It was a classy night. Where else could you sip frozen margaritas, snack on meme cookies and hang out with little alligators and big snakes? Only at Geekadelphia’s second annual Philly Geek Awards.
We’ve got the winners below the jump, but if you’re jonesing for more coverage:
- Presenter and local videographer Kyle Cassidy has a great recap over at his blog.
- Geekadelphia’s Eric Smith writes on his blog about this year’s event.
- Mobile software engineer Corey Latislaw writes about how she feels the mobile community is under-represented at the Geek Awards.
- CBS also covered the event.
- On her blog, one woman raved about the female representation at the Geek Awards.
- Comic Book Writer of the Year winner Brad Guigar also wrote a recap of the night over at his blog.
Geek Headline of the Year
- Derrick Pitts
- Patrick Kerkstra [Winner]
- Faye Flam
Hacker of the Year
- Georgia Guthrie [Winner]
- Stephanie Alarcon
Scientist of the Year
- Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich
- Dr. Youngmoo E. Kim [Winner]
- R. Andrew Hicks, Ph.D
Viral Project of the Year
- Random Acts of Culture: Ikea from Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Pop Up Opera [Winner]
- Angry Birds Trailer: Nick Murphy
- Firewall: Leah R. Kauffman
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Social Media Campaign of the Year
- Under Armour’s Finding Undeniable: Red Tettemer & Partners
- NPR’s Fresh Air: WHYY
- Zoe Strauss Exhibit Foursquare Campaign: Philadelphia Museum of Art [Winner]
Web Development Team of the Year
- Jarvus Innovations
- P’unk Ave
- Bluecadet Interactive [Winner]
Startup of the Year
- SnipSnap
- Curalate [Winner]
- ElectNext
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Indie Game Developer of the Year
- Flyclops for Domino!
- Cipher Prime for Splice
- Final Form Games for Jamestown [Winner]
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Visual Artist of the Year
- Mike Smith
- Yis “NoseGo” Goodwin [Winner]
- Jessie “Ishknits” Hemmons
Comic Book Artist of the Year
- Bryan J. Glass
- Phil Kahn
- Rob Kelly [Winner]
Comic Book Writer of the Year
- Brad Guigar [Winner]
- Dan O’Connor
- Nick Filardi
Feature Length Indie Film of the Year
Nominees:
- Maybe We Can Go To Hollywood: Directed by Isaac Williams
- Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles: Directed by Jon Foy [Winner]
- Alpha Girls: Directed by Tony Trov and Johnny Zito
- Mancation: Directed by Frank Vain
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Local Annual Event of the Year
- Women in Tech Summit: Philly Women in Tech [Winner]
- Philadelphia Science Festival: The Franklin Institute
- Philly Tech Week: Technically Philly
- Barcamp Philly: Local Community Unconference
- Wordcamp Philly: Local WordPress Conference
Geek of the Year
- Tristin Hightower [Winner]
- Gerri Trooskin
- Roz Duffy
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