We're excited to announce the finalists of the 2011 SXSW ScreenBurn Independent Propeller Awards presented by indiePub. The Independent Propeller Awards is offering $150,000 in total prizes and the chance for video game titles to be published by indiePub through their sponsor, Zoo Publishing at SXSW. These category winners will be provided with flights and accommodations to demo their games at the indiePub stand in the 2011 SXSW ScreenBurn Arcade.

Finalists of SXSW ScreenBurn Independent Propeller Awards Presented by indiePub and their winning submissions:

The Uncanny Fish Hunt (Uncanny Games) – An adventure game where players take on the role of Siméon, to fight an unleashed ocean.
Skinny (Thomas Brush) – An exploration and adventure game where players help Skinny, a skinny freak, save the apocalyptic world from their minds.
Chewy (Happy Candy Co.) – A 2D platformer in which players control Chewy, a sticky piece of gum.
CREO (Peter Angstadt) - A physics puzzle game in which players must create and experiment to succeed by helping Creo and his friends home from school each day.
Deep Sea (Robin Arnott) - An audio-only game, where players lose their vision and hearing and are plunged into a world of blackness occupied only by the sound of their own breathing and the rumbles made by unseen terrors.
Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers (Black Pants Game Studio) – A story of a thief who had stolen our hero's most valued possession - a pair of underpants.
GLiD (GLiD) - A single player ambient exploration game where a small robot is tasked with exploring and restoring an abandoned world.

Please join us for the 1st Independent Propeller Awards Reception Sponsored by Intel on Sunday, March 13 from 4:00pm–5:00pm at the Austin Convention Center Ballroom G Foyer & Balcony.

The finalist categories (Best Art, Best Audio, Best Design, Technical Excellence, Unity Development and Intel Innovation), grand-prize winner and prizes of the indiePub game design competition will be awarded at the 1st Independent Propeller Awards Presented by indiePub on Sunday, March 13, from 5:00pm-6:00pm on the Day Stage in the Austin Convention Center.

See you at the game design competition Awards!

Click here for the full press release: March 4, 2011 - SXSW ScreenBurn Announces Finalists of First-Time Independent Game Competition and Awards

Contributed by Lindsay Muse