Award Winner History

Since it's inception, the Surreal Award program has evolved through a series of visual award categories before settling on the Masterpiece Annual Award. This section lists all winners of each award category.


Masterpiece Award (Galleries) 2001-2

The 2001-2 Masterpiece Award honored webmasters for creative visual imagery using mostly original graphics.

The John Groves Studio Awarded 02/2001
Heidi's Sammelsurium Awarded 04/2001
NightWing Enterprises Awarded 03/2002
Photogenic-Art Awarded 03/2002
SWART Digital Art Awarded 05/2002
Visions Planet Awarded 05/2002
Visual Bureau Awarded 05/2002
Ikaria.com Awarded 07/2002
BigEye Siteport Awarded 08/2002
Dynamite House Awarded 08/2002
HRGiger.com Awarded 09/2002
PicsNTrics Awarded 10/2002

The Triple Crown Award Set

This three award set marked the crowning achievement of winning all three of Surreal Award's visuals categories, The Masterpiece Gold Award, World's Best Visuals, and Top Award Graphic. The exclusive winner of this achievement is Heidi's Sammelsurium. Heidi's award graphic also won the 2001 Top Award Graphic of the Year.


Showcase (Silver) Award

dracoBlu Awarded 08/2001
Gene Gill Miniatures Awarded 09/2001
Image Composer Tips Awarded 10/2001
Musickscapes Awarded 01/2002
World of Asder Awarded 02/2002


Gallery (Bronze) Award

Black Panther Pages Awarded 03/2001


Design Awards

SGA's Design Awards honored webmasters for creative visual design without the requirement of original images. This award category was originally available in Gold, Silver, and Bronze format.


Design Master (Gold) Award (2001-2)

Dynamite Digital Design Awarded 02/2002
Home World II Awarded 05/2002
Omar Al Zabir Portal Awarded 03/2002
Poetry Prose of Linda Marie Walker Awarded 06/2002

Superb Design (Silver) Award (2001-2)

The Authorized Graham Nash Site Awarded 02/2002
Maestro Awards of Excellence Awarded 11/2001
Shadow's New World Awarded 08/2001

Great Design (Bronze) Award (2001)

The Beeline Awarded 02/2001
The Castle Raven Awarded 03/2001
Oakley's World Awarded 01/2001


World's Best Visuals Award

Websites that have garnered over a hundred awards, can be recognized with Don Chisolm's Superb! Website Awards. Also, websites that have received an impressive collection of higher rated awards can be recognized with Award Sites! Hall of Recognition. SGA's World's Best Visuals Award honored web artists who have garnered a prestigious collection of graphics and visual design specific awards. This program was in service from January 2001 to May 2002.

Alberto Paronetto on the Web Awarded 03/2002
Anonymomma's World Awarded 01/2001
Heidi's Sammelsurium Awarded 11/2001
The John Groves Studio Awarded 05/2001


Designer Elite List Logo

Designer Elite List

Award programs that offered high quality visual specific awards were selected for the Designer List. This list is what determined the eligibilty of applicants for the World's Best Visuals Award. This listing is to recognize their contribution to the WBV Award program.

NOTE: There was a total of 45 members. This list includes only the members that still display their Designer Elite List logo.

BT Design Awards
Heidi's Awards
The Maestro Awards
The Mix Awards (retired)
Moonlight Top Design Award
Nem5 Awards
Optical Resolution Awards
The Sinapsis Awards
Spiffy Entertainment Awards
T.C. Design Eye On Design Awards
Visual Xtreme Awards
Xmas Award Stars