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title: 'SoMe Awards announces social media finalists for its inaugural ceremony'
date: '2009-04-17T09:58:45-07:00'
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  - Awards
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# SoMe Awards announces social media finalists for its inaugural ceremony

[![Social Media Awards](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/some.png?w=925)](http://someawards.com "Social Media Awards")The [SoMe Awards](http://someawards.com/ "SoMe Awards"), a new award designed to recognize compelling uses of social media and outstanding campaigns, has announced the finalists for the inaugural [SoMe Awards ceremony](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/04/14/some-awards-slated-to-recognize-social-media-eratti-april-23/ "SoMe Awards ceremony") on April 23.

And the finalists are:

**\[UPDATE\]** Whoa whoa whoa. Not so fast. Hold your horses, there’s been a little recount due to some dangling chads. The list of nominees below has been retooled a tad.

[![Social Media Award changes](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/some-awards-socialmediapdx.jpg?w=925)](http://twitter.com/SocialMediaPDX/status/1548889952 "Social Media Award changes")

### Bloviater

[Costa Pacific Homes](http://www.costapacific.com/)
[Edelman](http://edelman.com/)

### House Party

[Conkling, Fiskum & McCormick](http://www.cfm-online.com/)
[Shizzow](http://shizzow.com "Shizzow")
[Portland Trailblazers](http://www.nba.com/blazers/)

### Next big thing

[Twitalyzer](http://twitalyzer.com "Twitalyzer") – [Web Analytics Demystified](http://www.webanalyticsdemystified.com/)
[Grady Britton](http://gradybritton.com/)
[Logobama](http://logobama.com "logobama")
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide – [Twendz ](http://twendz.com "Twendz")

### Scrappy

[Anvil Media John McPhee](http://www.anvilmediainc.com/)
LiP Service and [Big DealPR](http://www.bigdealpr.com/)
[@Notatsxsw](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=notatsxsw)

### Sugar Daddy

[StepChange Group](http://www.stepchangegroup.com/)
[The New Group](http://www.thenewgroup.org/)
[Marcelino Alvarez](http://twitter.com/mrlnmarce)

### Wildcard

[GoSeeTell Network](http://www.goseetellnetwork.com/)
[Intel](http://intel.com) – [Bryan Rhoads](http://twitter.com/bryanrhoads)
[Supporting Characters](http://supportingcharacters.com/) – [Carri Bugbee](http://twitter.com/carribugbee)

On Thursday, April 23, one winner from each group will be selected—based on their “originality, effectiveness and creativity”—as the inaugural recipients of the award.

Cost of attendance is $15 and space is limited. No word on whether the event will be streamed.

For more on the event, visit the [SoMe Awards](http://someawards.com/ "SoMe Awards").

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