Editing Webby Awards (section)

== Nomination process ==
The 2000 awards began the transition to nominee submissions.<ref name="Olson">{{cite magazine |last1=Olson |first1=Catherine Applefeld |title=Net Talent Search To Pick A Lilith Fair Act |magazine=Billboard |date=July 17, 1999 |volume=111 |issue=29 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22And+The+Cowsills+Are+Back+With+An+Album+Available+Only+On+The+Internet%22&pg=PA76 |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref> Previously, nominees had been selected by an internal committee.<ref name="Olson"/>

As early as 2017, organizations wanting to nominate themselves were charged $395 for a single entry. An "ad campaign entry" would cost $595.<ref name="DMN">{{cite web |last1=Resnikoff |first1=Paul |title=Are the Webby Awards a Scam? |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/04/06/webby-awards-scam/ |website=Digital Music News |access-date=31 March 2024 |date=6 April 2017}}</ref> By 2024, those fees had risen to $495 and $675, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eligibility, Guidelines and Fees |url=https://www.webbyawards.com/eligibility-and-guidelines/ |website=www.webbyawards.com |access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>

Executive Academy Members with category-specific expertise evaluate the shortlisted entries based on the appropriate Website, Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video, Mobile Sites & Apps, and Social category criteria, and cast ballots to determine Webby Honorees, Nominees and Webby Winners. [[Deloitte]] provides vote tabulation consulting for the Webby Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=http://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases/vice-jimmy-fallon-oscar-selfie-like-a-girl-campaign-tinder-vine-michelle-phan-tyler-oakley-spotify-refinery-29-product-hunt-hbo-go-and-more-unveiled-as-19th-annual-webby-award-nominees/|publisher=Webby Awards|access-date=May 5, 2015|archive-date=May 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505105945/http://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases/vice-jimmy-fallon-oscar-selfie-like-a-girl-campaign-tinder-vine-michelle-phan-tyler-oakley-spotify-refinery-29-product-hunt-hbo-go-and-more-unveiled-as-19th-annual-webby-award-nominees/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to the award given in each category by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, another winner is selected in each category as determined by the general public during People's Voice voting. Winners of both the Academy-selected and People's Voice-selected awards are invited to the Webbys.<ref>[http://entries.webbyawards.com/home/judging "Judging Process"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213000744/http://entries.webbyawards.com/home/judging |date=February 13, 2010 }}. Webby Awards. Retrieved April 2, 2010.</ref>