2015 NEWI AWARDS FOR DIGITAL CREATIVITY CALLS FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN
Announcement posted by The Lunaticks Society Inc 28 Apr 2015
NEWCASTLE, NSW, April 28, 2015– The Lunaticks Society invites regional digital innovators to submit entries in 13 award categories and one nomination for an achievement award in the 2015 NEWi Awards for Digital Creativity.
The NEWi Awards celebrate the best digital innovation in online marketing, cloud computing, mobile application, and online content production in regional Australia. The Award is open to any regional business involved in designing, building, managing, maintaining, marketing or promoting a digital asset in Australia or overseas. And the winners receive a flip flop shaped award, better known as “The NEWi”.
NEW IDEAS + INNOVATION = NEWi
Now in its 5th year, the NEWi Awards has quickly grown to become the leading awards program for regional digital innovators, offering an outstanding platform to get the recognition regional innovators deserve, and the rewards of promoting to a wider Australian audience.
In 2014, the award program received a total of 123 entries across regional NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Past winners have included: VIMOC Technologies, BARTv, The Roar, Chinese Whispers Music, Futura Group, Newism and The Village of Useful.
The deadline for receipt of entries is Monday, 31st August 2015, with winners announced at the 2015 NEWi Awards Ceremony and Dinner in Newcastle on Friday, 2nd October 2015.
Awards are given in the following categories:
Best Website, Best Online News Publication, Best Digital Agency, Best Mobile App, Best Social Media Campaign, Best Tech Start-Up, Best Health Solution, Best Educational Solution, Best Retail Solution, Best Government Solution, Best Cloud Service, Best Tourism Solution, Best Online Video and The Joe Award.
Submission guidelines, applications, and more information can be found at http://www.thelunatickssociety.com.au/newi-awards/.
ABOUT THE LUNATICKS SOCIETY INC
The Lunaticks Society is an incorporated association with over 200 member’s that champion digital innovation and new ideas.
The Lunaticks Society is named after a dinner club and informal group of prominent industrialists, natural philosophers and intellectuals, who met regularly between 1765 and 1813 in Birmingham, England to debate the new thinking of the industrial revolution.
They were called Lunar Society of Birmingham and its members cheerfully referred to themselves as “Lunaticks.” Rather than steam engines and cotton mills, our bunch of Lunaticks discuss the digital revolution.
Anyone passionate about digital innovation can become a member, whether a marketer, web designer, software or mobile app developer, tech start-up, filmmaker, academic, gamer, business leader, or a digital lover.
With over 50 talks, workshops, social events, conferences and award events annually, The Lunaticks Society provides access to a network of like-minded peoples who are driving innovation in regional Australia.
For enquiries and more information, or to become a media partner, contact;
Gordon Whitehead,
Society President
0410 596698
Gordon@thelunatickssociety.com.au