South by Southwest Interactive has long been regarded as a breeding ground for innovation and creativity, but the Interactive Awards recognize the best of the best in a far more formal way.
Today, SXSW announced the finalists for the 17th annual awards show, including five projects in each of 15 categories. For the most part, the finalists all represent the best of their kind from 2013, but the Classic category recognizes innovations from years past.
Congratulations to all the finalists.
The 17th annual SXSW Interactive Awards ceremony will be held Tuesday, March 11, 7pm, at the Hilton Downton. Emcee this year is Nerdist’s Jessica Chobot. Also included in this year’s ceremony will be the induction of Joi Ito into the SXSW Interactive Festival Hall of Fame
Activism
Everyday Rebellion
Hollow
MicroLoan Charity Box
The Missing Person Pre-Roll
OFFSHORE
Amusement
KillSwitch App
OpenPool
Red Bull Rampage
RESIZE THAT SHIT
Say It With Bacon
Art
Disney Animated
Inventing Abstraction
Memory Palace
Pulse of the City
Ringbalin – River Stories
Business
Fly Delta App
Google Think Insights
Tillamook: A Naturally-Aged Story
Volkswagen SmileDrive
Work4Rich
Classic
deviantART
Illusion
ParkMe
This Exquisite Forest
Trulia Local
Community
CareSync
The Exchange
Folly Theater Center Screen
Quietest Show on Earth
University of Michigan Crisler Center Interactives
Educational Resource
Lifesaver
Make Your Money Matter
StrataLogica
Versal
WWF Together
Experimental
Fort McMoney
Gumulon
Papa Sangre II
Where is Danny Torrance?
Will Love Tear Us Apart
Film/TV
An Idea Lives On
Emilie
In Limbo
Perfect Storms Interactive
The Power Inside
Motion Graphics
Anytime.Anywhere.
The Defector
Find Your Way To Oz
The Greatest Action Movie Ever
The Walking Dead Chop Shop
Music
ACO VIRTUAL
John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes
Just a Reflektor
Marmoset
Rocking the Daisies
Personal
Jen.Lu
Pavlov Poke
ThrowBack
Voice Booth
The Well-Sequenced Synthesizer
Social Media
#TornadoWeek for The Weather Channel
Invisigram
The Little Red Logo That Transformed the Marriage Equality Narrative
Lowe’s Vine Fix in Six
Unbaby.me
Student
Geotunes
Heart of the High Country
Over Water Under Fire
Wechooze
What Matters to Us
Technical Achievement
Briggo Coffee Haus
Eyes on Exoplanets
KLM Space
Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX
Remote Control Tourist
Keep up with all our ongoing SXSW coverage at austinchronicle.com/sxsw.
This article appears in January 31 • 2014.