Austin, TX - (PromotionWorld) - December 13, 2004 - Only one week left to enter the 2005 South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Web Awards by its deadline, December 17. SXSW Interactive is calling all Web developers, designers and digital artists to submit their latest online work to the 2005 Web Awards, the premier evening event of the SXSW Interactive Festival. The annual Web site competition honors top digital innovators and creatives who continue to push the boundaries in Web development and design.
The categories for submission include: Amusement, Art, Blog, Business: For-Profit, Business: Green/Non-Profit, CSS, Classic, Community/Wiki, Educational Resource, Experimental, Film/TV, Flash, Music, Personal Portfolio, Student and Technical Achievement. Additional awards are given for "People's Choice" and "Best in Show." Winners in over seventeen categories, as well as the "People's Choice" and "Best in Show" award will be revealed at the 2005 Web Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 13.
For in-depth information on Web site categories, rules, and submission details please see http://2005.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/.
"The SXSW Web Awards uncover the most innovative and imaginative new sites on the Web," explains Shawn O'Keefe, SXSW Web Awards Coordinator. "The competition helps promote the incredible creativity that makes this medium so exciting...this creativity is what SXSW Interactive is all about."
This year the SXSW Web Awards are offering a prize package to the "Best of Show" winner, valued at more than $1000 and growing. The prize package will be filled with tech-related prizes, along with a travel package for the 2006 SXSW Festival, which includes a platinum pass, four nights hotel accommodation in Austin, as well as a round-trip domestic ticket on American Airlines. Winners of The "Best of Show" award is given to the judges' favorite finalist site from the competition.
Comedian Laura Swisher is scheduled to emcee the 2005 Web Awards Ceremony. Well known for her work on the "Unscrewed with Martin Sargent" show on G4techTV and from her appearances on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and NBC's "Last Comic Standing," she performs stand-up throughout Los Angeles at local hotspots such as The Improv and The Laugh Factory.
"I'm psyched to emcee the Web Awards Ceremony this year," states Laura Swisher. "It's truly an honor to be involved with SXSW Interactive and the incredible talent that attends this kick ass event, and I can only hope I'm geek enough to do them justice. The nominees will be simply amazing and blow you away with their creativity."
SXSW Interactive Festival
Scheduled March 11-15, the SXSW Interactive Festival brings together uber-geeks and digital creatives from around the world for four days of keynote speeches, panels, the iF! Trade Show & Exhibition, and numerous exciting evening activities. Confirmed speakers at this years event include prominent industry leaders and authors who will address topics ranging from web design standards to social networks to the state of convergent media in today's economy and beyond.
Now in its twelfth year, this unique event brings together top-notch developers, cutting-edge designers and out-of-the-box thinkers to share their ideas about how interactive technology will shape our future. Also featured at the festival are the SXSW Web Awards, one of the web's leading interactive media competitions.