Outer-space Hashtag honored by Webbys: #AMessageToTheMartians

NEW YORK - April 13, 2015 - PRLog -- Mickael Korvin announced today that he has been honored for Best Social/Weird in the 19th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners, is comprised of web industry experts, including Tumblr founder, David Karp, Grantland’s Bill Simmons, Lucky Magazine’s Editor-in-chief, Eva Chen, Instagram co-founder, Kevin Systrom, mobile phone inventor Martin Cooper, and and creator of the .gif file format, Steve Wilhite.

Mickael Korvin is a published American author who writes in French, except on Twitter.

He launched his #AMessageToTheMartians hastag when Curiosity landed on the Red Planet, on August 6th 2012, and has been relentlessly sending funny and scary, ultra-creative messages up there ever since.

“Honorees like Mickael Korvin are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of The Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 13,000 entries we received this year.”

About Mickael Korvin
In early 2012, Korvin published a novel, Journal d'une cause perdue, which formed part of his campaign (which has been called 'korvinism') to abolish accents, capital letters and all punctuation from written language, specifically the French language.His campaign gained notoriety in France as a result of a promotional video Korvin filmed with a rapper who threatened to sexually violate grammarian and member of the Académie Française Érik Orsenna. During the video, Korvin called Orsenna a "dictator of grammar" who is "killing the French language."

About The Webby
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video, Mobile Sites & Apps, and Social. Established in 1996, The Webby Awards received nearly 13,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide this year. The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Grey Goose, Vitamin T, Shocase, Engine Yard, Funny or Die, Advertising Age, Percolate, Mashable, Business Insider, Internet Week New York and Guardian News and Media.