Listed below are the 2001 Shareware Industry Awards Nominees. Winners were announced at the Shareware Industry Awards Banquet on Saturday, July 21, 2001.

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Best Overall Utility

Darn! Passwords by EmmaSoft Software Company, Inc.
PADGen by Association of Shareware Professionals
SpaceHound32 by Fineware Systems
WinRAR by RarSoft

Best Application

Castillo Text Editor by Castillo Software
DataPouch by Fineware Systems
NoteTab Pro by Fookes Software
TextPad by Helios Software Solutions

Best Graphics Program or Utility

ACDSee by ACD System
Gliftic by Ransen Software
Microangelo by Impact Software
Paint Shop Pro by Jasc Software

Best Sound Program or Utility

Blaze Media Pro by Mystik Media
MP3 CD Maker by Zhou Yi
TextAloud MP3 by NextUp.Com
WinAmp by Nullsoft

Best Vertical Market Program or Utility

Crossdown by Crossdown
EmmaSetup Pro by EmmaSoft Software Company, Inc.
Inno Setup by Jordan Russel
MSA Aquarist by MicroNexus Software Australia

Best Business Application or Utility

Atrex by Millennium Software
Business Card Designer Plus by CAM Development
SOHO-123 by Adams-Blake Publishing
Task Plus by Contact Plus Corporation

Best Educational Program or Game

AceReader Pro by StepWare Inc.
Animated Beginning Phonics by FLIX Productions
Animated States and Capitals by FLIX Productions
Typing Master 2002 by TypingMaster Software, Inc.

Best Hobby or Personal Interest

College BAR by Pracx Software
My Personal Diary by CAM Development
My Stuff by Contact Plus Corporation
Poetry Generator by R.K. West Consulting

Best Internet Enhancement

Cute FTP by GlobalSCAPE, Inc.
FTP Voyager by RhinoSoft.com
GetRight by HeadLight Software, Inc.
ReGet Deluxe by ReGet Software

Best Internet Communication

CoffeeCup WebCam by Coffeecup Software, Inc.
ICUII by Cybration, Inc.
NetCaptor by Stilesoft, Inc.
WebCam Control Center by Marc Schneider

Best Web Enhancement

AllegroSurf by RhinoSoft.com
Internet Watcher 2000 by Bernard D&G
The Bat! by RITLABS S.R.L
WebEXE by Andreas Wolf Software

Best Non-Action Game

Ally 2: Ben Franklin Adventure by Pharos Games
Championship Spades by DreamQuest Software
Hardwood Spades by Silver Creek Entertainment
Pretty Good Solitaire by GoodSol Development, Inc.

Best Action/Arcade Game

Arkanoid by ChaosSoft
Dweep Gold by Dexterity Software
TerraFire by ORT Software
Warheads by Retro64, Inc.

Best Program for PDA's

AreaCodes by Intrepid Software Solutions
PDABomb by Asynchrony.Com
Pocket Chess Deluxe by Pocket Express, Inc.