TELEVISION

"LOUD Bits"
1. Rowan Alexis 
2. Liz McKay
3. Robert Pugsley 

"Our Place"
: Kyla Brettle (vic)
: Simon Adams & Damien McDermott (act)
: Peter Clarke (nt)
: Michelle Atkinson (qld)
: Martin Potter (sa)
: Justine Smith (wa)

"Channel [V] "
: Joel Esposito [20]

"Cheese TV"
: Paris Wells [15]
: David Farrell [14]
: Lucas Purves [13]
: Stephanie Barr [13]

RADIO

"Take Over Take 40"
: Andrew Vary

"Take 40 Websurfers"
: Dan Duggan
: Adam Bedford

"Ian Reed Prize"

MICROPLAY

Suneeta Peres Costa  (New South Wales)
for Water Mark
wins $2,500

SHORT DRAMATIC FICTION

Benjamin Brady   (Victoria)
for A is for Geophysics
wins $4,500

MEGAPLAY

Tom Horne    (Western Australia)
for Green Meat is for Takeaways
wins $8,000

"Hot Hits"
: Ben Hope [18]

"Mix Up"
:See Triple J Website

PRINT

"Oyster"
: Sophie Cowdroy
: Stephanie Conley
: Nicole Macey
: Christine Fuller
: Elizabeth Whitney
: Melanie Clarkson
: Naki
: Ngoc Loan Thi
 
"Avant Card"
: Daisy Glass [24]
: Alice Giblin [12]
: Trent Sheppard [16]
: Matthew & Lauren Hinkley [21 & 15]

"Black & White (Louder Than Words)"
: Gina Belle
: Bevan Griffin
: Paulette Leo
: Zoe Arnott
: Shannon Hourigan
: Shakira Robinson

Student Newspaper Awards

LOUDest Cover:
Deli*rra, Northern Territory University: "Suk My Wik" by Callum Hickey

Merit Awards:
Tertangala, University of Wollongong: "I Killed Diana" by Van Badham
Amida, Australian National University: June 1997 by Zen Yipu
Lot's Wife, Monash University: Edition # 5 1997 by Kris Dobbyn

LOUDest Image:
Farrago, University of Melbourne: "Who's Bad?" by Derek Agnew & Joe Hildebrand
Woroni, Australian National University: "No Fat Chicks" by Jason Richardson

Merit Awards:
Semper Floreat, University of Queensland: "Idiots Poster" by Anthony Taaffe
Catalyst, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology: "Psychedelic Edition" (designer unknown)

LOUDest Article:
Investigative Category:
Farrago, University of Melbourne: "Is There An Auditor In The House" by Joe Hildebrand
Tertangala, University of Wollongong: "The Cancer We Had To Have" by Ben Langford

Original Essay/Opinion Category:
Tharunka, University of NSW: "Subculture - The Simulation Of Difference" by Michael Walsh

Merit Awards:
Grok, Curtin University of Technology: "Take The Pressure Down" by Lisa Amphlett
Semper Floreat, University of Queensland: "Bully For You" by Alex Cody

LOUDest of the Lot - Best Student Newspaper in Australia:
Semper Floreat, University of Queensland

Merit Awards:
Tharunka, University of NSW
Tertangala, University of Wollongong
Amida, Australian National University
Gravity, Griffith University

"Mad"
: Nathan Davis [14]

"Loudwrite Finalists"
: Kris de Valle
: Grant Hackelton
: Max Barry
: Daniel Wolff
: Shiloh J A Moore

ONLINE

"Website Competition"
:  elephant gazette