Mashable Open Web Awards

Mashable presents the second annual Open Web Awards & 4CInt.com has been selected as a Blog Partner.

The Open Web Awards is the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements in 26 categories.

Awards Timelines
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 | Nominations
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 | Online Voting Round 1
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 | Final Round Voting
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 | Winners Announced

Nominations and Voting periods end the Sunday prior to the next round at 11:59 PM EST (-5 GMT)

Rules for Voting and Nominations
Mashable and PollDaddy reserves the right to analyze any of the nominations or votes before determining an official nominee or winner. Due to the nature of online submissions, the following are the rules for voting and nominations:

Nominations:
1. Any site or application can be nominated in as many categories as seen fit
2. Nominations is one Site per Category per person (validated through PollDaddy)
3. Nominees with the most submissions and/or determined by Mashable will move to the voting round

Voting:
1. Voting is one vote per Category per person (validated through PollDaddy)
2. IP tracking and e-mail confirmation will remain in place
3. E-mails will only be used in regards to alerts about the Open Web Awards
4. Winners will be determined after voting round is closed and data is verified

Winners:
1. “People’s Choice” Winners will be validated by Mashable and PollDaddy before any announcements are made
2. “Blogger’s Choice will be validated by Mashable and compiled from our Blog Partners