YMA announces nominees for the Awards of Excellence

Canada's Youth Media Alliance (YMA) has announced nominees for their Awards of Excellence. The winners will be revealed at the virtual gala on May 26, which will be streamed live from Toronto.

On the gala night, YMA will also present the Outstanding Achievement Award to Michelle Melanson Cuperus and the Emerging Talent Award to Rennata and Georgina López of Lopii Production

The online event will be free this year. Registration and participation details will soon be available on the organisation's website: www.ymamj.org/en.

Based on the YMA Quality Statement, the jury members selected the following nominees in categories including animation, games and new media productions:

Best Program, Animation (Kindergarten 3-5)

• Elementary hero "Monster Hunters / Soapy Situation" - produced by Portfolio Entertainment Inc. and Twin Cities PBS; broadcast on TVOkids and PBS
• 16 Hudson "The great race" - produced by Big Bad Boo Studios Inc .; aired on TV Okids, Knowledge Kids and CBC-Radio Canada
• StarBeam "Snacktime for Stewart" - produced by Kickstart Entertainment; streamed on Netflix
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum "I'm Harriet Tubman" - produced by 9 Story Media Group and Brown Bag Films; aired on PBS Kids
• Esme & Roy "To Cupcake With Love / A True Monsterpiece" - produced by Nelvana Limited and Sesame Workshop; aired on Treehouse

Best program, animation (ages 6-9 and 9+)

• Snoopy in space "Mission 10" - produced by WildBrain; airing on Apple TV +
• Dorg Van Dango "Dorg Rewinds / Dorg and the Last Supperman" - produced by WildBrain and Cartoon Saloon; broadcast on Family Channel
• The last guys on Earth "June Gloom" - produced by Atomic Cartoons; streamed on Netflix
• Molly of Denali "Molly and the Great One" - produced by Atomic Cartoons and WGBH; aired on PBS and CBC

Best Program, Short Format Content (Kindergarten 3-5)

• ABC Singsong "Letter A, Letter B, Letter C, Letter D, Letter E, Letter F, Letter G, Letter H, Letter I, Letter J, Letter K" - produced by Goddard / Brown; streamed on TVOkids.com
• 6 Seis Cumbia for Sesame Street - produced by Lopii Productions; airing on Treehouse TV, PBS Kids and HBO Max
• The Gumboot Kids "A Valentine's Poem" - produced by Imagine Create Media; streamed on www.gumbootkids.com
• STUDIO K "Stay at home and stay healthy" - produced by CBC Kids; streamed on YouTube

Best program, short form (ages 9 and up)

• STEAM Stars "Astronaut Dr. Jenni Sidey-Gibbons Meets the STEAM Sisters" - produced by Shaftesbury; streamed on the Shaftesbury Kids YouTube channel
• Denis and I. "Lemonade Stand-Off" - produced by Headspinner Productions Inc.; streamed on www.denisandme.com
• The solutioneers "Numbers" - produced by Shaftesbury; streamed on the Shaftesbury Kids YouTube channel
• Miskatonic Teaser - produced by Arcana Studio; streaming on Vimeo

Best gaming or interactive experiences

• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Creator of stories - produced by 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films and Relish Interactive; available at pbskids.org
• CBC Kids News - produced by CBC Kids; available at www.cbckidsnews.ca
• Louis Says III Interactive Appisode - produced by Landslide Entertainment and MBC; available on iTunes