We're delighted to announce that Guardian Unlimited has been nominated for a Webby award. We're the only British site shortlisted in the newspaper category alongside three American big boys (the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post) and the US entertainment paper Variety.
The Webbys, organised by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, describe themselves as the leading international award honouring excellence in web design, functionality and creativity. Some go further - the New York Times (and who are we to argue?) calls them the Oscars of the internet and for Vanity Fair they are "better than the Oscars".
Now in its ninth year (although 2005 is the first time there's been a specific newspaper category), this year's contest attracted some 4,000 entries across more than 60 categories. In each category the Academy (it even sounds like the Oscars) will award a Webby, and there's also a People's Voice Award given on the strength of a public vote.
