Webby Award nominations announced

Nearly 10,000 entries were submitted for the 13th Annual 2009 Webby Awards and the nominations are now in.

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.

The full list of nominees is available here. I've scanned the categories and noticed that a handful of sites we've covered on Techvibes in the past made the cut:

Toronto-born, Disney-acquired Kaboose in the Family/Parenting category
Portland's Kongregate in the Games category
Kelowna-born, Disney-acquired Club Penguin in the Games category
Portland's COLOURlovers in the Community category
Partially developed in Victoria, BC Flock in the Social Networking category
Tourism Montreal in the Tourism category
Seattle's Fail Blog in the Weird category

The Webby Awards also singles all the sites that were close but didn't quit make the cut - check out the Official Honorees online.

Company:: Club Penguin
Website:: http://www.clubpenguin.com

In March of 2005, New Horizon Interactive set out to create an online world for kids where they could safely play games, have fun and interact. As parents and Internet specialists, New Horizon''s owners wanted to develop a place they’d be comfortable letting their own kids visit. The Club Penguin team got to work, consulting with educators, law enforcement representatives and other parents, doing extensive... more

Company:: Kaboose
Website:: http://www.kaboose.com
Location:: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kaboose is the largest independent family focused online media company in North America and one of the top-five most visited family destinations online. From pregnancy to parenting, birthday parties to scrapbooking and entertainment to education, Kaboose has the content and applications to help parents plan and share their family life. Kaboose owns some of the world's leading online properties targeting families,... more

Company:: Kongregate
Website:: http://www.kongregate.com/
Location:: Portland, Oregon, United States

Founded in 2006 and currently in a state of heavy development, Kongregate seeks to create the leading online hub for players and game developers to meet up, play games, and operate together as a community. By wrapping user-submitted Flash games with various community features, Kongregate's site serves as a unique way for users to play great web-based games alongside friends. Anyone can add their own games to... more

Company:: COLOURlovers
Website:: http://www.colourlovers.com/
Location:: Portland, Oregon, United States

COLOURlovers is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color - whether for ad campaigns, product design, or in architectural specification - a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews. more

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