The 2009 Crunchies have been awarded. A big thank you to all of the great companies who participated this year, as well as all of our sponsors. See you next year!

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The last 100 seats to attend Friday’s Crunchies Awards are on sale now. Act fast!

Reminder, the Crunchies Awards start at 7:30 pm Friday night at the historic Herbst Theater in San Francisco (seating opens at 6:45, and we encourage you to arrive early.) Along with our co-hosts, GigaOm and VentureBeat, we’ll announce the winners to our 18 award categories from over 125 finalists. Voting concluded at midnight last night.

Once these sell out, we’ll also release 100 tickets to attend just the after party. We’ve been getting non-stop requests to find a way to open up more tickets, so this will bring us to full-out party capacity.

We hope to see you there. If you can’t attend the event in person, please join us for the live stream, hosted by Ustream.

Our third release of tickets sold quickly.

If you’re dead set to attend, please contact Jeanne Logozzo for sponsorship options. We have a few remaining orchestra and balcony seats reserved for sponsors who want to support the ceremony and after party.

If additional seats open up, we’ll release them asap next week.

Please vote for your favorite tech people, products and companies of 2009. Voting open through midnight PST, Wednesday January 6.

The third (and likely final) batch of 150 tickets to attend the Crunchies Awards are on sale now, courtesy of Eventbrite. Balcony seats are $45 (orchestra is sold out.)

If you’re dead set on an orchestra seat, please contact Jeanne Logozzo for sponsorship options. We have creative packages available in all shapes and sizes, such as champagne cocktails, card-game tables, demo tables, photo booths or walls, product giveaways and more.

Remember that voting is open through midnight PST, Wednesday, January 6. Everyone is eligible and encouraged to vote daily for their favorite people, products and companies of the year.

The Crunchies Awards celebrate the best tech accomplishments of 2009 and will be held at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm PST. Along with our co-hosts, GigaOm and VentureBeat, we will announce the winners from 18 different award categories live on stage from over 125 finalists.

Our second set of tickets sold quickly.

If you’re dead set on a front-and-center seat, please contact Jeanne Logozzo for sponsorship options. We have packages big and small for the ceremony and after party.

Else, the third and final release of balcony tickets will be Wednesday, December 30 at noon, PST.

Check back then, and we hope you can join us.

Please vote for your favorite tech people, products and companies of 2009.

The second batch of 150 tickets to attend the Crunchies Awards celebrating the best tech accomplishments of 2009 are on sale now, courtesy of Eventbrite.

FINALISTS: If you haven’t already, please contact us asap so we can get you set up with your two complimentary passes to attend.

The Crunchies Awards will be held at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm PST. Balcony seats are $45 (orchestra seats are sold out.) Along with our co-hosts, GigaOm and VentureBeat, we will announce the winners from 18 different award categories live on stage.

We welcome back the Richter Scales as part of our evening’s festivities. Other special guest appearances and surprises are in the works for ceremony guests.

Orchestra and balcony tickets include access to the after party hosted across the street in City Hall’s Grand Rotunda through midnight. There will be a sponsor-hosted bar, savory nibbles and desserts, music and a game room, featuring a mix of traditional and online games to play.

There are plenty of ways to sponsor and support the after-party energy. Contact Jeanne Logozzo or Heather Harde if you’d like to sponsor: card-game tables, demo tables, photo booths or walls, drinks or food, giveaways and prizes and the like. We have creative packages available in all shapes and sizes. Room for award benefactors and entertainment sponsors for the ceremony too.

Remember that voting is open through midnight PST, Wednesday, January 6. Everyone is eligible and encouraged to vote daily for their favorite people, products and companies of the year.

Our first release of tickets went very quickly. Orchestra seats are likely sold out for good, since the majority are reserved for our finalists and sponsors. Don’t worry, the balcony is just as much fun. If you’re dead set on a front-and-center seat, please contact Jeanne Logozzo for sponsorship options. We have packages big and small for the ceremony and after party.

We will release the final two batches of tickets next week, on Monday, December 28 and Wednesday, December 30 at noon, PST.

Stay tuned, we hope you can join us.

In the meanwhile, please vote for your favorite tech people, products and companies of 2009.

The first batch of 150 tickets to attend the Crunchies Awards celebrating the best tech accomplishments of 2009 are on sale now, courtesy of Eventbrite.

FINALISTS: Please contact us asap so we can get you set up with your two complimentary passes to attend.

The Crunchies Awards will be held at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm PST. Orchestra seats are $75 and Balcony seats are $45. Along with our co-hosts, GigaOm and VentureBeat, we will announce the winners from 18 different award categories live on stage.

We welcome back the Richter Scales as part of our evening’s festivities. Other special guest appearances and surprises are in the works for ceremony guests.

Orchestra and balcony tickets include access to the after party hosted across the street in City Hall’s Grand Rotunda through midnight. There will be a sponsor-hosted bar, savory nibbles and desserts, music and a game room, featuring a mix of traditional and online games to play.

There are plenty of ways to sponsor and support the after-party energy. Contact Jeanne Logozzo or Heather Harde if you’d like to sponsor: card-game tables, demo tables, photo booths or walls, drinks or food, giveaways and prizes and the like. We have creative packages available in all shapes and sizes. Room for award benefactors and entertainment sponsors for the ceremony too.

Remember that voting is open through midnight PST, Wednesday, January 6. Everyone is eligible and encouraged to vote daily for their favorite people, products and companies of the year.

Voting is now open for the 2009 Crunchies Awards to celebrate the best technology accomplishments of 2009.

Everyone is eligible and encouraged to vote once per day per award category through Wednesday, January 6 at midnight pst. There are 18 award categories to recognize accomplishments across a variety of fields and roles.

Finalists, grab a badge here to get your community to vote for you as a winner. And please email us, so we can get you prepared for the ceremony.

Wednesday at noon PST, we will release the first batch of 150 tickets to the Friday, January 8 awards ceremony to be held at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, starting at 7:30 pm. Orchestra seats are $65 and balcony tickets are $45. Both tickets get you into the after-party across the street in City Hall’s Grand Rotunda through midnight. We have fewer than 450 total tickets to publicly release to the ceremony, so stay tuned as they will go fast.

Based on popular demand, we’re bringing the game room back to the after-party. We’ll have a mix of traditional and online games to play. And there are plenty of ways to sponsor and support the after-party energy. Contact Jeanne Logozzo or Heather Harde if you’d like to sponsor: card-game tables, demo tables, photo booths or walls, drinks or food, giveaways and prizes and the like. We have creative packages available in all shapes and sizes. Room for award benefactors and entertainment sponsors for the ceremony too.

The Crunchies Awards would not be possible without the support of amazing sponsors. Big applause to our growing list of sponsors, including: Microsoft BizSpark, Founders Fund, Ustream, Lewis PR, Eventbrite, Design About Town, Kosmix and Zannel.

Remember to vote and vote often. We hope to see you at the ceremony on Friday, January 8 to celebrate the best of 2009 and usher in a brand new 2010 full of opportunity.

Photo credit: Marc Salsberry