The inaugural KidScreen Awards ceremony will be held at KidScreen Summit on February 11 in New York City. To kick-start the event, we’re ready to unveil the nominees leading the pack across 16 categories. Read on.

And the nominees are:

Preschool Category – Best Animated Series
Bert & Ernie (Sesame Workshop)
Chloe’s Closet (Moonscoop)
Dive Olly Dive (Moonscoop)

Preschool Category – Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
Big & Small (Kindle Entertainment)
Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop)
Grandpa in My Pocket (BBC)

Preschool Category – Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Abby in Wonderland (Sesame Workshop)
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
Preschool Musical on a Stick (PBS Kids Sprout)

Preschool Category – Best Companion Website
Sid the Science Kid (KCET)
Are We There Yet? World Adventure (Sinking Ship Entertainment)
Big & Small Online (Kindle Entertainment)

Kids Category – Best Animated Series
League of Super Evil (Nerd Corps Entertainment)
Rollbots (Amberwood Entertainment)
Arthur (WGBH Educational Foundation)

Kids Category – Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
Clash (BBC)
The Elephant Princess (Jonathan M Shiff Productions)
FETCH! With Ruff Ruffman (WGBH Educational Foundation)

Kids Category – Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Newsround (BBC)
Barbie and the Three Musketeers (Mattel)
Tutenstein: Clash of the Pharoahs (PorchLight Entertainment)

Kids Category – Best Companion Website
Rollbots Online (Xenophile Media)
WordGirl (Scholastic Media)
The Electric Company website (Sesame Workshop)

Tweens/Teens Category – Best Animated Series
Total Drama Island (Cake Distribution)
My Life Me (TV-Loonland)
Di-Gata Defenders (Nelvana)

Tweens/Teens Category – Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
Life With Derek (Shaftesbury Films)
Lockie Leonard (Australian Children’s Television Foundation)
Escape From Scorpion Island (The Foundation TV Productions)

Tweens/Teens Category – Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Rhestr Nadolig Wil (S4C)
Aisling’s Diary (CR Entertainment)

Tweens/Teens Category – Best Companion Website
Design Squad (WGBH Interactive)
That’s So Weird! (Halifax Film, a DHX Media company)
The Next Star (Tricon Film & Television)

Family – Best Animated Series
Nadolig Plentyn yng Nghymru (S4C)
Miniscule (Futurikon)
Figaro Pho (ABC Commercial)

Family – Best Non-Animated Series
Canada’s Super Speller (Halifax Film, a DHX Media company)
Rownd a Rownd (S4C)
Design Squad (WGBH)

Family – Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Behind the Magic: Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince (Kindle Entertainment)
Booky’s Crush (Shaftesbury Films)
Dustbin Baby (Kindle Entertainment)

Family – Best Companion Website
Yo Gabba Gabba (Wildbrain)
Lumumba’s Playgound (Lumumba’s Playground LLC)

For more information, check out awards.kidscreen.com or summit.kidscreen.com.