The Open Web Awards, hosted by Mashable.com, are the first ever online, open collaboration awards event, to recognize the best online communities representing web 2.0. This unique approach to an online event is about communities, so we've taken a collaborative approach to finding a winner, enabling other blogs and websites to take part. The competition is officially over. For a full list of the winners, please see the following post. Thank you to all the participants, from the sponsors and the blog partners to the nominees and most importantly the people who voted. Next up is the Live Open Web Awards event at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, on January 10th, 2008. Please stay tuned for further details.