Open Web Design - Contests

Second Open Source Web Design Contest

Official rules and information about the contest

Open Web Design is hosting a web design contest for designers of all ages from all around the world as a way to show off design talent and to have some fun.

Prizes

1st place - $1000
2nd place - $600
3rd place - $400
(Cash is in USD. Must be able to receive PayPal, US postal, or other electronic payment at contestant's cost.)

Judging
Judging will begin on April 2nd and judges will be given up to 2 weeks to announce the winners.

This contest's judges will be Shay, and Dmitry Nekrasov, Business Development Manager of WebHostingGeeks.

Criteria

Design: The requirements set forth for designers for this contest include the following: the website design must be considered Web 2.0 and the site's theme must have a definite tie to the spring season.
Accessibility/Usability: Basic techniques to enhance usability need to be used throughout the whole design. Clearly label links and images for easy use in both text and graphical browsers. Only one HTML page is required per submission, but links should be placed so users can easily navigate a full website. Your design should also be usable on a number of different platforms and screen resolutions.
Code Quality: Judges will go through code for each entry, so having properly formatted code will help them. All entries will validate on the w3 validator, no exceptions. Using bandwidth efficiently to display your HTML and graphics will get more points, but that doesn't mean that the smaller designs will get always get more points. Using CSS classes for better modifiability is a bonus as well.

This criteria is to give designers an idea of what is expected, but judges may deviate from the criteria if they choose.

Rules

Deadline for entries is Sunday, April 1st 2008.
After the contest designs will be distributed like regular Open Web Design designs.
All designs must be an original work (ie. created by the designer) and released into public domain.
One entry per person.
No Javascript/Flash.
All designs must validate on validator.w3.org.
Images are allowed, but must total less than 60KB and not contain any text.

See the "Enter Contest" link on the user page for more details and the entry form.

Any questions/comments please contact MonkeyMan.