Marcelo Calbucci just announced a new (annual) award competition for Seattle area technology startups - the Seattle 2.0 awards. They are accepting nominations until March 25th, with the final awards ceremony to be held on May 7th at the Pacific Science Center. Categories include best Startup, best CEO, etc.
What most impressed me is the all-star lineup of panelists that are helping judge the awards. It's a veritable who's who in the Seattle startup community (many of whom would be the top picks for honors themselves - I couldn't help but nominate one of them, even though they are on the panel).
Seattle's startup community is pretty tight knit - but we've lacked this kind of larger more-visible event to focus the whole community. I'm looking forward to seeing the nominations and especially a fun evening hanging out with everyone at the award ceremony. Thanks for pulling this together, Marcelo!