The 13th Annual Webby Celebration: June 8, 2009
- Promote Your Achievement
- PR Tips
- Sample Press Release
- Webby Fact Sheet
- Logos and Site Bugs
- The Show & Tickets
WINNERS LINKS:     Buy Tickets Now!      New Show Format      PV Top Ten      Internet Famous      Gala FAQ      Gala PDF   
A bigger Internet means more kinds of websites, so we had to create more categories. When the Webbys started in 1996 the Internet was about 15 categories big. Since then, the exponential growth of the Web -- and of the industries utilizing it -- has exploded. Unfortunately, that meant longer awards shows. Last year's webby awards gala was 1324KB over our file-size limit!
All winners who attend the gala will get to record a 5-word speech via a new, specially designed video kiosk (which itself may even win an award!). We've partnered with YouTube, who will promote all the speeches and Gala footage the next day on a custom-made, super-snazzy Webby Awards YouTube channel.
If your category received the most votes in this year's Webby People's Voice Awards, you will get to be onstage. However, if we call your name and you didn't show up, Seth Meyers will make jokes at your expense.
The top 10 People's Voice categories have been announced. See if you will take the stage here.
Tell us why you are Webby-enough for a spot in the limelight. C'mon, do it! You're awesome. You make stuff move on a screen using NUMBERS! The top submissions will be announced May 19 on webbyawards.com.
Get in touch via pickme@webbyawards.com by May 15.
We haven't created the Randomizer technology yet, but we're pretty sure we're going to patent it. A team of creative geniuses are currently working with the sole goal of creating something that will best the Plinko board from "The Price is Right."
15 winners in attendance will be randomly called to the stage to give their speeches.