The Australian Web Industry Awards 2021
Hosted on the Gold Coast Australia
The Australian Web Awards champions technical excellence across all digital disciplines in the web industry.
This year our event will be held at the incredible Q1. Offering a private space 230m in the sky with 360 degrees views, Level 78, has breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean, the shimmering sands of Surfers Paradise, sparkling lights of the Gold Coast city and the lush green of the Gold Coast hinterland. Join us for a pre dinner champagne from 6:00pm to watch the sun go down, before the event begins at 7pm.
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Be awarded for your impactful and creative digital work
When you enter the Australian Web Awards, you’ll get more than just a pat on the back from your colleagues and clients. It’s your opportunity to truly celebrate all the hard work and dedication you put into delivering out of this world digital work.
Our esteemed awards judges are industry experts and practicing professionals, so they understand the nuances of what you do. The rigorous and detailed judging criteria ensure that only the best of the best walk away with one of our coveted trophies.
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Meet some of your award-winning industry leaders
For more than a decade AWIA has been celebrating the amazing work that happens in the Australian web industry. Take a scroll down memory lane to see some of last year’s winning entries.
A short history of the awards
The Australian Web Awards showcase outstanding work by Australian web designers and developers.
The Australian Web Awards archive is the place to go to see past finalists, award-winning entries and innovative digital projects.
Do you work in digital? You won’t want to miss the Edge of the Web. Held in conjunction with the Australian Web Awards, this one day conference is designed to profile amazing work, explore current trends and create opportunities to connect and expand your network.
Edge of the Web
Friday 21 May, 2021
Time: A full day event from 9am to 5pm, followed by drinks
Location: COHORT, Southport, QLD.
COVID backup plan: The event will be live streamed regardless, but if we can't travel, we'll host the entire event via Zoom and you can present from the comfort of your own home or office.
Theme: "What's Next?" which is a nod to the bizarre year that was 2020 but with a focus on where we are now and the state of digital in Australia for the years to come.
Damian Hinks, Performance Consultant, Philotimo Global
Alex Skougarevskaya, Design Lead, Atlassian
Michael Kent, CEO, Slate Accounts
Harry Sanders, Director, Studiohawk
Haley Berryman, Cool Wow Collective
AWIA MEMBER DISCOUNT - Current Members receive a 10% discount on ticket prices. Contact AWIA today for your members only discount code to use for Edge of The Web seminar and the 2021 Australian Web Awards dinner.
Here’s how it works
The Australian Web Awards moves through three phases every year, which are:
- Entries are invited for a period of time (typically one month) in February of the award year
- When entries close, judging commences, and will run for upwards of a month, during March
- And lastly, finalists are announced in April to coincide with the release of information for our annual Edge of the Web conference, held the day before the Awards Gala event.
Once you’ve submitted your entry, it needs to pass through two stages:
An initial check to make sure entries meet the awards guidelines, then a second stage of rigourous judging.