Ton de Leeuw International Competition for Young Composers

Dear Friends,

I wish to notify the young composers that only 15days remain until September 5, 2008 - the deadline of sending applications to the
International Competition for Young Composers ‘’Ton de Leeuw 2008′’.

1). The Jury will select 12 works that will be performed (Asmus Ensemble, dir. Alqi Lepuri; Concert Hall, Academy of Arts, Tirana) in 24, 25, 26 November 2008.
a. 6 works will be performed in November 24; b. 6 works will be performed in November 25;
c. In the Final Night Concert will be performed the 6 best works (from the 12 selected and performed formerly) and the prizes will be announced:
First Prize / Ton de Leeuw: 1000€; Second Prize / Ton de Leeuw: 800€; Third Prize / Ton de Leeuw: 600€; Special Prize / AELFIOR EDITIONS: 200 €

2). The performed works of the participant composers will be recorded and the authors will receive a CD copy of the recording.

3). These performed works will also be TV recorded and broadcasted.

4). The 12 selected works (after an agreement with the authors/composers) will be published by AELFIOR EDITIONS (www.aelfior.com) and the authors will receive a copy of their published/edited work; from their distribution the authors/composers will earn 15% from each sold score/publication.

6). The formation (single/partial/solo, combinations or full mode) is: Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet. Piano, String quartet.

Best regards,
Prof. Aleksander Peçi

President of AELFIOR
www.aelfior.com
association@aelfior.com

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Competition calls for young composers to showcase talent

The AIYF Compose! competition is calling for musically gifted youngsters to submit scores for the contest ahead of the deadline for submissions on 1 September 2008. String quartet compositions of between five to ten minutes duration are invited for the competition, which will see the winning entrant's work performed as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival 2009.

(Media-Newswire.com) - The AIYF Compose! competition is calling for musically gifted youngsters to submit scores for the contest ahead of the deadline for submissions on 1 September 2008.

String quartet compositions of between five to ten minutes duration are invited for the competition, which will see the winning entrant's work performed as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival 2009.

This is the first time the competition has been made open to youngsters aged between 13 and 21 years old from throughout Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

Five finalists will be shortlisted for the competition and given the opportunity to participate in a one day workshop under the guidance of leading international composer Judith Wear.

The workshop will culminate in a performance of the shortlisted pieces by one of Scotland's leading string quartets, The Alba Quartet, during the Aberdeen Music Prize Weekend in October. An eventual winner will be chosen following the workshop, whose composition will be performed as part of the next year's Aberdeen International Youth Festival 2009.

AIYF Compose! is hosted by The University of Aberdeen Music Prize and Aberdeen International Youth Festival with funding support from Aberdeen City Council.

Closing date for submissions to the competition is 5pm on Monday 1 September 2008.

For further information about the competition and application details visit www.abdn.ac.uk/aberdeenmusicprize, email : musicprize@abdn.ac.uk or call 01224 273874.

ENDS

Notes to Editors:

Issued by the Communications Team, Office of External Affairs, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen. Tel: ( 01224 ) 272014.

Issued on: Thursday 21st of August 2008

Ref : 222compose
Contact : Kelly Cromar

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Sonify Mindtrek for 7000 Euros price money

This competition is not mentioning sound or music, but their interest in location- and context-aware mobile and ubiquitous media, and their mentioning of artistic works might make it worthwhile to submit some mobile sound and music projects- go on, sonify mindtrek!

Call to participate in the

2nd Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Awards Competition (7000 Euros)

MindTrek Conference
October 7-9, 2008 | Tampere, Finland

DEADLINE: 12th September 2008 16:00

The Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Awards is an international competition arranged by MindTrek, Nokia and Tampere Region Centre of Expertise in Ubiquitous Computing, and the NAMU research group.

The purpose of the competition is to encourage makers of digital media to generate ideas and develop new and innovative ubimedia products & services. The entries are expected to take a stand on the following questions, for example:
1. How does ubiquitous computing affect media environments
2. What are intelligent media environments like
3. What will the location- and context-aware media services of the future be like

A few other examples are:
1. Pervasive and ubiquitous games
2. Ambient installations
3. Artistic works related to ubiquitous media and computation
4. Business models
5. Ambient and ubiquitous media technology
6. Ubiquitous and ambient media services, devices, and environments
7. Context aware, sensing, and interfaces for ubiquitous computation
8. Ergonomics, human-computer interaction designs, and product prototypes
9. Software, hardware and middleware framework demonstrations
10. Ambient television
etc.

The total award sum for the Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek competition category is 7 000 Euros. The sum can be awarded to one entry, divided between several entries or not awarded at all if the award criteria set by the jury are not fulfilled.

All ubimedia, ubiquitous, pervasive, or ambient products or product and service concepts which have been finalized during the previous year after 1st January 2007 are eligible to take part in the competition.

How to participate?
Please check out the website for entry forms and actual information.

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Nonfiction chapbook contest offered by Gribble Press

Deadline : October 31

1. Send your chapbook manuscript of 20-30 pages of non-fiction.

2. Paginate ms. and include table of contents.

3. Individual pieces may have been published in literary journals, but the ms.has not been previously published before as a book. Include acknowledgement page for previously published pieces.

4. Send two cover pages, one with your name and contact information, one with the name of manuscript only.

5. Attach check or money order in the amount of $15.00 made to the order of Gribble Press.

6. Include an SASE for notification of winner

7. May be a simultaneous submission, but we want immediate notification if accepted by another press.


8. You may submit multiple submissions, but please include a $15.00 entry fee for each submission.

9. Manuscript must be postmarked by October 31, 2008. Winner will be announced by December 1, 2008.

10. Send through regular U.S. mail. If you want notification of receipt, include a stamped postcard, no postal return receipts, please.

11. Mail to Chapbook Contest, Gribble Press, PO Box 10307, Spokane, WA 99209-0307.

Note: We will run a contest with the intent to act ethically, provide clear guidelines, and make our process as transparent as possible. Our goal is to publish the most exciting and energetic literary work available.

Contact us at Gribble Press, PO Box 10307, Spokane, WA 99209-0307 or e-mail Gribble(at)greymaredit.com (replace (at) with @)

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Travel Writing Contest

52PerfectDays invites you to enter our 2008 Travel Writing Contest with a first-place prize of $150 U.S. dollars.

52perfectdays

2008 Theme: "Undiscovered America"

Deadline: October 31, 2008

Whether you are a freelancer, professional writer or just looking for an excuse to finally write about your travels, you are invited to submit a travel article to the 1st Annual 52 Perfect Days Travel Writing Contest.

Many of our readers are travelers looking for travel ideas which take them to areas outside of the tourist hubs and into the most interesting and less discovered parts of the United States. Do you know of an off-the-beaten-track area in the U.S.? We are looking for submissions written by authors who have firsthand knowledge of an undiscovered section of city, or a relatively unheard of town or experience.

Articles should appeal to those who enjoy U.S. travel and willing to get a bit adventurous. Whether you want to explore the ethnic foods in a certain section of town, backpacking in a remote location or know of a coastal town yet to be truly discovered we want to hear your story! Please offer engaging, descriptive pieces that really share the experience and not just a laundry list of things to do and where to go. We want the readers to be so excited reading your piece they can’t wait to visit themselves.

52perfectdays

Visit the site above for detailed entry instructions (no fee).

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First Impressions National Story Competition

To download competition guidelines and application form
visit impressions.firstpersonarts

A National Competition for Memoir and Documentary Writers, Videographers and Photographers.

Each day countless stories unfold. Take a real life experience of your own and tell it in a way that only you can. Craft your story with words, photos or video. Make the ordinary magical, or the exotic familiar. Shock us, amaze us or make us pause to reflect. The only rule is that it's real.

All entries must be new works that have not previously been published, exhibited or screened in the US.

Film up to 5 minutes

Essay -1500 words or less

Photography up to 5 images. Single images are welcome; multiple images must be related, as in a photo essay.

Contest must be entered via e-mail.

Online entry instructions at

impressions.firstpersonarts

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2009 Editors’ Prizes in Nonfiction, Fiction and Poetry

July 1 - October 15, 2008

Isotope is looking for outstanding examples of literary nature and science writing. Below you will find our contest submission guidlines. Winners will receive publication and $300. All entrants will receive a subscription to Isotope and will also be considered for publication. Entrants will be notified in spring 2009.

Contest Guidelines

No more than 20 pages of prose (fiction or nonfiction), standard font, double-spaced, normal margins.

Simultaneous submissions are okay, so long as they are identified as such and we are notified immediately if work is taken elsewhere. We do not accept submissions of previously published material.

1-5 poems, totaling not more than 10 pages, single-spaced, no more than one poem per page.

Name should not appear on manuscript.

Include cover sheet with name, address, e-mail, phone number(s), genre and titles of work submitted.

Include genre on outside of envelope.

Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for notification of results. You may also include a self-addressed, stamped postcard to confirm receipt of your entry at the magazine.

Pay the $15 contest fee for each entry. Payments can be made online here, or payments can be mailed to the address below. Fees will be credited toward a discounted two-year subscription.

You may enter only one submission in each genre but you may enter more than one genre.

Entries must be postmarked July 1 - October 15, 2008.

Note: Each entry requires the $15 fee, which will be credited to extended subscriptions if you enter two or three genres total. Pay your contest fees at

ISOTOPE2

Send entries to :

Isotope
Department of English
Utah State University
3200 Old Main Hill
Logan, Utah 84322-3200

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Manuscripts will not be returned. Those not selected will be recycled.

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Inland Empire California Writers Club

Deadline : September 26

Short Story, Poetry, NonFiction Contest;
Prizes $100, $50, $25 Per Category
Theme- The Road Less Traveled

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***Your Short Story, Poem or Non-Fiction must touch on the theme, The Road Less Traveled in some way. Be creative; you are a writer.

The 2008 Inland Empire California Writers Club Short Story, Poetry and Non-Fiction Writing Contest is Open to All Writers

(Membership in the California Writers Club is not a requirement.)

Prizes ~ 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ~ $100, $50, $25 prizes will be awarded in each of the Short Story, Poetry and Non-Fiction Categories.

Word/line length ~ Short Story and Non-Fiction are not to exceed 2,500 words, Poetry is not to exceed 100 lines (including stanza breaks). Title is not to be included in the word or line count.

Entry Format ~ All entries must be previously unpublished. Please type entry using black 12 point Times New Roman Font (or any other standard font). Short Story and Non-Fiction must be double spaced, Poetry may be single spaced. All entries must be on one side only of white 8 ½ X 11 paper. Final copies only; be sure to check all spelling and grammar. Please put NO OTHER identification on your manuscript.

On a COVER PAGE type your name, address, phone number, email, category entered, entry title, and word count (for Short Story and Non-Fiction) or line count (for Poetry). Include separ
ate cover page for each entry.

Fees ~ Enclose one check made payable to Inland Empire CWC… $10 for each Short Story, Non-Fiction piece or Poem. You may enter as many categories, as many entries as you wish.

Deadline ~ All entries must be postmarked no later than September 26, 2008.

Winners ~ Winners will be announced at the November 22, 2008 Inland Empire CWC meeting 10:15 a. m. at the Borders Bookstore in Montclair, CA. (Winners will be notified by November 15, 2008 and asked to email their winning entry for publication purposes. Winners do not have to attend the November meeting to receive their awards.) All winning entries will be published in Inland Empire CWC’s journal Fresh Ink, December 2008 issue that will be available for downloading approximately December 10, 2008 from the IECWC

website : Angelfire2.

Authors retain all rights.

Submit to ~ Harold Ramage
IECWC Writing Contest
2378 8th Street
La Verne, CA 91750

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Essay Contest Guidelines

14th Annual Contest Deadline : February 16, 2009

Tiny Lights invites entries that feature a distinctive voice, discernable conflict and an eventual shift in the narrator’s perspective. We are looking for writers who weave the struggle to understand into the fabric of their essays.This year, we are introducing a special prize of $300 for short essays (no more than 1,000 words).We can only consider unpublished work, or previously published material for which the author holds rights. Rights revert to author after publication in Tiny Lights.

Each essay must be accompanied by an entry fee. $15 for first essay, $10 each additional essay. Make checks payable to:

Tiny Lights Publications. Mail to: P.O. Box 928, Petaluma, CA 94953.

SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) with sufficient postage required for contest notification and/or manuscript return. Multiple submissions OK.

Essays may be submitted in one of two categories :

STANDARD (no longer than 2,000 words) or

FLASH (no more than 1,000 words)

Please indicate preferred category on ms.

Entries should be typed and double-spaced.

Cover letters are optional, but the first page of the manuscript should include author’s name, complete address, e-mail, phone number, and essay word count.

Personal essay requires writers to communicate the truth of their experiences to the best of their abilities. While no theme restrictions apply to this contest, we will not consider essays that ce
lebrate brutalitiy or the explicitly pornographic. Tiny Lights does not accept poetry, short stories, or material written for children. Entry fees for inappropriate submissions may not be returned.

Entries must be postmarked by Feburary 16, 2009.

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

First Place: $400

Second Place: $300

Third Place: $200

Two Honorable Mention Prizes: $100.

Three FLASH prize of $100 also offered. Awards will be determined by a panel of judges. Final authority rests with the Editor-in-Chief, Susan Bono.

Winners will be posted at Here ... by April 10th, 2009

Winning essays may be edited before publication. Final copy must be approved by writer. No essays published without author’s permission.

All contestants will receive Tiny Lights’ contest publication featuring the winning entries.

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2009 Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest

Deadline : January 31, 2009

OPEN AND STUDENT CATEGORIES

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Oregon Quarterly invites entries to the 2009 Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest in both student and open categories. Entries should address ideas that affect the Northwest. The Oregon Quarterly staff will select finalists and the contest judge will choose the top three winners in each category. Past judges have been Kim Stafford, Barry Lopez, John Daniel, Karen Karbo, Brian Doyle, Lauren Kessler, Craig Lesley and and Kathleen Dean Moore.

PRIZES:

Open Category

First place: $750
Second place: $300
Third place: $100

Student Category

First place : $500
Second place : $200
Third place : $75

In addition

First place essays will appear in Oregon Quarterly.

A selection of top essays will be featured in a springtime public reading on the UO campus.

Fifteen finalists (ten in the open category and five students) will be announced in the summer 2009 issue of Oregon Quarterly.

All finalists will be invited to participate in a writing workshop with the contest judge. The contest is open to all nonfiction writers, except: (1) first-place winners from previous years’ contests, (2) authors who have written a feature for Oregon Quarterly in the past calendar year, and (3) staff of Oregon Quarterly, University Advancement, or their family members. The student contest is open to any student currently enrolled and pursuing a graduate or undergraduate degree at a college or university. Previously published essays will not be considered.

Manuscript Submission Guidelines

Submit two copies of your manuscript.

Paperclip a cover sheet to the two copies that includes only the essay’s title; a word count; and the entrant's name, address, and phone number must be provided. Indicate whether the essay is for the student or open category.

Entrant's name must not appear on any pages of the manuscript other than the cover sheet.

One entry per person.

Manuscripts should be printed double-spaced on 8½-by-11-inch white paper with minimum 1-inch margins.

Word length is 2,000 words maximum for the open category, 1,500 words for the student contest.

Faxed or e-mail entries are not accepted.

Postmark deadline is January 31, 2009.

Entries will not be returned. Those that do not meet these submission guidelines are automatically disqualified. There is no entry fee.

Send entries to:
Oregon Quarterly Essay Contest
5228 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5228

Sponsored by Oregon Quarterly magazine and the University of Oregon Bookstore

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2009 Georgetown Review Contest

Submissions must be postmarked by on or before November 15, 2008.
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$1,000 and publication to the winning short story, poem, or essay on any theme or subject. All genres welcome.

Entry fee is $10 for the first entry, $5 for each entry thereafter. One poem, story, or essay counts as one entry. Please make out checks or money orders to "Georgetown Review."

If you want your work returned or want to receive a notice about the winner and runners-up, you must send us a stamped, self-addressed envelope. However, we will post a list of the work we choose on our website after the contest is judged, and we will do our best to have this list up by February 2010.

The magazine’s editors will judge.

Simultaneous and multiple submissions are okay. Your name can appear on your work as well, and in fact, we prefer that your name, address and email address appear on your entries. We have a small editorial staff and would not award the prize to any colleagues, students, or friends. You do not need a cover sheet.

All entries are considered for publication. In the 2008 contest, 20 runner-up works were selected for publication. If your work is published, Georgetown Review acquires first North American rights, which means that after we publish the piece the rights to it revert back to you.

Send entries to:

2009 Contest
Georgetown Review
400 East College Street
Box 227
Georgetown, KY 403240A

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The Atlantic Monthly invites submissions of poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays for its 2008 Student Writing Contest.
deadline : DECEMBER 1, 2008
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Categories
Poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays.

Prizes
First $1,000 | Second: $500 | Third: $250
and one-year subscriptions to The Atlantic Monthly for seven runners-up in each category.

ENTRANTS must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting U.S. institution. Submissions should be original, unpublished work (they may have appeared in student periodicals) demonstrating superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.

SUBMISSIONS should not exceed three poems or 7,500 words of prose. No entrant may send more than one submission per category, and entries must be postmarked by December 1, 2008.

MANUSCRIPTS should be typewritten (one side only, please) double-spaced, and accompanied by a cover sheet with the following information: title, category, word count, author's name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if available), and academic institution. Of this information, only the title should appear on the manuscript itself.

PLEASE PROVIDE a stamped, self-addressed postcard for acknowledgement of receipt. We cannot provide information on the status of a manuscript until winners are announced, in the May 2009 issue. Winners will receive notification in March 2009.

POSTMARK SUBMISSIONS BY DECEMBER 1, 2008, AND SEND TO:
Student Writing Contest
The Atlantic Monthly
The Watergate
600 New Hampshire20Ave, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Submissions will not be accepted via e-mail or fax.

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2009 National Writing Contest in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry

Deadline : October 1st, 2008 (postmark deadline). - Source -

$10 Entry Fee
$500 First Place Prize
Postmark Deadline : October 1, 2008

Our annual contest awards $500 plus publication for the first place winner in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Additional winners selected for publication will be paid in copies. $10 entry fee, checks payable to Alligator Juniper. Every entrant receives one copy of the 2009 issue, a $10 value. The issue will come out in summer 2009. There is no theme for the 2009 issue. Work is selected upon artistic merit. By entering our contest you agree to allow us to select your work for publication even if it does not place first. We encourage submissions from writers of all levels, especially emerging or early-career writers. We accept simultaneous submissions; inform us in your cover letter and contact us immediately if your work is selected elsewhere.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions accepted May 1st through October 1st, 2008 (postmark deadline).

Include a brief cover letter, including the statement below.

Include S.A.S.E for response only; manuscripts are recycled, not returned.

Include a $10 entry fee payable to Alligator Juniper for each story or essay (30 page limit per entry), or up to five poems.

Additional entries require additional fee.

Indicate category with a large F, NF, or P on cover letter and mailing envelope.

Manuscripts must be typed with numbered pages. Prose double-spaced.
0ADouble-sided copies encouraged. No email submissions.

Send to: Alligator Juniper, Prescott College, 220 Grove Avenue, Prescott AZ, 86301

IMPORTANT: Unfortunately, due to recent problems with misinformed entrants and withdrawals, we ask that you include the following statement in your signed cover letter: "I have read and understand the guidelines for Alligator Juniper’s national writing contest."

Back issues are available for all but 1995 (the premier issue) and 2001. Send $8 to above address and specify what year you would like to receive.

Selection Process

All entries are read and discussed by Prescott College students in the Alligator Juniper practicum class. This class is overseen each fall by two faculty members, each of whom is a working writer in the genres of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

All entrants receive a personal letter from one of our staff regarding the status of their submission. We usually inform in late January. The individual attention we devote to each manuscript takes time. We appreciate your patience.

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CNF Contests : 1 Writing Job

English — Open Rank

The Department of English invites applications for a tenure-track position in Creative Writing - Creative Nonfiction. The ideal candidate would have a secondary expertise in fiction writing or some area of literature, along with a strong record of publication. Enthusiasm for teaching composition and general education literature is vital. Ph.D. or MFA. Open rank. Please see College website for more information.

Position will begin with the 2009-2010 academic year. Send letter of interest, resume, and names of references by November 14, 2008 to:

Dr. Sharon Coolidge, Chair
English Department
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL 60187

Application forms will be sent to promising applicants.

Wheaton College is a highly selective Evangelical Protestant Christian liberal arts college whose faculty members affirm a Statement of Faith and adhere to lifestyle expectations of our Community Covenant. The College complies with federal and state guidelines of nondiscrimination in employment; women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Send letter of interest and curriculum vitae (unless otherwise stated) to:
Office of the Provost
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL 60187

Applications will be mailed to promising candidates.

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Sheila Bender's Writing It Real, an online magazine for those who write from personal experience, is holding a poetry and personal essay contest. We seek previously unpublished essays up to two pages double-spaced on anytheme from personal experience.

Reading period ends September 30, 2008.

Complete guidelines at here

Everyone who enters the contest will receive a detailed response to their work from Sheila Bender. Three winners, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, will be asked for permission to publish their work in Writing It Real and will receive a half-hour phone consult on writing and publishing with Sheila.

Three winners, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, will be asked for permission to publish their work in Writing It Real and will receive a half-hour phone consult with Sheila on writing and publishing.

Submit up to six double-spaced pages of prose or three poems.
Reading Fee: $45 Reading Fee includes a $30 year's subscription to Writing It Real as well as Sheila's response.

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Natural Resource Photo Contest Ends Sept 5, 2008

ANNAPOLIS - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources reminds photographers that just two weeks remains to enter in the 5th Annual Maryland Natural Resource Photo Contest. Sponsors Ritz Camera Centers, Boater’s World Marine Centers, Maryland Public Television and DNR, encourage student, amateur and professional photographers to submit their photos of Maryland’s diverse natural resources by September 5, 2008

“Our annual photo contest offers photographers of all skill levels the opportunity to share their appreciation of our state’s exceptional natural resources, and the people who enjoy them,” said DNR Secretary John Griffin. ”Each year the exciting images we receive celebrate the breadth and diversity of our exceptional landscapes, waterways and the people who enjoy them.”

Last year, Chuck Prahl of Cambridge topped nearly 400 other photographers with his winning image entitled “Working the Trotline,” a photograph of a fishing boat on the Choptank River in Cambridge. Second place went to Sid Keiser of Cockeysville, for his tranquil shot of the boat Miss Jennifer, “Water Color.” Third place went to Karen Messick of Baltimore, for her close-up, “Spiderwort,” of the native flower.

Photographers of all ages can win up to $1,200 in prizes and a chance to have their outdoor images published in print and online. Winning entries will be featured in the winter issue of The Maryland Natural Resource magazine as well as the 2009 DNR calendar.

Photos entered into the 2008 contest will be judged within 5 categories: birds, including waterfowl; mammals, reptiles and amphibians; invertebrates; landscape scenes; plants; and outdoor recreation illustrating people in nature.

To qualify, photographs must be taken in Maryland. Photographers may submit up to three entries for a $10 entry fee. Photos cannot be more than two years old or previously published. Non-residents may participate as long as the photos were taken in Maryland. Winners will be announced online October 16.

Official rules and contest entry forms are available online at Here.

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Sefton-wide writing competition launched

WRITERS of all ages can put pen to paper and enter their work in a Sefton competition.

The annual Sefton Writing Competition - now in its 17th year - welcomes people of all ages to submit their work, from poems and stories to essays and mini dramas.

This year’s theme for the competition is ‘culture’, to celebrate 2008 as Liverpool’s year as Capital of Culture, and entries are welcome from across the UK.

The competition will form part of the second Sefton Celebrates Writing Festival - running from September 22-28 - with the winners being announced at Southport Arts Centre on the closing day of the festival.

Prizes total £1,000 and include cash prizes and book tokens. The closing date for entries is September 19.

The entry fee is £2 per poem or story, and children, aged 14 years and under, can enter free of charge. Entry forms are available from libraries, arts centres and community centres throughout Sefton and from similar outlets around Merseyside in general.

For further information, contact Netherton Arts Centre on 0151 525 0417 or email stephanie.dunne@leisure.sefton.gov.uk

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Wellington Sonnet Competition

NZ Post are running a Wellington Sonnet competition to support the Wellington Writers Walk.

Here are the details :

Wellington Writers Walk

We are pleased to be supporting the Wellington Writers Walk with a Sonnet writing competition to raise profile or the Writers Walk on Wellington's waterfront.

The Wellington Sonnet Competition 2008 is organised and administered by the small group of volunteers that oversees the ongoing development of the Wellington Writers Walk along Wellington's waterfront.

The Walk is an iconic installation and the volunteer effort required for its continuance is deserving of our support.

For terms and conditions of entry and an application form, click here.

Entries close on 22 September 2008.

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Great response to the CAT-iq Student Design Competition

There has been a great response to the first International CAT-iq Student Design Competition: The DECT Forum, the worldwide association of the home communication industry, has received registrations from design students from all over the world. To enter the competition, students may present either a concept, or a fully realized prototype. The registration period for the competition closes on September 19, 2008. “It is not only the cash prizes that attract students to participate. It is even more that students and their work get exposed to worldwide industry professionals, a terrific path for beginning a career”, says Erich Kamperschroer, Chairman of the DECT Forum.

The CAT-iq Student Design Competition solicits innovative approaches for new and leading-edge products and services in the area of home communication. “Students in the field of industrial design, interactive design, gaming design, and electronic engineering, are unique in their ability to impact the quality of people’s future in-house communication and cordless telephony”, says Erich Kamperschroer. “Hence, we ask students to face many fascinating challenges in designing usable ana enjoyable services, applications, and devices for the consumers.”

CAT-iq, the global technology platform for wireless communication, is the successor of the reliable DECT standard. CAT-iq is designed for the next generation of IP networks, operates in a protected frequency band and is available in almost every region of the world. The most important benefits of the CAT-iq technology are: full in-house IP connectivity, applicable for CD quality audio and radio, widescreen messaging, intelligent device management and remote control, real plug and play, and energy saving.

CAT-iq Student Design Competition Prizes :
First prize: 10,000 €
Second prize: 5,000 €
Third runner-up prize: 1,000 €

CAT-iq Student Design Competition Checklist :
Close of registration : September 19, 2008.
Submission of entries : October 10, 2008.
Announcement of winners : November 14, 2008.

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Intel Kicks Off $ 400,000 Techology Contest

“Technology is a tool to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges,” proclaimed Intel Chairman Craig Barrett at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco today. And with those words, Barrett launched a contest that will award $400,000 to the “most innovative ideas for applying technology” to global health care, education, economic development, and the environment.

According to the Inspire-Empower Challenge’s website, the contest is open to individuals, developers, and organizations worldwide (including the general public). The contest will award one $100,000 prize in each of the four designated categories: education, healthcare, economic development, and the environment. The winners will be selected based primarily on their innovativeness and sustainability; the proceeds are meant to be used for funding the respective submissions.

Key dates in the contest are :
Sep. 30, 2008 - registration deadline
Jan. 31, 2009 - submission deadline
Apr. 8, 2009 — winners announced

Complete contest rules and other details are available at the Inspire-Empower Challenge website.

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Competition : 2008 Library for the 21st Century Student Design (U.S.)

Deadline : November 3rd, 2008

Organized and administered by the American Institute of Architects, the third edition of this annual competition challenge students to learn about building materials, specifically architectural aluminum building products and systems and their assembly in the design of a library. While open to any student, the competition is designed for advanced students. Total prize money is $7,225, including $2,500 for the winning design.

As explained on their web site, the objectives of this competition are to research, respond to and highlight the unique aspects of designing a library that serves the selected site and community, to build knowledge about materials, products, and installation, to design a sustainable facility utilizing USGBC LEED building standards, to design a facility that looks to the educational, cultural and service needs of the community both now and into the future, to encourage designers to utilize sustainable and universal design principles for development of both the building and site.

More info at the AIAS website ...

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The Eleventh International Art and Artificial Life Competition VIDA 11.0 Now Accepting Entries

The Eleventh International Art and Artificial Life Competition VIDA 11.0
Accepting Entries until 6 October 2008. Last year they opened up their scope a bit and awarded the second prize to Symbiotica so i thought some organism readers might want to give it a try.

One of Telefónica Foundation’s main objectives is to promote the relationship between art and the new technologies. As a part of this goal, Telefónica Foundation is announcing the eleventh edition of the international VIDA competition to recognize artistic excellence in the field of artificial life and related disciplines.

The competition is open to art projects that explore the interaction between “synthetic” life and “organic” life as a reflection of the field of artificial life. 572 artists from 32 countries have participated in the ten previous editions and prizes have been awarded to more than 100 projects which included robots, electronic avatars, chaotic algorithms, cellular automats, computer viruses and virtual ecologies.

VIDA 11.0 will award a total of 80,000 euros to winning projects in two categories: one open to already-finished projects and another as an incentive for production in Ibero-America, Spain and Portugal. The winning works of art will be exhibited, as usual, at the Telefónica Foundation stand at ARCO.

The works of art submitted will be reviewed by an international panel made up by Mónica Bello Bugallo (Spain); Daniel Canogar (Spain); José Carlos Mariátegui (Peru); Sally Jane Norman (France-New Zealand); Simón Penny (United States-Australia) and Nell Tenhaaf (Canada). Terms and conditions of the competition, which is open to participants from all over the world, are available in Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, Korean and Chinese.

Entry Period : 15 June to 6 October 2008

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Digital Media and Learning Competition 2008

Great news from the HASTAC team - the 2008 DML Competition has launched! Following the success of the 2007 competition, the team is awarding another $2,000,000 in grants to projects exploring participatory learning. From the announcement :

Awards will be given in two categories :

Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards will support projects that demonstrate new modes of participatory learning, in which people take part in virtual communities, share ideas, comment on one another’s projects, and advance goals together. Successful projects will promote participatory learning in a variety of environments: through the creation of new digital tools, modification of existing ones, or use of digital media in some other novel way. Submissions will be accepted from applicants in Canada, People’s Republic of China, India, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, countries in which HASTAC or MacArthur have significant experience. Winners will receive between $30,000 and $250,000.

Young Innovator Awards are designed to encourage young people aged 18-25 to think boldly about “what comes next” in participatory learning and to contribute to making it happen. Winners will receive funding to do an internship with a sponsor organization to help bring their most visionary ideas from the “garage” stage to implementation. For this competition cycle, submissions will only be accepted from applicants in the United States. Winners will receive between $5,000 and $30,000.

This year’s competition will include an online forum where applicants can post their ideas, solicit feedback, offer their services, and connect with other applicants and potential collaborators. All material posted to this “Digital Media and Learning Scratchpad” is publicly accessible. Participation is voluntary and not required for application.

I was lucky to work with the HASTAC team on some of their digital initiatives for the DML Competition, and I’m happy to see another successful competition launch. If you’re thinking of applying, get moving soon - the deadline for applications is October 15, 2008.

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Irish Web Awards 2008 Launch

The Irish Web Awards 2008 have just launched. The event will take place in the Radison SAS Hotel, Dublin on October 11th 2008.

The Web Awards are ran by Damien Mulley, the genius behind the Irish Blog Awards. The awards are a lot more transparent than other award ceremonies in Ireland, where it sometimes appears that the amount of sponsorship money a company pays is linked to the award they win. With the IWA Damien assures everyone that “Nominations are free. Your website will be judged without you putting your hand in your pocket.”

Creators, builders and owners of Irish websites are invited to nominate themselves to the different Awards categories. Good luck to all nominees, particularly Spiral Hosting customers!

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INNOVATION IN PARTICIPATORY LEARNING AWARDS

Amounts : $30,000-$250,000
Deadline : 5 pm PDT/8 pm EDT (-7 UTC/-4 UTC), October 15, 2008

About Innovation in Participatory Learning

Innovation in Participatory Learning awards are designed to support the most promising and dynamic projects that enable and enhance innovative participatory learning. These pioneering projects will demonstrate new modes of participatory learning in a variety of environments, by creating new digital tools, modifying existing ones, or using digital media in some other novel way.

Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards

Innovation in Participatory Learning awards are intended to appeal to designers of new learning environments, which might include major adaptations of existing models of gaming, world building, social networking or other virtual environments; or the development of entirely new programs. In all cases, awarded projects must demonstrate a strong commitment to making possible new ways of valuable participatory learning, as opposed to simply creating new content.

Innovation in Participatory Learning awards are for large-scale projects that will typically involve teams of collaborators. These awards, particularly those with the largest budgets, will go primarily to institutional projects rather than to individuals.

Collaboration is strongly encouraged (though not required) in the Innovation in Participatory Learning award category. International collaborations are particularly welcome, provided that the primary applicant meets eligibility requirements.


Innovation in Participatory Learning Details

Awards will range from $30,000 to $250,000. Up to $1.8 million will be awarded in total.

To be eligible, primary applicants must be institutions or organizations registered in Canada, India, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Nigeria, The People's Republic of China, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, or the United States. Since international eligibility is being piloted for this Competition, eligible countries are those with which the HASTAC Competition administrators or MacArthur have familiarity based on their respective experiences. It is anticipated that future Competitions will include broader international eligibility in one or more application categories.

Legal U.S. residents whose principal place of residence is in the U.S. are eligible to apply as individuals.

In all cases, regardless of the award amount, the grant term is one year beginning between June 1, 2009 and September 1, 2009.

Only a small number of the most outstanding projects will be considered for maximum funding levels. Budgets will be scrutinized as part of the selection process. Applicants are advised to submit realistic, moderate budgets.

Budgets may include the costs of project staff, technological consultants, software, hardware, meetings, travel, and up to 15% indirect costs to be calculated on direct costs. Applicants are also required to budget for airfare (or other transportation), transfers, lodging and meals for a two-day “showcase” event in Chicago to be held at the end of the grant term.

All potential applicants should read the complete Guidelines before applying.

Apply NOW

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CAT - iq Design Competition

The DECT Forum, the worldwide association of the wireless communication industry, in partnership with the market intelligence company Jakajima in the Netherlands, announced the first international CAT-iq Design Competition.

CAT-iq provides an open platform for pioneering IP service applications as well as new form factors for non-computing communication devices.

The DECT Forum invites design students from all over the world to compete for cash prizes by applying their creativity and engineering skills to trend-setting products and services for tomorrow's IP based home network.

CAT-iq Design Competition provides an opportunity for students from a variety of design backgrounds (industrial design, interactive design, gaming design, etc.) to demonstrate their problem solving and design skills in an international competition.

The competition also provides the CAT-iq industry with refreshing perspectives on how designers from different disciplines and different parts of the world approach a common design challenge with respect to the new CAT-iq technology.

The registration closes on September 19, 2008.

The deadline for the submission of entries is October 10, 2008.

More Info ...

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MEIFF introduces international competition for advertisements as part of its 2008 line-up

Advertisements have always had the ability to move people to join a specific cause, buy a particular product or simply be amazed at the techniques employed in an average 30-second time slot.

It is for this reason that the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) decided to introduce the International Competition for Advertisements as part of their line-up for the 2008 festival.

Announced by Festival Executive Director Nashwa Al Ruwaini at the Cannes International Film Festival in May, the advertising competition is aimed at rewarding marketing executives for campaigns that have made a strong impact on audiences worldwide.

'Advertising campaigns have captivated audiences worldwide, they define brands, products, social causes, elections and foster emotional connections to cultures. We want to acknowledge the artistic and creative minds behind these advertisements that swamp consumers every day and determine their habits as consumers,'said Nashwa.

The aim of the International Competition for Advertisements is to recognize a very important part of the media that subconsciously influences the minds of audiences every day of their lives much in the same way a film does. As a multicultural city, Abu Dhabi is bustling with people with differing tastes supplying the perfect atmosphere for advertisers to showcase their work.

Prizes for advertising are to be given in the categories of 'Best Essential Objects', 'Best Luxurious Objects' and 'Best Television, Cinema and Digital Techniques' with prizes of $25,000 being awarded in each of the three categories.

Other competition categories in the Black Pearl Awards include feature films and documentaries, short films and student films with total prize money now exceeding $1m in cash. This year's MEIFF will also see several new additions to an already exciting schedule. For the first time, there will be a section of the festival concentrating on Environmental Films as well as a showcase documentaries highlighting the 60 years since the division of Palestine from a non-Arab viewpoint.

MEIFF, to be held in Abu Dhabi from October 10-19, is an annual event and a project of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH). The festival is a cultural event dedicated to bringing a diverse slate of international films and programs to the community and introducing filmmakers from around the world to the resources of the region.

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Jason's TOEFL iBT Writing Challenge (Fall 2008) : Win money for your essay !

Yes, believe it or not, here you actually have a chance to get paid for your TOEFL writing preparation!

Jason's TOEFL iBT Writing Challenge involves responding to a special TOEFL Independent Essay topic (see below). It is open to anyone preparing for or just interested in the writing section of the TOEFL test.

There is prize money up for grabs for the best essay entries. You can use it to help you pay that expensive TOEFL iBT test fee, buy some new test prep books, take your friends out for dinner (as a way of apologizing for your grumpiness and stressed-out demeanor as a result of preparing for the test!), or whatever else takes your fancy.

1. Competition Dates:

August 15 ~ September 26, 2008 (final submission date)

2. Prizes:

1st Place Winner - US$100!
2nd Place Winner - US$50
3rd Place Winner - US$25

3. Evaluation Details:

Jason Renshaw, international Pearson Longman author and founder of the Global English Discussion Forum, will grade each essay. To allow for greater differentiation between individual essays, a scoring scale of 0-100 will be used (instead of the simplified 0-5 scale in the TOEFL).

Please note that scores will be allocated following the conclusion of the competition (Friday, September 26), and at that time each score will be placed under the individual essay it applies to.

4. General Rules of the Competition:

- The standard 30 minute time limit for this task cannot be realistically enforced through this online format, so no time limits are applied for composing your essay :-)

- Essays not to exceed 450 words in total length
- No plagiarizing (copying) other people's essay content
- One essay submission only per individual entrant
- You may edit, delete, or re-submit (but not double-post) your essay as many times as you like prior to the competition finishing date on September 26
- In order to receive prize money, entrants must have their own Paypal account (see here for more details)
- Any non-essay submissions in this thread will be automatically deleted (if you have questions or comments, please post them in the General Discussion Topics Forum)
- Only responses to the specific competition topic (see below) will be accepted in this thread

5. Competition Essay Topic:
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

The TOEFL iBT is a fair and accurate measure of students' capacity to use English in academic settings.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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Responses should be posted in this thread by hitting the "Reply" button. Essays should not exceed 450 words in total length. Competition closes Friday, September 26, 2008.

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Completely Novel - Writing competition

"CompletelyNovel.com will be released to the public very soon. To celebrate this exciting occasion, we are joining forces with members of the Society of Young Publishers to find the best short-story writers out there to feature in the CompletelyNovel Launch Anthology.

This collection of short stories from up-and-coming writers will be selected by rising stars from right across the publishing industry . In a fanfare of collaboration and innovation this anthology will mark the launch of CompletelyNovel's brand-new service for everyone in the book industry.

The theme for the competition is... " And now for something completely different..."

We are looking for stories under 2500 words that touch on the themes of change, innovation and imagination ...all of the things that the launch of CompletelyNovel.com will promote!"

Deadline is 1st September 2008

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Peugeot Design Competition 2008 “The final straight”

The 5th Peugeot Design Competition, launched at the Beijing Motor Show on 20 April 2008, entered its second phase on 20 July 2008, the final date for the submission of projects.

The 5th Peugeot Design Competition, launched at the Beijing Motor Show on 20 April 2008, entered its second phase on 20 July 2008, the final date for the submission of projects.

It’s now time to let amateur designers and motoring enthusiasts have their say as they help to nominate the successor to the Flux project, the last winner of this prestigious contest.

For this competition, Peugeot invited young designers to imagine the Peugeot of the metropolises of tomorrow. This concept car should be designed to be driven in the large urban cities of the future, while exhibiting key values of the 21st century. Projects, while conveying Peugeot’s stylistic qualities, must incorporate four criteria specific to this design competition: environmental friendliness, social harmony, interactive mobility and economic efficiency.

With 2500 projects and a presence that’s as international as ever, with participants from more than 95 different nations, the Peugeot Design Competition, running over a shorter time scale (only 1? months to develop and submit a project), has given designers from all over the world an opportunity to express themselves and propose projects rich in style and innovation.

Indeed, the theme of this 5th edition has inspired all of these creative people to give shape to their vision of the motor car in cities of the future and to envisage a form of urban mobility that’s more versatile, more practical, more economic, but also more fun and more individual.

The 30 projects you are about to discover also reflect the different cultures of our global society. From the simplicity of the Indian “Globe” project to the complexity of the German “Rugir” project, you’ll be able to admire the practicality of the Chinese “Oxo” project.

From 15 August 2008, Internet users will be able to log on to Peugeot’s corporate site, www.peugeot.com to discover all of the 30 projects selected for this 5th edition of the Design Competition.

For one month, they will be able to look at these concept cars and take part in a game to try and find this year’s winner. Each Internet user will be entitled to one vote to become eligible for the prize draw and the chance to win one of the 20 XBOX 360 consoles available as prizes on this occasion. (Rules available from www.peugeot.com, section Design Competition/5th edition).

The next steps:

The ten finalists
From 16 September, the ten short-listed concepts selected by the jury will be put on-line at www.peugeot.com, in the Design Competition section.

Announcement of the winner
On 2 October, on the Peugeot stand at the Paris Motor Show, the name of the winner will be announced and Mr Jean-Philippe Collin, Director General of Automobiles Peugeot, will present the “La Griffe” trophy to the designer of the winning project.

Production phase
The ensuing period, between October 2008 and March 2009, will be devoted to production of the scale 1 model.

Presentation phase
In April 2009, at the Shanghai Motor Show in China, the model of the winning project will be unveiled on the Peugeot stand.

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CEA Calls for Submissions for Innovations 2009 Awards to Honor Best in Consumer Electronics

Call for Entries Runs August 18 Through September 24

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Entries for the 2009 International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards will be accepted today through September 24, 2008, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)(R) announced today. This annual competition honors outstanding design and engineering in 34 consumer electronics product categories. The 2009 Best of Innovations honorees will be announced at the New York Press Preview on November 11, 2008 at the Metropolitan Pavilion and showcased at the 2009 International CES, January 8-11, 2009.

"We have instituted new judging criteria this year so that Best of Innovations provides an even higher standard of excellence. Once again, CEA's Innovations Awards will highlight the most cutting edge technological breakthroughs in the consumer electronics industry," said Karen Chupka, senior vice president of conferences and events, CEA. "We are continually impressed with the high quality of product submissions we receive for this highly competitive and popular program."
The awards are sponsored by CEA, the producer of the International CES(R), and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the voice of industrial design, committed to advancing the profession through education, information, community and advocacy.

"The Innovations Design and Engineering Awards competition brings well-deserved recognition to cutting-edge improvements in aesthetics, function and user-value in consumer electronics," said Michelle Berryman, president, IDSA. "The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is proud to offer its continued endorsement and support of this showcase of outstanding industrial design."

Now in its 32nd year, the Innovations Awards program gives product developers and manufacturers an opportunity to be judged by a preeminent panel of engineers, independent designers and journalists. Honored products will be featured in the Innovations Showcase at the Sands/Venetian at the 2009 International CES. CEA will again use a time-saving entry portal collaboration system, powered by mBLAST, that allows co-workers submitting nominations to combine their respective submissions and pre-populate basic nominee information.

Media and analysts will also see this year's Innovations Design and Engineering showcase honorees during CES Unveiled: The Official Press Event of CES, featuring dozens of tabletop product demonstrations and industry networking. CES Unveiled runs from 4 - 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 6, at the Sands/Venetian. Credentialed media, analysts and bloggers will be permitted to attend this exclusive sponsored event.
Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering Awards are open to all companies, regardless of CES exhibitor status. To submit products for Innovations 2009, review last year's winners or register for the show, log onto www.CESweb.org/innovations.

About CEA:
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $161 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,200 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Where Entertainment, Technology and Business Converge. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online at www.CE.org.

Follow the 2009 International CES on Twitter at http://twitter.com/2009CES and visit the International CES Page on Facebook.

UPCOMING EVENTS
-- CEA Industry Forum
October 19-22, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
-- Digital Hollywood
October 27-30, 2008, Hollywood, CA
-- EHX Fall 2008
November 4-7, 2008, Long Beach, CA
-- CES New York Press Preview featuring CES Unveiled @ NY
November 11, 2008, New York, NY
-- Future of Television East
November 18-19, 2008, New York, NY
-- 2009 International CES
January 8-11, 2009, Las Vegas, NV
-- Digital Music Forum East
February 25 - 26, 2009, New York, NY
-- CEA Washington Forum
April 22 - 23, 2009, Washington, DC
-- Digital Patriots Dinner
April 22, 2009, Washington, DC


SOURCE: Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
Tara Dunion, 703-907-7419
tdunion@CE.org
http://www.CE.org
or
Allison Carney, 703-907-7603
acarney@CE.org
http://www.CESweb.org

Copyright by : Business Wire 2008

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Braun Prize 2009 International Design Contest

CONTENTS
1. Launch of the 17th BraunPrize 2009
2. Submitting entries easily via Online Upload
3. The jury members of the BraunPrize 2009
4. Competition material to download
5. Pictures and videos referring to the BraunPrize
6. BraunPrizeBlog

Launch of the 17th BraunPrize 2009
In March 2008 Braun GmbH will see the launch of the 17th edition of the BraunPrize with the motto

"Envision conscious design!"

This internationally recognised design competition is open to young industrial designers who are still studying or who have graduated within the last two years.

In the coming days, some thousands sets of competition documentation will be sent out to design schools, universities and design studios all over the world.

Closing date : January 31, 2009

Current industrial design students as well as recent graduates have until January 31, 2009 to submit their product concepts to Braun (the participation is free of charge).

The total prize money amounts to EUR 36,000. The winner of the BraunPrize will receive EUR 12,000 in prize money and a (paid) six-month internship in the Design Department at Braun. The other finalists will each receive a prize of EUR 5,000. The remaining prize money will be distributed in the form of special recognition awards at the discretion of the jury.

Submitting entries easily via Online Upload
Through entering your dates in the online entry form you will get access to your personal BraunPrize online-account. Via online-upload on the BraunPrize server all documents can be submitted, administrated and seen directly.

The jury members of the BraunPrize 2009
Traditionally the jury of the BraunPrize is small and consists of 5 members.

Peter Schneider
Director Corporate Design at Braun and chairman of the BraunPrize jury

Anna Kirah
Design Antropologist, Norway

Kazuo Tanaka
President of GK Design Group Inc. Tokyo, Japan

Florian Seiffert
Professor for Product Design, University of Applied Sciences Mainz and first BraunPrize Winner 1968

Rainer Silbernagel
Director Engineering and Quality Institute Kronberg, Kronberg Technical Center

BraunPrize 2009 - Competition material (PDF)
PDF-file: 2,43 MB

BraunPrize 2009 - Entry form (PDF)
PDF-file: 65KB

Download Acrobat Reader

BraunPrize Blog 2.0
Please visit our blog, there you will find new and special information about the BraunPrize, moderated by Ralf Beuker.

Your contribution is very welcome ...

Pictures and videos referring to the BraunPrize

A photo gallery and videos referring to the BraunPrize, the BraunPrize-Event and the exhibition are available to download on www.braunprize.com. If you took part in the event there might be also pictures of you – have a look !

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Intel Teach Program 2008 Unit Portfolio Contest

PRIZE :


DEADLINE : 10 October 2008
WEBSITE/URL : See More

DESCRIPTION :
All Intel® Teach Master Facilitators (MFs) and/or Participant Teachers (PTs) are eligible to submit curriculumaligned, technology supported and project-based unit portfolio (version 10) in the 2008 Unit Portfolio Contest.

MOE is collaborating with Intel Education to hold the contest annually.

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Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008

PRIZE : Prizes
PROFFESSIONAL CATEGORY

* 1st PRIZE RM10000
* 2nd PRIZE RM 5000
* 3RD PRIZE RM 3000

UNDERGRADUATES CATEGORY

* 1ST PRIZE RM 8000
* 2ND PRIZE RM 3000
* 3RD PRIZE RM 1000

CONSOLATION PRIZE

A GIFT CHEQUE WORTH RM500 & CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR EACH MEMBER
DEADLINE : NA
WEBSITE/URL: http://www.sitc08.com/

DESCRIPTION :
Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008 was established with a noble intention to create a community within the Malaysians towards a greater awareness of Information Technology and its importance thus embarking a better future in this field. This Challenge would play a major role in being the catalyst for building IT capabilities for socially and economically disadvantaged Malaysian.

Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008 would be the platform for the participants to produce any business idea related to IT and to compete with number of others and outshine to receive the awards and recognition.

COMPETITION BACKGROUND

This challenge is opened to all Malaysian Indian students in tertiary institutions and Indian working professionals. Participation is individual or team based. Maximum number in a team is 3 participants.

About
Society for Social Improvement via Technology (SSiT)

Society for Social Improvement via Technology (SSiT) functions with the objective to improve the general well being of the poorer income group through strategic programs to improve employability and create an entrepreneur spirit within the Indian society. The self realization of its founding members of the availability of success in the IT field and the lack of initiatives by the community to seize the prospect has and had indeed lead towards the development of Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008.

Competition
Title
Duration
Format
Category
Campaign timeline - Saraswathy IT Competition
- One-month
- Nationwide
- a) University Students b) Working professionals

Competition Background

This challenge is opened to all Malaysian Indian students in tertiary institutions and Indian working professionals. Participation is individual or team based. Maximum number in a team is 3 participants.

DURATION

1 month

COMPETITION
STRUCTURE

STAGE 1

Submission of their
business idea, a team of Internal Judges will vet through and select the top 5
teams for the two categories

STAGE 2

Short-listed teams
(10) will be sent for a 1-day skill enhancement seminar and workshop conducted
by a professional and reputable facilitator

STAGE 3

Honorary Judges
will then select from the top ten short listed teams, the best business idea
and rank the top three winners for each category. The deliberation for the
selection of the top three winners for each category will only be done after
the formal presentation by the required teams

SUBMISSION FORMAT

- INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND
- THE IDEA
- BUSINESS MODEL (IMPLEMENTATION PLAN)
- BENEFIT (VALUE/IMPACT)
- SUMMARY (CONCLUSION)
- REGISTRATION / SUBMISSION

Every team is required to register and submit their proposal

at

http://www.sitc08.com

.

JUDGES

Internal Judges

Honorary Judges – Selected IT Minds of Malaysia

Terms

Terms & Conditions

Interested teams & participants must meet and abide by the following requirements and adhere strictly to the rules and regulations of the competition as described below and as may be amended by the Organizer at its sole discretion, without prior notice.

Entry Requirements

The event is open solely for Indian IT Professionals and Indian University Students.

There are two categories enlisted for this competition which is IT Professionals & Students and both categories are individual participation or team based and teams should consist of 3 person max.

For both categories we hereby refer them as ‘participants’.

Staffs & Immediate family member of the Society for Social Improvement via Technology and Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008 are not allowed to participate.

Participant must be willing to travel or attend any function organized by the organizer at any time if required.

Participants under the university student’s category must be between eighteen to twenty five years of age as of [December 2008].

Upon registration participants must submit the IT idea/plan using the templates provided on the website.

Ideas must be expressed in not more than 1,500 words (no pictures/objects) and uploaded at the official website.

If the Idea has been sponsored or funded by any person or organization(s) or institute of higher education(s), full details of the sponsorship or funding will have to be declared on the application form.

In such a case the participants must demonstrate that the sponsor has not had any control over the creative process involved in the creation of the idea; The Idea submitted for consideration must be original and should not be offensive or contain elements that may be deemed insensitive or that may contravene the laws of Malaysia.

The participants should confirm that in relation to any third party materials incorporated into the Idea or the expression of the Idea, the participants has obtained the necessary clearances and licenses for such use.

The participants must confirm that the Idea and any materials produced or compiled in relation thereto do not infringe the rights of any third party. The Organizer shall not be responsible for any entry that is lost or damaged; Each participant must be in a good state of health and have no medical, physical or emotional condition which might interfere with their participation in the event.

The Organizer’s decision on the winning teams is final and no correspondence or appeal will be entertained.

The Organizer reserves the right to disqualify at any time any winning individual/team for any breach of any of the terms and conditions herein or any rules of the Organizer or for failure to follow the rules and directions of the Organizer or if in the sole discretion of the Organizer, such winning individual/team in the event and Competition is likely to tarnish the image of the Organizer or Malaysia or bring their reputation into disrepute;

The Organizer will only notify participants whose Idea have been short listed and or selected as winners via email & phone calls; All prizes awarded are not exchangeable nor transferable;

All the terms and conditions of the Contest, are subject to change; the Organizer reserves the absolute right to amend and change any of the terms and conditions including the entry requirements without prior notice; and The participant/participating team (including the participant/participating team’s successors assigns and licensees) hereby irrevocably agree that notwithstanding their right title and interest in and to all or any part of their works, ideas and/or any materials including all other intellectual property rights and applications for any of those rights under or in connection with the ‘Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008 Programme, the Organizer including its associates, subsidiaries, affiliates, assignees, agents and/or any other parties as the Organizer may at its sole and absolute discretion deem fit is hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorized by the

participant/participating team to use any and/or all of the said works, ideas and/or materials including all other intellectual property rights and applications for any of those rights in any manner whatsoever and by whatever means throughout the world.

The Organizer shall not be under any obligation to commence or continue the competition, production, distribution, release, exhibition or other exploitation of the Programme and no compensation shall be payable to the Participant for any alleged

loss of publicity or opportunity to enhance the Participant’s reputation arising from such circumstances.

Disqualification

The short listed participant/team is required to do a final presentation to the honorary judges upon notification. Any participant/team that is not able to do the presentation will be disqualified.

Incomplete, incorrect or illegible entries will be disqualified.

Entry Procedures

The participants must duly complete the application form. The Terms and Conditions of Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008 must be read and understood by the Participant or team. The completed template containing the ‘idea’ (available on the official website) is to be uploaded at the official website

http://www.sitc08.com


All completed entries must reach the Organizer before 12noon on not sure yet. All Entries must be written in English only.

ENQUIRIES

For enquiries about the competition please write to

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Sony Student Film Contest: Technology in Motion 2

Presented by Sony Creative Software with the support of the International Society for Technology and Education (ISTE), the Technology in Motion project is a complete educational program created for teachers to use in multimedia courses as a structured curriculum. The contest is designed to engage students in professional video and audio production.

The theme for the contest is "Community of the Future." We want students to share their vision of how technology will shape their community in the future. For example, what might their community be like in the year 2050? How will people shop, travel, and communicate ? Students are encouraged to interact with their local city council, mayor, city employees, community centers, and other groups to create their film.

Every school that submits a qualifying Call for Entries form will receive film submission guidelines and a Technology in Motion launch kit, which includes :

* Free copy of Sony® Vegas™ Pro 8 Promotional Edition video editing software
* Free copy of Sony® Cinescore™ Promotional Edition soundtrack creation software
* Free Sony Vegas Pro and Sony Cinescore video tutorials
* 1,001 royalty-free, motion picture sound effects
* Assortment of Cinescore themes for royalty-free soundtrack creation
* Free electronic copy of the Vegas Pro Digital Video & Audio Production curriculum guide

Sony Vegas Pro 8 software is a leading professional video and audio production application. Sony Cinescore is an easy-to-use application that automatically generates professional, royalty-free soundtrack music. By participating in the Technology in Motion contest, your students will gain valuable knowledge of the entire movie production process – from script to screen.

Participating is easy. Here's how the program works :

Step 1 CALL FOR ENTRIES - Complete and submit (by the school representative of at least 18 years of age) a Call for Entries form for each film concept submitted by a student or team of students who wish to create a film. All Call for Entries forms must be received by October 15, 2008. Sony Creative Software will send each participating school the Technology in Motion launch kit. (Launch kits will be mailed on or around December 1, 2008.)

Step 2 CREATE A FILM – Use Sony Vegas Pro 8 software and the Digital Video & Audio Production curriculum book (provided in PDF format with the Technology in Motion launch kit) to help your students plan, edit, and produce their original entry. Students can also use the included Sony Cinescore software to create royalty-free soundtrack music. Contest Submissions must include video, audio, and film credits and should be no more than five (5) minutes in total length.

Step 3 UPLOAD A SUBMISSION – Complete (by the school representative of at least 18 years of age) the online film submission form and upload the film(s). Entries must be received between January 1 and April 1, 2009.

Step 4 JUDGING – All submissions will be selected and judged based on technical and creative criteria, which will be outlined in the Technology in Motion launch kit. Three films will be chosen as finalist submissions by an expert panel. The finalists' films will be posted online at | HERE | between May 12 and May 20, 2009.

Step 5 AWARD CEREMONY - Two school representatives from each of the top three finalists must attend an awards ceremony to be held at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2009. Winners will be publicly announced at the conference. Limited expenses in conjunction with attendance may be reimbursed subject to submission of acceptable documentation.

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Bayer and UNEP Organize the 18th International Children's Painting Competition

Wanted : The Best Pictures on Climate Change

PITTSBURGH, Aug 14, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- "Climate change: our challenge" - this is the theme of the 18th International Children's Painting Competition, which the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is organizing jointly with Bayer AG. Starting immediately, children from around the world are invited to commit to paper their ideas about how to fight climate change. Participation is open to children who will be between the ages of six and 14 as of June 5, 2009 (World Environment Day).

The deadline for submission is January 15, 2009. The winner of the global competition, the two second-place finishers and the winners from Europe and the other regions will be invited to take part in an international children's environmental event in 2009 and will be honored at a ceremony held by Bayer and UNEP. Participants can also win attractive monetary and material prizes.
Since 1991, 190,000 boys and girls from more than 100 countries have submitted pictures in which they have expressed their fears and hopes about the state of the Earth. The painting competition has been an integral part of the partnership between Bayer and UNEP since 2004. Each year the two partners jointly implement this initiative as well as a dozen further environmental projects for children and young people around the world.

Additional participation criteria for the competition include: the pictures must be submitted in DIN A4 or A3 format, and the participants' first and last names, age, address, telephone number and, if possible, e-mail address must be entered on the back of the submission. Participants may freely select their painting materials. The pictures must not have been entered in any other painting competition.

Paintings must be submitted by post to UNEP's Regional Office in North America at the following address :

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Regional Office for North America
1707 H Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
USA

Downloadable paintings from the winners of the 2008 UNEP Competition can be found in here. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

For more information on the painting competition and the partnership between Bayer and UNEP, visit : www.unep.org/tunza/children and www.unep.bayer.com

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in our annual and interim reports filed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.

SOURCE : Bayer Corporation
Bayer Corporation
Bryan Iams, 412-777-5200
E-mail : bryan.iams.b@bayer.com

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Soil Association Organic Food Festival 2008

The Soil Association Organic Food Festival, sponsored by Yeo Valley Organic, is Europe’s largest celebration of all things organic and kicks off this year’s Soil Association Organic Fortnight, a nationwide campaign bringing together individuals, communities, retailers, restaurants, schools and organic farms. The festival will take place in Bristol on September 6 and 7, 2008. Now in its eighth year, the festival will be host to over 300 organic companies showcasing the very best organic food, drink, fashion, skincare and homeware products. Visitors will be spoilt for choice with bustling food markets, a green planet pavilion, a demonstration kitchen, an exciting talks programme, food cruises around the harbour, and an arts and entertainment fringe that includes food demos, children's activities, and music.

New to the festival for 2008 are the Local Market in Anchor Square, the Grow Your Own Organic Garden area, Organic Live! areas including cookery demos and wine tasting and the Food for Life Partnership Cooking Bus in the Kid’s zone. The festival will open with the Matthew sailing towards the Amphitheatre.

This year’s festival is greener than ever with the introduction of sustainably sourced biofuel (from used cooking oil) to power the festival generators, and an emphasis on travelling to the festival by train, bus and ferry. To keep it green and encourage people to come by train, the Soil Association, in partnership with First Travel, are offering a 2 for 1 offer on festival tickets on presentation of proof of using First Travel transport. There will be comprehensive recycling facilities provided by Network Recycling, sponsored by Barts Spices, and the Soil Association is supporting WRAP's 'Love Food Hate Waste' campaign with sessions in the Demo Kitchen and interactive talks - highlighting that the food we throw away is a huge waste of energy, water and packaging.

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International Coin Design Competition 2008

Have you ever dreamed of your own design appearing on a coin? Do you want to win some cash at the same time? Well, you can be happy today because the Japan Mint is once again accepting entries for the International Coin Design Competition (ICDC) 2008!

The contest is open to all nationalities and has both a General and Student category. The contest has the aim of "encouraging coin designers around the world in their creative activities and enhancing the artistry of their coin designs."

For the General Category, all ages are eligible to join. all that is needed is a sketch and plaster design of the coin concept. A Y500,000 (about PhP200,000) prize, plaque, and medal based on his or her entry awaits the winner. Only a sketch design is required for the Student Category. The winner stands to win Y50,000 and an award plaque.

See more details at the Japan Mint website.

There were not that much entries sent in last year and looking at the winning designs, it might not be that hard to win. The contest does not aim to create new coins for circulation but will produce the coins in medallions such as last year's winner.

The deadline for entries is August 31, 2008 so you better start minting those creative ideas!

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Young Guns : Design Graduate Competition

Young Guns : Design Graduate Competition
September sees HEARD launch an 8 week showcase competition for young design graduates.

The competition provides a great opportunity for new graduates to show the skills they have developed during their degree and for HEARD to champion their work in a commercial environment.

Six graduates will be selected every week to organise their own five-day showcase at Heard Gallery, London.

A finalist will be chosen from each showcase and the winner will be announced at the Awards Private View on Thursday 28th October 2008.

The panel of experienced and influential judges will include representatives from the press, design education, design industry leaders and seasoned buyers.

The winner will receive the Award for Excellence in Design and the opportunity to run their own exhibition and Private View evening at Heard Gallery.

HEARD's decision to host a graduate competition in September aims to provide new avenues and opportunities for this years talent to get their work out there and be seen by the right people.

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Prisoned 2009 Design Competition

Prisoned 2009 Design Competition
Register: Friday, November 21, 2008
Submit: Friday, March 20, 2009

Socio Design is a foundation that strives to encourage social change through design-based dialog, a dialog fostered by an annual international student architecture competition.

Prisoned, this year’s competition, scrutinizes the role of prison architecture in today’s world. What effect do their designs have on their employees, their occupants, their adjacent societies?

Prisoned asks that all students design a philosophy on what imprisonment is or should be, and create an architectural design to express that philosophy. Students from all backgrounds are welcome to participate.

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Singapore 2010 Logo Design Competition

Submit Your Entry

Want to submit your inspired design for Singapore 2010? Take a moment to understand some important rules and regulations about the competition…

Format of Competition

* This competition is open to only individuals. Group submissions are not allowed.
* Members of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC), the panel of judges and their immediate families are not permitted to take part in this competition.
* Professional organisations are not permitted to take part in this competition but their employees may participate in the competition in their personal capacity.
* The competition is divided into two categories:
a) Youth category (18 and below)
b) Open category
* Each participant may submit only one design proposal.

Judging

Contest entries will be judged by a panel of local and international experts and their decision will be final.

Submission

Entries can be submitted online via the link at the bottom of this page.

* All participants must complete the entry form which includes:
(i) Personal particulars
(ii) Creative rationale (in about 200 words) explaining the concept of the design.
* All online entries should not exceed 1MB in file size and must be submitted in .jpeg or .gif format. Participants may be asked to submit a higher resolution rendition of their design.
* By participating in this competition, all participants acknowledge that they understand and agree to the full Terms and Conditions of this competition.
* All entries and accompanying documents submitted to the Organiser must be in English.
* The closing date for submission is 29 August 2008.

Guidelines for Design

* The logo should cover three broad themes:
(i) Youthful spirit
(ii) Values of Olympism
(iii) The Singapore identity
* The logo should work well in a variety of applications from stationery to digital media, clothing, outdoor banners, commemorative items, etc.

The Singapore 2010 logo should include the following 4 elements:

* A distinctive element.
* The name of the City and the year of the Youth Olympic Games, namely the wordmark “City Year” (i.e. Singapore 2010).
* The Olympic symbol (i.e. the five rings).
* The wordmark “Youth Olympic Games”.

a) The distinctive element.
The distinctive element should be original.

b) The name of the City and the year of the Youth Olympic Games.
The wordmark “Singapore 2010” must not be separated.

c) The Olympic symbol.

* The area covered by the Olympic symbol contained in the submitted design must not exceed one third of the total area of the logo. The symbol must also be positioned at the bottom of the logo.
* The Olympic symbol must appear in its entirety and must not be altered in any way.
* There should be an “isolation” area around the Olympic rings in which no other type, graphic and/or photographic elements must encroach. The isolation area can be described as below :



d) The wordmark “Youth Olympic Games”.
The wordmark “Youth Olympic Games” must not be separated.

Source : Singapore2010

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