NOMINATIONS: 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards

WE LOVE SOAPS TV announced on Monday the nominees for the 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards, honoring the best in continuing story format web series in 2010.   Last year's winner for Indie Soap of the Year, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM, received 13 nominations to lead the pack.  In total, 29 web series were nominated for awards, including 15 shows receiving "Fan's Choice" nominations for being one of the Top 15 vote-getters in 2010 in the weekly WLS TV Indie Soap of the Week Poll.

This year's awards show will be a live event in New York City on February 21, hosted by GOTHAM creator and star, Martha Byrne.   You can order tickets here.

The Indie Soap Awards were founded by WE LOVE SOAPS TV in 2009 to celebrate the creative talents of the indie web series world, who are blazing a trail into the future for the continuing story format.  Sometimes on a shoestring budget, these producers, writers, actors, crew manage to develop amazing work and are the inspiration for this event.

See the full list of nominations below:

INDIE SOAP OF THE YEAR

8.13
ANYONE BUT ME

CELESTE BRIGHT
CELL

DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

MISS BEHAVE
PRETTY

THE BEST FRIEND

OUSTANDING LEAD ACTOR

Anthony Anderson, ANACOSTIA

Danny Cameron, CELL

Michael Park, GOTHAM

Nick Mathews, IN BETWEEN MEN

Will Conlon, OUT WITH DAD

Trevor Nelson, MISS BEHAVE

Sam Pancake, PRETTY

Camden Toy, THE BAY

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Tamieka Chavis, ANACOSTIA

Rachael Hip-Flores, ANYONE BUT ME

Monica Calhoun, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM
Tina Sloan, EMPIRE

Martha Byrne, GOTHAM

Jillian Clare, MISS BEHAVE

Crystal Chappell, VENICE

Jourdan Gibson, CELL

Cwennen Corral, THE CAVANAUGHS

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
Joshua Holland, ANYONE BUT ME

Jordan Clarke, VENICE

Marco James, MISS BEHAVE

Toby Levin, EMPIRE

Michael Park, STEAMBOAT

Billy Dee Williams, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

Rob Bogue, ALL'S FAIRE

Joel Berti, DESIRE & DECEIT

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Chante Bowser, ANACOSTIA

Nicole Pacent, ANYONE BUT ME

Valery Ortiz, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

Kathryn Neville Brown, EMPIRE

Kirsten Vangsness, PRETTY

Kim Zimmer, STEAMBOAT

Pat Rulon, TRAILER MADE

Nadia Bjorlin, VENICE

Hillary B. Smith, VENICE

OUTSTANDING WRITING
Susan Miller & Tina Cesa Ward, ANYONE BUT ME

Anthony Anderson, ANACOSTIA

Sonya Steele, CELESTE BRIGHT

Mark Gardner, CELL

Cheryl L. West, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

Greg Turner & Brian Hewson, EMPIRE

Susan Bernhardt, MISS BEHAVE

Jason Leaver, OUT WITH DAD

Steve Silverman, PRETTY

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING
Tina Cesa Ward, ANYONE BUT ME
Gregori J. Martin, THE BAY
Robert Townsend, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

Mark Gardner, CELL

Scott Brown, ASYLUM

Jason Leaver, OUT WITH DAD

Steve Silverman, PRETTY

BEST STORYLINE

ANACOSTIA: Mia copes with the aftermath of Michael's death

ANYONE BUT ME: Sophie's sexual questioning

DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM: Bo tries to go back to work

EMPIRE: Theodora takes over Empire

MISS BEHAVE: Tori's blackout

PRETTY: Ribina's pregnancy

THE BAY: Igor's revenge

VENICE: Gina helps The Colonel after his stroke

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Pasha Diallo, ANACOSTIA

Afton Boggiano, EMPIRE

Michelle N. Carter, VENICE

Kate Conway, OUT WITH DAD

Jessy Hodges, ANYONE BUT ME

Leon, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

Bianca Magick, MISS BEHAVE

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

ANACOSTIA

ANYONE BUT ME

IN BETWEEN MEN

ORANGE JUICE IN BISHOP'S GARDEN

PRETTY

STEAMBOAT

THE BAY

VENICE

OUTSTANDING GUEST APPEARANCE
Liza Weil, ANYONE BUT ME

Beth Chamberlin, CELL

Diahann Carroll, DIARYOF A SINGLE MOM

Irma P. Hall, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

Molly Burnett, EMPIRE

Shirley Jones, FAMILY DINNER

Nicole Miller, GOTHAM

OUTSTANDING EDITING

Jonathan M. Levine, ASYLUM

Loren Melchor & Chris Zeid, CELL

Robert Pergament, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

Wiley Abbas, IN BETWEEN MEN

Frank Mohler, SOLO THE SERIES

OUTSTANDING USE OF MUSIC

ANACOSTIA

GOTHAM

IN BETWEEN MEN

MISS BEHAVE

OUT WITH DAD

VENICE

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

8.13

CELL

DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

PLACES PLEASE

THE BEST FRIEND

THE STEPS

FAN'S CHOICE AWARD

(Top 15 vote getters of the year in the Indie Soap of the Week poll - Vote here)
ANACOSTIA

ANYONE BUT ME

AS THE CORN GROWS

DESIRE & DECEIT

DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM

EMPIRE

GOTHAM

LUCK AND THE VIRGIN

MISS BEHAVE

MONTREAL HEARTS

THE BAY

THE CAVANAUGHS

THE LIKE US SHOW

VENICE

VENUS SPA

Nominations by show:

SHOW	# Noms
8.13	2
ANACOSTIA	9
ANYONE BUT ME	11
AS THE CORN GROWS	1
ASYLUM	2
CELESTE BRIGHT	2
CELL	8
DESIRE & DECEIT	2
DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM	13
EMPIRE	8
FAMILY DINNER	1
GOTHAM	5
IN BETWEEN MEN	4
LUCK AND THE VIRGIN	1
MISS BEHAVE	9
MONTREAL HEARTS	1
ORANGE JUICE IN BISHOP'S GARDEN	1
OUT WITH DAD	5
PLACES PLEASE	1
PRETTY	7
SOLO THE SERIES	1
STEAMBOAT	3
THE BAY	5
THE BEST FRIEND	2
THE CAVANAUGHS	2
THE LIKE US SHOW	1
THE STEPS	1
TRAILER MADE	1
VENICE	9
VENUS SPA	1