SXSW Interactive Web Awards Announces Winners

SXSW Interactive Web Awards Announces Winners

12th Annual SXSW Interactive Web Awards Ceremony honors forward thinking technology

AUSTIN, Texas, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 15, the SXSW Web Awards, sponsored by Adobe, honored 20 of the top Web developers and designers chosen from hundreds of entries submitted across the world. Baratunde Thurston, editor of the The Onion and clever political commentator for popular destinations such as Jack & Jill Politics, The Huffington Post, DailyKos and his own site baratunde.com, emceed the 2009 Web Awards Ceremony, which named winners in 20 content categories, including "People's Choice" and "Best of Show."

"As the Interactive festival sees exciting growth year after year, we are continually amazed by the highly innovative companies that submit entries for the Web Awards," explained SXSW Web Awards Producer, Shawn O'Keefe. "We would like to applaud all the 2009 Web Awards winners and are thrilled to see what the future holds for each of these companies." For a complete list of Web Awards winner, see the below list or visit the SXSW site here: http://sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/winners.

   Activism   Tweet Congress   tweetcongress.org    Amusement   Addictionary   addictionary.org    Art   Things I Have Learned in my Life, So Far   thingsihavelearnedinmylife.com    Blog   The Bygone Bureau   bygonebureau.com    Business   Jasmax   jasmax.com    Classic   Flickr   flickr.com    Community   Lost Zombies   lostzombies.com    CSS   ProjectMiso   projectmiso.net    Educational Resource   The Cycle   explorethecycle.com    Experimental   We Tell Stories   wetellstories.co.uk    Film/TV   Hulu   hulu.com    Games   Why So Serious? The Dark Knight Alternate Reality Game   www.alternaterealitybranding.com/tdk_sxsw    Mobile   Gigotron   www.gigotron.com    Motion Graphics   NVIDIA Speak Visual   www.speakvisual.com    Music   James Zabiela   jameszabiela.com    Personal Portfolio   Ali Felski   alifelski.com    Student   Modernity Spirit of Experimentation   www.pedrovillegas.net/modernity    Technical Achievement   Aviary   a.viary.com    People's Choice Award   Lost Zombies   lostzombies.com    Best of Show   We Tell Stories   wetellstories.co.uk     About SXSW Interactive Festival  

Scheduled March 13-17 in Austin, Texas, the 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival provides practical how-to information as well as unparalleled career inspiration, bringing together some of emerging technology's most creative thinkers. The event features five days of keynote sessions, more than 200 panels, the SXSW Web Awards, the Interactive and Film Trade Show & Exhibition, the ScreenBurn Arcade, the Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW, and dozens of exciting evening events. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the brightest personalities of emerging technology. For more information on SXSW Interactive, visit sxsw.com/interactive.

   CONTACT:   Tammy Lynn Gilmore   Press + Publicity, SXSW Interactive   Office Phone: 512-467-7979 x.217   E-mail: tammy@sxsw.com  

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CONTACT: Tammy Lynn Gilmore, Press + Publicity of SXSW Interactive,
+1-512-467-7979, ext. 217, tammy@sxsw.com

Web Site: http://www.sxsw.com/interactive

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