Two SXSW Deadlines Extended to Nov 18!

The Forrest Four-Cast: November 15, 2018

If you are someone who waits until the last minute to fill out applications, then today is your lucky day! The entry deadline for both SXSW Pitch and the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards have been extended to 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, November 18.

If you are involved with a startup that wants to make the most of the March Magic platform, then you should apply to SXSW Pitch. For 2019, entries are accepted in 10 different categories. Know that the application process for this competition is incredibly competitive, which means that finalists represent some of the world’s top entrepreneurial talent. To this end, SXSW Pitch finalists have raised over $5 billion in funding since 2009.

Click here to read interviews with SXSW Pitch winners from 2018.

If you have a recently-released digital project, then the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards are for you. This competition accepts entries in 13 different categories ranging from “AI & Machine Learning” to “Health, Med, & BioTech” to “New Economy” to “Robotics and Hardware” to “Style & Wearable Tech” to “VR, AR & MR.” The top entries in each category are invited to display their projects at the Finalist Showcase on Saturday, March 9.

The deadline extension to end of day on November 18 is the final extension — no applications will be accepted after 11:59 pm Pacific Time on Sunday. If you want to get your startup or your cool digital project involved with SXSW 2019, don’t delay any longer in finishing the entry forms!

More Austin events for the week of November 15

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Nov 15: Bleeding Edge Web Meet Up

Nov 15: IBM Watson Cognitive Tech Meet Up

Nov 15: Product Management Foundations 101 Training Workshop

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Nov 15: Austin Cloud Technology Meetup Hosted by IBM

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Nov 16: Radha Agrawa Book Reading

Nov 16: Origin Protocol Austin Demo and Meet Up: Road to Mainnet

More Upcoming Austin Events

Nov 27–28: Solar Business Festival

Nov 28: Janis Powers Book Reading

Nov 28: Campfire Entrepreneur Networking: Tech Ranch and IncubatorCTX

Dec 4: Keyholder 2018: She Is Key

Dec 7: Deadline to Save $300 on SXSW Registration Fees

Jan 26: Smart City Saturday Teen-Only Hackathon

May 7: Philanthropitch Austin

Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.

Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.