It was no easy task, to hand-pick the best among so many great entries, but the shortlist for the 2015 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards is finally live.

Public voting starts Wed Nov 18. Yes, along with our judges, you get to decide who wins.

Check out the list

We’ve divided the entries into several categories:

data-visualization - a singular viz (maybe with some slight interaction)

infographic - several data-visualisations along a theme or story

interactive - completely explorable viz

motion infographic - video meets data

data journalism - long form text and visualisation combined in an unfolding story

dataviz project - a piece that involves many different visualizations

dataviz website - the go-to place for inspiration and new work

commercial studio - who’s doing the best work?

free tool - software you can use to viz

Come back to vote starting Wednesday 18th Nov.

This year’s winners will be announced in London on 2nd December and share a $30,000 prize pot thanks for our beloved sponsors Kantar.

Good luck everyone!