The nominees for the 15th Annual Webby Awards were announced Tuesday morning, with Justin Bieber, the Old Spice Guy and Angry Birds among the list of nominees.
The Webby Awards are dedicated to “recognizing achievement in websites, online film and video, mobile web and interactive advertising.” Last year, Mashable was honored with three Webby Awards, including Best Business Blog and Best Cultural Blog.
The Webby Awards are chosen both by members of the Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and by the public. Internet users can vote on their choices for the Webby’s People’s Voice Awards through April 28, 2011 at http://webby.aol.com.
Winners will be announced May 3, 2011 and honored in New York City on June 13, 2011.
Some of the major category nominees include:
Best Viral Video
- The Twitter Movie Trailer – Rated Awesome
- Bed Intruder Song (Auto-tune the News Remix)
- The Sandpit
- The Digital Story of Nativity
- Aides Graffiti
Best Music
- Arcade Fire – “The Wilderness Downtown”
- The Johnny Cash Project
- Thomas Dolby – ‘The Toadlickers’
- SOUR ‘Mirror’
- The Sandpit
Best Viral Marketing
- OK Go – “This Too Shall Pass”
- Old Spice Response Campaign
- Mad Men Yourself
- True Blood Live Feed
- Google Translate for Animals
Best Community
- Tumblr
- COLOURlovers
- Cuteness.com Pet Community
- OpenIDEO
Best Mobile Games
- Angry Birds
- Farmville for iPhone
- Fruit Ninja
- Grover’s Special Number
- A MCtv.com Mad Men Cocktail...
