The Webby Awards Deadline
By Michelle DeForest.When I worked in film, the dream goal was always to win an Oscar. When I worked in television, it was to win an Emmy. Now I spend my days plotting how to win a WEBBY!
The 12th Annual Webby Awards are swiftly approaching and the deadline to submit is going to be here any second! For all of you immensely talented creators, plotters, and doers of online video, your deadline for submission is JANUARY 25, 2008.
Once you submit, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences will select the nominees and winners for the 2008 Webby Awards, and hold the ceremony in early June (an event I swear you don’t want to miss).
Last year many people I know were nominated (eghem: JetSet now EpicFu, itsallinyourhands.com, and Big Fantastic…just to name a few), with several picking up the Webby. With that track record, and the year that all of us just had, I can only imagine the number of people I’ve met that will grab a Webby for themselves.
The categories were expanded from last year to accommodate the ever-expanding world of online video:
- Animation
- Comedy: Individual Short or Episode
- Comedy: Long Form or Series
- Documentary: Individual Episode
- Documentary: Series
- Drama: Individual Episode
- Drama: Series
- Events and Live Broadcasts
- Experimental
- How-To and DIY
- Music
- News & Politics: Individual Episode
- News & Politics: Series
- Public Service and Activism
- Reality
- Sports
- Student
- Technology
- Travel
- Viral
The ONLY catch would be you actually have to submit to win. So here it is, I’m telling ALL of you how awesomely creative and talented you are, and that I think you have a chance. So make it happen!
I only have one piece of advice: You better be on your game when choosing your “five words.”
Good Luck!
January 4th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
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