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5th Annual Streamy Awards Nominees Announced

Nominees in the Animated Series category include Frederator’s ‘Bee and Puppycat,’ PBS digital studios series ‘Blank on Blank,’ webcomic ‘Cyanide & Happiness,’ Rooster Teeth’s ‘RWBY’ and YouTube animator ‘sWooZie.’

SANTA MONICA, CA -- Nominees for the 5th Annual Streamy Awards have been announced. A multi-platform event honoring the best in online video, The Streamy Awards, will air live on VH1 and its digital platforms from the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 10:00 pm ET/delayed PT.

Nominees in the Animated Series category include Frederator’s Bee and Puppycat, PBS digital studios series Blank on Blank, webcomic Cyanide & Happiness by Rob DenBleyker, Kris Wilson and Dave McElfatrick, Rooster Teeth’s RWBY, and YouTube animator sWooZie.

In the Visual and Special Effects category, nominees are Action Movie Kid by Daniel Hashimoto, Andrew M Films and Andrew McMurry; Corridor Digital by Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer and Jake Watson; SnapperHero by Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer and Jake Watson; and Zach King by Zach King.

Continuing to reflect the current state of original programming native to online and social video, the 5th Annual Streamy Awards feature new and updated awards, including:

  • New subject awards for Lifestyle channels and Documentary or Investigative series.
  • Breakout Creator and Breakthrough Artist awards recognizing up-and-coming digital creators and music artists who have not previously been nominated.
  • Introduction of the Social Video category to include Instagram, Snapchat, and Vine.

Winners of the Streamy Awards will be determined by the Streamys Blue Ribbon Panel, a judging body of creators, executives, and other experts in the online video industry.

NOMINEES FOR THE 5th ANNUAL STREAMY AWARDS

AWARDS FOR CHANNELS, SERIES, OR SHOWS

ANIMATED

BREAKOUT CREATOR (NEW CATEGORY)

COMEDY

DRAMA

FIRST PERSON

INDIE

INTERNATIONAL

NON-FICTION

SPIN-OFF

SUBJECT AWARDS

ACTION OR SCI-FI

BEAUTY

DOCUMENTARY OR INVESTIGATIVE (NEW CATEGORY)

FASHION

FOOD

GAMING

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

KIDS AND FAMILY

LIFESTYLE (NEW CATEGORY)

NEWS AND CULTURE

PRANKS

SCIENCE OR EDUCATION

SPORTS

PERFORMANCE AWARDS

ACTOR

ACTRESS

COLLABORATION

DANCE

ENSEMBLE CAST

MUSIC AWARDS

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (NEW CATEGORY)

COVER SONG

ORIGINAL SONG

CRAFT AWARDS

CINEMATOGRAPHY

COSTUME DESIGN

DIRECTING

EDITING

VISUAL AND SPECIAL EFFECTS

WRITING

SOCIAL VIDEO AWARDS

SHORT FORM COMEDY (NEW CATEGORY)

SHORT FORM CREATIVITY (NEW CATEGORY)

SNAPCHAT STORYTELLER (NEW CATEGORY)

  • Chris Carmichael (chriscarm)
  • Jérôme Jarre (jeromejarre)
  • Shaun McBride (shonduras)
  • Shay Mitchell (officialshaym)
  • Ryan Seacrest (ryanseacrest)

VINER

CAMPAIGN AWARDS

BRAND CAMPAIGN

SOCIAL GOOD CAMPAIGN

For more information, visit www.streamys.org. Join the conversation on Twitter with @streamys using #Streamys. Follow Streamy Awards on Facebook.

The 5th Annual Streamy Awards are Executive Produced by dick clark productions’ Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, Assaf Blecher and Ariel Elazar, as well as Streamy Awards founders Drew Baldwin and Joshua Cohen.  Lee Rolontz and Lara Fried will executive produce for VH1.

Source: The Streamy Awards 

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Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.