The 2005 SXSW Web Awards
Uncovering the Best New Sites
The 2005 SXSW Web Awards continues to focus on digitial innovators who push the boundaries of creativity in the online world.
The competition is focused primarily on sites that went active or were redesigned in the last twelve months.
$1000+ Prize Package for Best of Show
This year the Best of Show winner will receive a package of tech-related prizes and goodies worth more than $1000 including a complimentary travel package. This travel package provides a Platinum Pass for SXSWeek 2006, four nights hotel in Austin, and a round-trip domestic air ticket on American Airlines (subject to rules and restrictions). Air portion of package can be used for non-SXSW travel. Hotel stay and air travel must be completed by March 21, 2006.
2004 Web Awards Ceremony photo by Mike Slone, dailyexperience.com.
Judging Information
The SXSW Web Awards are judged in two separate rounds. After all entries are received, the first round of judging selects a group of five finalists in each of the categories. The second round of judging picks the top site from each of these groups of finalists.
Websites are judged on the following five criteria: visual design, functionality, interactivity, content and creativity. Entries are given a score of between 1 and 10 in each of these criteria and the finalist sites are those that achieve the highest cumulative score.
As the panel of judges are comprised of individuals from around the country and across the world, all judging is accomplished via a special, online interface.
2005 Web Awards Judges
Judges for the 2005 Web Awards included: John Allsopp (Westciv), Jason Arber (pixelsurgeon.com), Adriana de Barros (scene360.com), Michael Brown (ventilate.ca), Stuart Constantine (core77.com), Nicholas Da Silva (zoolook.com), Drew Davidson (waxebb.com), Michael Dowidowicz (urbancollective.com), Trevor Dodd (trevordodd.com), Clay Ferguson (factor27.com), Robert Ford (favouritewebsiteawards.com), Carole Guevin (netdiver.net), Karen Ingram (krening.com), Seabrook Jones (seabrooktv.com), Yul B. Karel (creativebehavior.com), Nikolai Nolan (fairvue.com), Paul Ortchanian (reflektions.com), Francis A. Preve (fap7.com), Shawn Pucknell (flashinthecan.com), Maxine Sherrin (Westciv), and Alan Watts (pixeltees.com).
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2005 WINNERS REVEALED!
This just in! We are pleased to announce the 2005 Web Awards Winners -- all sites that have launched or been completely redesigned in the past year.
Style Master to Present Web Awards
We're very excited to announce that this year's Web Awards will be presented by Style Master,
the leading cross platform tool for creating style sheets and styling web sites.
The winners of the Best of Show and People's Choice awards will receive Style Master software as part of their prize packages. FIND OUT MORE »
Laura Swisher to Emcee Web Awards Ceremony on March 13
We are excited to announce that comedian Laura Swisher will 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."
Scheduled for Sunday evening, March 13 at the brand-new Downtown Hilton Hotel, the Web Awards Party and Ceremony is a fun-filled get-together that you don't want to miss. Attendees are treated to a complimentary buffet of food and refreshments, then entertained with an assortment of over-the-top geek humor during the Ceremony itself. This is the showcase evening event of the SXSW Interactive Festival.
TECHNOLOGY PARTNER
