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CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/30/13 -- Digital Alberta is pleased to announce the 2013 finalists for the annual Digital Alberta Awards. The finalists have been selected from a pool of over 100 excellent nominees in 16 categories spanning from Best Digital Startup, to Best Animation and Special Effects, to Best Digital Philanthropy Innovation.

The awards program is designed to recognize leaders in innovation, creativity and the evolving digital media sector in Alberta. A full list of nominees and categories are detailed below.

The ceremony will take place at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton on June 2nd, 2013 from 5:30-9:30 pm. The 2013 Digital Alberta awards are sponsored by CMF, Robots and Pencils, Alberta Film, Yellow Pencil, Pixel Blue, Graphos, Norton Rose, LiftInteractive, BenefitDeck, Grant Macewan, Strong Coffee Marketing and Achilles/nextMEDIA. Additional sponsors include: AccleratorYYC, BucketDuck Inc, Calder Bateman, Chelsea Klukas Creative, Device Media, Guru Digital Arts College, Innovate Calgary, Marketwire and The Agency.

Commenting on the awards, Digital Alberta President Michelle Sklar said, "Now in our third year, we are excited to see the breadth and variety of nominees has once again expanded. Our awards categories have allowed us to again include companies that may not traditionally be considered in the realm of digital media, but have pioneered much advancement in the space both nationally and globally. We are thrilled to recognize the 'Best in Breed' in Alberta based companies."

To purchase a ticket to attend the 2013 Digital Alberta awards visit www.awards.digitalalberta.com.

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                    Digital Alberta 2013 Awards Finalists
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Community and Education
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Best in Student Interactive Digital     - Jetpack Kitty, Orest Nazarewycz
 Media and Creative Design              - St. Albert Farmers Market, Novus
                                        Design
                                        - Warped Simulacra, Jasmine Abbey
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Best in E-learning                      - Iris Student Learning Portal,
                                        Calgary Board of Education
                                        - Discover Entrepreneurship!, Robots
                                        and Pencils Inc
                                        - Solar Energy Defenders, MindFuel
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Best Digital Media Leader - Community   - Duane Szafron, GRAND NCE
 Leader, Educator, Program Leader, or
 Department Head
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Philanthropy
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Best in Digital Philanthropy            - Illuminate 2012, Edmonton on the
 Innovation                             Edge
                                        - Charity App Challenge - A Hack-a-
                                        thon for Good, Charity App Challenge
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Film, Television and Gaming
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Best in Cross-platform Content          - Sketch 3D, GRAND NCE
                                        - Who is the Rooster?, Rocketfuel
                                        Games
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Best Use of Film, Animation or          - Painted Black, CH Video &
 Special FX                             Photography Inc
                                        - Tarot Giraf, Alberta College of
                                        Art and Design
                                        - AcclerateAB, Amplomedia
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Best in Gaming                          - Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition,
                                        IdeaSpark Labs
                                        - Atari Arcade, gskinner.com
                                        - Spy vs. Spy, Robots and Pencils
                                        Inc
                                        - Mythic Mountain, Decoder
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Software, Mobile and Startups
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Combined Hardware & Software            - Win50 Raffle System, DevFacto
 Experience                             - Simulation Tools for Medical
                                        Training, GRAND NCE
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Mobile Entertainment                    - Pop Quiz Show, Uppercut
                                        - Indie Shuffle, Uppercut
                                        - Global TV, Robots and Pencils Inc
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Mobile Applications                     - MacEwan Lib, Grant MacEwan
                                        University
                                        - FastCab
                                        - BeauCoo
                                        - HazPad Mobile Application,
                                        DevFacto
                                        - Global TV, Robots and Pencils Inc
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Best In E-Commerce Solutions            - Backside Tours Drupal
                                        Redevelopment, Yellow Pencil
                                        - Win50 Raffle System, DevFacto
                                        - 2BIT, Uppercut
                                        - Blame Betty, Cornerstone
                                        Technologies
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Best Digital Startup                    - PlayingUpHockey.com
                                        - BeauCoo
                                        - VitAlert, Graphos
                                        - MakeFashion
                                        - Versett
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Design and Creative
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Best Digital Design                     - Alberta Canada Web Redesign,
                                        Yellow Pencil
                                        - Surficial Geology of Alberta,
                                        Energy Resources Conservation
                                        Board/Alberta Geological Survey
                                        - A visualized history of the
                                        Edmonton Oilers, Edmonton Journal
                                        - ARC Resources Corporate
                                        Responsibility Report, ZGM
                                        Collaborative Marketing
                                        - Versett Digital, Versett
                                        - Make Something Edmonton, Lift
                                        Interactive Inc
                                        - Calgary Stampede Website,
                                        nonfiction studios inc
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Marketing and Social Media
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Best In Social Media                    - Alberta Battle, Versett
                                        - EV Now, Evans Hunt Group
                                        - Make Something Edmonton, Lift
                                        Interactive Inc
                                        - Market Mall Role Mothers, ZGM
                                        Collaborative Marketing
                                        - Sweet Social - A Candy Campaign,
                                        InkPlot
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B2C Innovation                          - Bay of Quinte Tourism: Leisure
                                        Travel Website, Cult Collective
                                        - Beaucoo, BeauCoo
                                        - Connecting You to Edmonton's Past
                                        - Interactive Bus Bench Campaign,
                                        Strong Coffee Marketing
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Best Digital Advertising/Marketing      - The Big Burn, ZGM Collaborative
 Campaign                               Marketing
                                        - Celebrating Student Life, ZGM
                                        Collaborative Marketing
                                        - HCOM: Programs & Service, Lift
                                        Interactive Inc
                                        - Edmonton Public Art, Lift
                                        Interactive Inc
                                        - NoHomophobes.com, Calder Bateman
                                        Communications
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About Digital Alberta:

Digital Alberta is an industry-led organization devoted to promoting and connecting the thriving digital media community across Alberta, Canada. Through professional development workshops, advocacy work, education, event, and business development activity, Digital Alberta is building the digital media industry provincially and promoting it abroad.

The digital media industry is defined as the creative convergence of digital arts, science, technology and business for human expression, communication, social interaction, and education. The industry spans several disciplines, including but not limited to: audio, video, game design, animation, modeling, simulation, and interactive design.

In Alberta, digital media is considered a key contributor to the provincial ICT industry which is made up of 6,300 companies, 57,000 employees, and generating over $450 million in annual revenues. Areas of key growth in Alberta's digital media industry include: social media content and applications, interactive entertainment, content and applications for mobile devices, e-learning and games for training and education, interactive marketing, and finally standards-based web design and development.