On March 15, the SXSW Web Awards, sponsored by Adobe, honored 20 of the top Web developers and designers chosen from hundreds of entries submitted across the world. Baratunde Thurston, editor of the The Onion and clever political commentator for popular destinations such as Jack & Jill Politics, The Huffington Post, DailyKos and his own site baratunde.com, emceed the 2009 Web Awards Ceremony, which named winners in 20 content categories, including “People’s Choice” and “Best of Show.”

“As the Interactive festival sees exciting growth year after year, we are continually amazed by the highly innovative companies that submit entries for the Web Awards,” explained SXSW Web Awards Producer, Shawn O’Keefe. “We would like to applaud all the 2009 Web Awards winners and are thrilled to see what the future holds for each of these companies.” For a complete list of Web Awards winner, see the below list or visit the SXSW site here: https://sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/winners.