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. This year, Mashable is nominated for Best Business Blog alongside The New York Times's DealBook, Huffington Post, TechCrunch and The Consumerist.
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 at http://webby.aol.com.
Winners will be announced May 3 and honored in New York City on June 13.
Some of the major category nominees include (to watch videos or listen to music from the nominees, click on the category names):
"The Twitter Movie Trailer - Rated Awesome"
"Bed Intruder Song" (Autotune the News Remix)
"The Sandpit"
"The Digital Story of Nativity"
"Aides Graffiti"
Arcade Fire -- "The Wilderness Downtown"
The Johnny Cash Project
Thomas Dolby -- 'The Toadlickers'
SOUR -- "Mirror"
"The Sandpit"
OK Go -- "This Too Shall Pass"
Old Spice Response Campaign
Mad Men Yourself
True Blood Live Feed
Google Translate for Animals
Tumblr
COLOURlovers
Cuteness.com Pet Community
OpenIDEO
Angry Birds
Farmville for iPhone
Fruit Ninja
Grover's Special Number
AMCtv.com Mad Men Cocktail Culture app
Behance Network
HootSuite Social Media Dashboard
Vimeo
1000 Memories
The Influence Project