Due to scheduling issues, the Ideas 6 seminar event in Brisbane has been postponed until next February. As well as two speakers, the Australian Web Awards finalists from Queensland and South Australia were going to be announced at this event – so we’re letting the cat out of the bag now!
The finalists are:
Media Category:
Richard Slatter (QLD) – Wotnews
Brascoe Publishing (SA) – Metal As F**k
Not for Profit:
Propeller Global (QLD) – Anglican Parish of Waterloo Bay
The full list of all 2009 finalists can be viewed here.
Congratulations to all of our very talented finalists! The winners will be announced at a black tie dinner (with a web twist) on November 6 at the Novotel in Perth. Tickets available now!
How come QLD and SA only got finalists for 2 categories?
Hi Alan, Sorry I didn’t see your comment earlier, it was stuck in the moderation queue.
As this was the first year the awards were opened up outside of WA, we had a hard time convincing eastern states companies to submit their work – whereas the WA crowd has been conditioned over the last four years to enter ALL of their best work.
In the end, around 25% of the entrants were from the Eastern states, and one third of the finalists were non-WA.
The committee is hoping that next year, the split will be a much better repreesntation of Australia’s web talent.