
"SHO.com's WhirlGirl - The Wrath of Zeus" - David B. Williams
"Joe Paradise Trailer" - Roque Ballesteros, wildbrain.com

Category 3: Best 3D Animation

1st: "Jiggy Bug" - Other Vision.com, Urban Box Office Network
2nd: "Li'l Green Men" - Dan Tarmy, JINX Studios

Finalists:
"Enounter" - Min Sik Sin and Mattrick Black
"In the Spotlight" - Glen Mead

Category 4: Best Mixed-Media Animation

1st: "The Ruth Truth" - Julina Tatlock, Shelia Head, Britton Payne, Sean Lightner, Kit Laybourne
2nd: "If Fish Walks, Cows Hop" - David S. Peng

Finalists:
"Alloy" - Other Vision.com & Jose Ortiz
"DMG: 1.0* Versus R3: DEV*" - Bradley Grosh

Category 5: Best Interactive Animation

1st: "Compaq Website - Interactive Animation" - Philip Hunt & Neil Churcher
2nd: "cowfighter" - Rob Heasley & Steve Jones

Finalists:
"Open Mic" - Eric Eisner, romp.com
"Work Sucks" - Drew King & Heather Perkins
"Argon" - Peter Peterson

Category 6: Best Animated Comedy/Parody

1st: "Pump-Action" - Phil Captain 3D McNally
2nd: "Miss Muffy and The Muff Mob in 'Lubin' Da Hole Wit 'Sco'" - Josh Kimberg, Nick Cogan, Ryan Edwards & Schani Nuripour, Bullseye Art, Ltd.

Finalists:
"Star Wars, Episode #9" - Gus D'Angelo
"The Squigglys" - Crispin Wood
"The Rhino and Nutmeg Show, Episode #4" - Josh Kimberg, Nick Cogan, Peter Michail, Bullseye Art, Ltd.

Category 7: Best Animated Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi

1st: "Joe Paradise - Door Play" - Roque Ballesteros - wildbrain.com
2nd: "Speedaction" -Steve Whitehouse, Ed Blocki & Chris Labonte

Finalists:
"Rudolph Remixed" - Nikhil Adnani & Alison Evans Adnani
"Bruce Flea" - Other Vision.com & Giibran K. Brown
"Indieplanet, Episode #2" - Other Vision.com

Category 8: Best Outrageous Animation

1st: "Napster Bad!" - Bob Cesca & Tim Panella
2nd: "The Magic Watch" - Jae-Suk Jo

Finalists:
"Porkchops, Episode #4 - Porkchops in Las Vegas" - Josh Kimberg, Nick Cogan & Ryan Edwards, Bullseye Art, Ltd.
"Bulbo in Down and Out" - Xeth Feinberg
"Les J'Me Bouffe II" - Guillaume Joire

Category 9: Best Educational Animation

1st: "World Internet News" - Tom Snyder Productions
2nd: "B.E.M.S. Seed the Clouds" - Brian Edenfield

Finalists:
"Dotz by the Dozen" - Niilo Tippler, Michelle Baron, Courtney Lane, Chris Tokunaga
"The Grey Project" - Robert Bunch
"Type Masta" - Flash Outlet

Category 10: Best Animation Intended for Children

1st: "Color Nation" - Kelly John Peterson
2nd: "Kidsedge.com" - Matthew Strangio, Michelle Baron, Courtney Lane, Chris Tokunaga, Jackie Stewart, Rodney Fuentebella

Finalists:
"Dream Sheep" - Ted Nunes
"Alfy Goes Camping" - Xeth Feinberg