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Announcing the 2009 Crunchies Finalists.

Voting is now open for the third annual 2009 Crunchies Awards to celebrate the best technology accomplishments of 2009. Everyone is eligible and encouraged to vote once per day per award category through Wednesday, January 6 at midnight pst. There are 18 award categories to recognize accomplishments across a variety of fields and roles.

Finalists, grab a badge to get your community to vote for you as a winner. And please email us, so we can get you prepared for the ceremony.

Finalists were chosen by GigaOm, VentureBeat and us based on your popular nominations (over 141,000 actually) and our critical eye for the major accomplishments of companies, products and people in 2009. The fine print rules are here.

Wednesday at noon PST, we will release the first batch of 150 tickets to the Friday, January 8 awards ceremony to be held at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, starting at 7:30 pm. Orchestra seats are $75 and balcony tickets are $45. Both tickets get you into the after-party across the street in City Hall’s Grand Rotunda through midnight. We have fewer than 450 total tickets to publicly release to the ceremony, so these may go nearly as fast as our Avatar screening.

Based on popular demand, we’re bringing the game room back to the after-party. We’ll have a mix of traditional and online games to play. And there are plenty of ways to sponsor and support the after-party energy. Contact Jeanne Logozzo or Heather Harde if you’d like to sponsor: card-game tables, demo tables, photo booths or walls, drinks or food, giveaways and prizes and the like. We have creative packages available in all shapes and sizes. Room for award benefactors and entertainment sponsors for the ceremony too.

The Crunchies Awards would not be possible without the support of amazing sponsors. Big applause to:

• Ceremony and after-party co-host: Microsoft BizSpark
• Award benefactors: Founders Fund
• Streaming partner: Ustream
• Game Room Demo Sponsors: Subvert&Profit
• Beverage Sponsor: Lewis PR
• Ticket Partner: Eventbrite
• Design Partner: Design About Town
• Game Table Sponsors: Kosmix and Zannel

Remember to vote and vote often. We hope to see you at the ceremony on Friday, January 8 to celebrate the best of 2009 and usher in a brand new 2010 full of opportunity.

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The Crunchies Are Coming, The Crunchies Are Coming!

Let the trumpets sound and the games begin. It’s not the Oscars or the Olympics, but it is the commencement of the 3rd annual Crunchies Awards that we’re pleased to co-host with GigaOm and VentureBeat (click for their coverage today).

Yes, this is the time of year that we stop bickering among ourselves as bloggers, and come together to honor the startups, products and entrepreneurs who make our lives so much fun.

The Crunchies Awards celebrate the best technology accomplishments of 2009. There are 18 award categories to recognize accomplishments across a variety of fields and roles. And to keep things fresh, we have a few new award categories this year too. Our focus is start-ups, but big companies and products can be winners too.

Starting today, nominate your favorite companies, products and people for consideration in 18 different award categories. Self nominations are welcome. Grab a badge here and get your community to support you for finalist consideration. Nominations are open through midnight pst December 4, 2009 .

The Crunchies Committee will choose five finalists per award category based on the submitted nominations and the company accomplishments made during 2009. Popular voting will open on Monday, December 21 and run through midnight pst, Wednesday January 6, 2010. The full rules are here. You can vote up to once per day in each category.

The Crunchies Awards will be held live Friday January 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. We promise a memorable evening with the community to celebrate our accomplishments of 2009 and look forward to a bright 2010.

Who were some of our winners from 2008?

Facebook won the Crunchie for Best StartUp of 2008.

Friendfeed won the Crunchie for Best New StartUp of 2008.

Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone from Twitter won the Crunchie for Best Founder(s). Pictured here with award benefactor, CRV’s George Zachary.

The full list of finalists and winners from 2008 is here. 2007 is here.

Expect another great after-party to follow in City Hall’s grand Rotunda through midnight with lots more fun and games. As always, sponsors great and small make our events possible, so contact Jeanne Logozzo or Heather Harde if you want to participate in the awards ceremony or after-party festivities.

Make someone’s year. Nominate a company for a Crunchie today.

Photo credits: Marc Salsberry

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