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Web Achievement Awards Categories

Recognizing achievement in web sites and blogs.   These categories will recognize your web-related achievements since the beginning of 2022.  You may focus on any sort of achievement, including technical improvements, creative enhancements, increased visibility and viewership, complete or partial redesign, writing, user engagement - whatever you and your team have done since the beginning of 2022 that you want to crow about. 
   Nominations that won in the 2023 ABAs may be resubmitted for consideration in the 2024 ABAs.  If they have been updated with recent achievements they may be submitted to the same categories in which they won.  If they have not been updated they must be submitted to categories different from those in which they won.

Information to be submitted online for entries in these categories for the 2024 ABAs will include

a. An essay of up to 525 words describing the nominated achievements, OR a video of up to five (5) minutes in length describing the same.  Make sure that your entry focuses on your web-related accomplishments since the beginning of 2022, or the judges won't rate your nomination highly.

b. Any number of supporting files and web addresses that you may upload to our server to support your entry and provide more background information to the judges. These may include URLs, video clips, photographs, press reviews, news articles, and so on

c. Optionally, you may list creative and production credits for your nominated achievement(s): a list of people on your team who contributed to its success.

Web Achievement

Industry Categories | Specialty Categories

F10.    Accounting
F11.    Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
F12.    Aerospace & Defense
F13.    Automotive & Transport Equipment
F14.    Banking
F15.    Business Services
F16.    Chemicals
F17.    Computer Hardware
F18.    Computer Software
F19.    Computer Services
F20.    Conglomerates
F21.    Consumer Products - Durables
F22.    Consumer Products - Non-Durables
F23.    Diversified Services
F24.    Electronics
F25.    Energy
F26.    Financial Services
F27.    Food & Beverage
F28.    Health Products & Services
F29.    Hospitality & Leisure
F30.    Insurance
F31.    Legal
F32.    Manufacturing
F33.    Materials & Construction
F34.    Media & Entertainment
F35.    Metals & Mining
F36.    Non-Profit Organizations
F37.    Pharmaceuticals
F38.    Real Estate
F39.    Retail
F40.    Telecommunications
F41.    Transportation
F42.    Utilities

Specialty Categories

F43. Achievement in Data Visualization: Only data visualization aspects of a site will be judged. Websites that demonstrate best-in-class use of data visualization by representing complex datasets in innovative, visually appealing, and easily comprehensible ways.
F44. Achievement in Navigation/Structure: Sites that offer the best-possible user experience through superior navigation and site structure. Only information architecture will be judged.
F45. Achievement in Online Training
F46. Achievement in User Experience
F47. Achievement in User Interface Design
F48. Achievement in the Use of AI: new category for 2024This category will recognize innovative uses of AI and generative media tools on website and blogs.
F49. Achievement in Web Writing/Content
F50. Achievement in Web Design
F51. Achievement in the Use of Photography
F52. Achievement in the Use of Video or Moving Image
F53. Technical Achievement of the Year: This category is for any site that sets an industry standard by using new, innovative web technology in an outstanding way that improves the overall experience.