2009 SEMMYS: 200 authors nominated; January 19 launch

The 2009 SEMMY Awards are just around the corner, and here’s some news to share with the online marketing community:

1. Launch Date

We’re planning to announce the nominees on Monday, January 19. That’s just less than two weeks away. If all goes well, winners should be announced on February 4. You can learn more about the process, and see our planned timeline, on the How It Works page.

2. 200 Authors Nominated

With a group of 8 people nominating articles/content throughout the 2008 calendar year, we have a larger and more diverse pool of nominees. For this year’s awards, we have 200 authors nominated representing 157 blogs/web sites. That’s a huge increase over the first year (127 authors from 111 blogs/sites).

3. New Categories

Due to the diversity of nominated content, we’ve added two new categories: Design & Usability and Industry. All 15 categories from last year’s awards are back, so we now have a total of 17 awards categories.

That’s the latest from SEMMYS.org. Stay tuned for the announcement of nominees on January 19th!