If you haven’t come across the Webby Awards before, it is the leading international awards body, honoring the best and brightest of the Internet. The awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences which is a 550 strong group of Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities who select the nominees and winners each year. Indeed, among the judges this year are David Bowie, Matt Groening and Jamie Oliver.
Of course, falling under the rather large umbrella of the internet these days is the mobile web and the Webby Awards has an entire section with several sub-categories devoted to it. The nominees have just been announced and the winners will be announced on May 6th. Nominees include Cellufun in the ‘GAMES’ category, Yahoo Mobile Web In ‘LISTINGS AND UPDATES’ and Reuters Mobile in ‘NEWS’. The full list of Nominees can be found here.
In keeping with the participatory ethos of the Internet, the Nominees are all eligible to win a People’s Voice Award, which as you might expect is voted for by you, the people. The voting opened yesterday and closes on May 1st so get over to the Webby Awards People’s Voice page and make your voice heard.
