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The Horizon Interactive Awards is a prestigious international competition recognizing outstanding achievement among interactive media producers.

In January of each year, the Horizon Interactive Awards receives hundreds of entries from all over the world. A panel of industry professionals, from diverse multi-media, graphic design and marketing backgrounds, review the entries to determine the work that is to be recognized. Entries are given either a Gold, Silver, Bronze, and in some cases honorable mention award distinctions. All Gold winners are eligible for the Best of Category and Best of Show award (the Horizon Interactive Awards highest honor).


You've heard the expression, "giving credit where credit is due," well that's our reason for being. Horizon honors the most talented developers of interactive media. The competition provides a level playing field to all participants regardless of company size. Often, smaller firms and individual developers produce outstanding work that never receives the recognition it deserves. Our mission is to shed the spotlight on that work and the people who made it happen.

Our Business Philosophy: Quite simply, we're working for you. Through a very customer focused approach, we'll do whatever it takes to help show the world how great your work is!


The 5th annual competition did not disappoint anyone. The entry field nearly doubled again and competition was fierce in all categories. Judges were encouraged to see a clear balance of form and function for real world solutions that matter. Entries were received from 17 countries including: Australia, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, and Nearly all 50 US States. NEW FOR 2006 were the Intranet / Internal Communication, News and Magazine, and Video / Short Film categories.


A milestone for the competition, 2005 nearly doubled the 2004 entry field. Entries were received from: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom and nearly all 50 US states. Not only were the numbers up and thus the level of competition, the quality and diversity of the entry pool was outstanding. Judges saw a renewed emphasis on graphic design and overall creativity in conjunction with the delivery of a clear message and purpose. Added for 2005 were the Video Game, Political and Banner ad/ Email categories.

Building on the successes of the 2003 competition, 2004 marked the largest and most diverse entry field to date. The overall competition was restructured to include special awards of distinction including: Best of Show, Best of Category (for all 8 categories), Best Use of Video, Best Use of Audio and the International Award of Distinction for entries that originated outside the USA A new Education / Training category was also added to honor outstanding achievement in media that contained educational value.

The 2003 competition was a large and competitive entry field. Again, the Horizon Interactive Awards received hundreds of entries from all over the world including: Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and over 20 states in the USA. New for 2003 was the Flash category which featured some innovative and unique animation solutions. In 2003, the HIA become a sponsor of the FlashKit Conference in San Jose, California. This sponsorship renews the emphasis on furthering the recognition to designers and developers who creatively use Flash as a part of their interactive media toolkit.

The Inaugural 2002 international awards competition received hundreds of entries from many countries including: USA, Germany, Mexico, and Norway. While the 2002 competition was a huge success, it was merely the beginning in what will be a long tradition of providing recognition to deserving interactive media developers all over the world. Budgets and promotions were limited but the competition was able to recognize some top notch work from talented designers and developers. The first Horizon Interactive Awards
 
 
 
 
     
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