The 19th Annual w3 Awards

Early Entry Deadline
May 3rd, 2024

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Illuminating Brilliance in Digital Experiences, Content and Creativity

Winner Story:
Facing Life

Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw and photographer/ filmmaker Brandon Tauszik teamed up on the multimedia website project Facing Life, sharing the stories of eight individuals who were released from life sentences in California prisons. Pendarvis and Brandon recorded the former inmates’ experiences as they readjust to life outside after decades inside prison.

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Juror Spotlight:
Pavel Tahil

Meet AIVA Juror Pavel Tahil, a seasoned Senior Product Designer and UX Researcher at EPAM Systems with over nine years of experience shaping impactful digital products for leading tech companies. We sat down with him to hear his take on noCode technologies, his AI-driven healthcare dream project, and the w3 Awards categories he’s excited to review this season.

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Winner Spotlight:
A.S. Watson

How do you create a seamless digital shopping experience for your customers, when your product depends on experiencing it IRL? Beauty retailer A.S. Watson rose to the challenge when creating the mobile app for their acclaimed perfume and cosmetics brand, Marionnaud. Check out their award-winning app now.

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Award Categories

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Websites

Websites, microsites, or webpages created to promote a service, product, message, or brand.
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Online Marketing

The business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.
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Social

Content and marketing that leverage the power of social platforms to communicate and interact with its targeted audience.
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Mobile Sites & Apps

Applications, websites, and any other digital media created for mobile devices.
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Web Video

Recording, reproducing, or broadcasting of moving images within Branded Content, Features, General and VR/360 categories.
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Podcasts

Downloadable digital audio in a variety of unique categories within three category types: Features, General Series and Mini-Series & Specials.
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Emerging Tech

Work that leverages new and non-traditional formats, including AI, AR, VR, new commerce forms, virtual world, immersive video and hybrid experiences.
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Meet the Jury

The w3 Awards are sanctioned by the esteemed members of the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) - an accomplished group of professionals with demonstrable expertise in all categories they review.

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Sun Yi

Founder, Night Owls & Night Owl Nation

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Megan Gilbert

VP, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Fortune Media

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Dominic Lawson

Podcast Host, Editor, and Producer, OWLS, LLC

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2023 Gold Winners

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March 2022 Small Business Newsletter by Bank of America - Enterprise Creative Solutions

Marketing: Email Marketing
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China Telecom Corporation Limited by China Telecom Corporation Limited

Mobile Apps & Sites: Reference & eBooks
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Reconstruction 360
by South Carolina ETV

Emerging Tech: Virtual & Immersive Experiences - Immersive Brand Experience
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He's Back! by Freaner Creative

Video: Branded Entertainment - Animation
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Mellon Foundation
by Work & Co

Websites: Features - Best User Interface
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The McKinsey Podcast: The rising risk of a global food crisis by McKinsey & Co

Podcasts: Episodes & Specials - Business & Consulting
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