The Silver Ni: Awarded for keenness in Art, Writing, Web authoring, and Weirdness.

2002 Winners: NONE YET

The Golden Ni Award, for outstanding works, thoughts and other brain-meat byproducts.

2002 Winners:

The Platinum Ni Award: Given for absolute excellence in a field of artistic, humanitarian, mental, or scientific expression. Basically, the Studio Shinnyo Nobel Prize.(no money is awarded, though, sorry!)

2002 Winner: Piro and Largo from MEGATOKYO: For excellent artistic quality, dedication to their fans, an engaging story in an art form usually saturated with 'l33t', wonderful humor and the creation of an Internet Subculture. THE NI SALUTE YOU! NI!! NI!! NI!!