16th Barnum Export Awards

The  were held on March 20, 2003 at the in, honoring regional & international successes in media that occurred from January 2002-February 2003. The show was hosted by and.

Steven Spielberg Award for Outstanding Live-Action Movie of the Year

 * Gangs of New York
 * Catch Me If You Can
 * Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
 * Spider-Man
 * Bloody Sunday
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 * 8 Mile

Charlie Chaplin Award for Outstanding Live-Action Comedy of the Year

 * The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
 * Super Troopers
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Men in Black II
 * Austin Powers in Goldmember
 * Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
 * Jackass: The Movie
 * The Importance of Being Earnest
 * My Big Fat Greek Wedding
 * Ali G Indahouse

Lucio Fulci Award for Outstanding Horror Movie of the Year
First year the award was given out.
 * The Ring
 * Jason X
 * FeardotCom
 * They

Walt Disney Award for Outstanding Animated Movie of the Year

 * Ice Age
 * Treasure Planet
 * Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
 * Lilo & Stitch
 * 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
 * Hey Arnold!: The Movie
 * Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
 * The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Chuck Jones Award for Outstanding Animated Series of the Year

 * SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Pokémon: Advanced
 * VeggieTales
 * Arthur
 * Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat
 * Dragon Tales
 * Mole Miner
 * Toad Patrol
 * The Simpsons
 * Family Guy
 * King of the Hill

Jim Henson Award for Outstanding Family Entertainment Property of the Year

 * SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Rugrats
 * Power Rangers
 * Pokémon
 * The Crocodile Hunter
 * Sesame Street
 * Barney & Friends
 * The Big Comfy Couch
 * Between the Lions

Shigeru Miyamoto Award for Outstanding Video Game
Newly renamed for Award Show #16
 * Super Mario Sunshine
 * Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island

Winners and nominees
Winners are in bold text.

Pop Album of the Year

 * The Eminem Show - Eminem
 * Up! - Shania Twain
 * Ashanti - Ashanti
 * Come Away with Me - Norah Jones

Documentary Film of the Year

 * Bowling for Columbine

Literary Work of the Year

 * Triss - Brian Jacques
 * America - E. R. Frank
 * Gossip Girl - Cecily von Ziegesar
 * Firewing - Kenneth Oppel
 * Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
 * The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
 * Into the Wild - Erin Hunter