The people at Sitemasher have launched an appealing contest which invites design students and design industry professionals to enter it.
The Sitemasher Website Design Contest is designed to recognize excellence in implementing powerful websites using Sitemasher.
The contest is split in two categories:

• Design students will receive a cash prize for education and an award they can use to grow their career and resume.
• Design professionals will receive a cash prize and an award to promote their excellence in design and proficiency with Sitemasher.

Prizes

There are prizes for each category and they consist in serious amounts of cash.
1st prize: $1,000
2nd prize: $500
3rd prize: $250

Additionally, the top 10 finalists in each category will receive the following prizes:

• A one-year subscription to Sitemasher Basic*
• Your design will be featured on the Sitemasher website.
• An award recognition graphic icon for your own website.

*Please read restrictions in general rules.

How the entries are judged

Websites will be judged on design, usability, and functionality by a panel of web designers, associations, and professionals. The judges will be given a score card to grade each area as follows:

• Design: The website must be designed and built within Sitemasher, which is free to use, but the website doesn’t have to be published live. The design must demonstrate an overall visual concept, an intuitive navigation scheme, and a high quality of execution.
• Usability: Basic techniques to enhance usability need to be used throughout the design. Clearly label links and images for easy use in both text and graphical browsers. Only one site consisting of at least five pages is required per submission, but links must 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. Designs should be creative and unique.
• Functionality: The website must maximize and extend the use of Sitemasher by utilizing multiple media types and promoting user interactivity. Examples of Sitemasher functionality include list and article management, multimedia content, roles, and search engine optimization.

More information you can get on their blog post or the contest page with the full details of this design challenge.

Have you thought about a competition that will recognise your skills and will give a consistent prize for your talent and imagination? Well, there are 14 design contests in here with various themes that will surely attract some of you. The prizes vary from a few hundred dollars to 300.000€.
for more details of the competition click on the image close to the title

Mega Contest! $1730+ Worth of prizes!

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It appears that Snoop is making a nice campaign for his new album Ego Trippin and organizes a wallpaper contest along with crestock.com.

The contest has 3 rounds where you can win an iPod classic 80GB (in round 1), iPod touch 16GB (in round 2), iPod touch 32GB (in round 3) and there is also a final prize that consists in a Macbook Air and as a bonus the top 3 entries in each round will be featured on snoopdogg.com & receive exclusive Limited Edition Snoop Dogg Merchandise worth more than $500.

Your wallpaper must be based on three themes corresponding to each round and you have to use their stock photos. For more information go to Crestock’s official contest page

It appears that the guys at 20th Century Fox probably signed a partnership contract with DeviantArt for this contest to make the movie “The happening” popular. Not a bad idea, especially because there are a lot of good artists on dA in searching for a good inspiration.

Prizes

There will be one winner for each themed phrase, for a total of THREE (3) winners. The winners will receive:

• The Complete M. Night Shyamalan Collection (Sixth Sense + Unbreakable + The Signs + The Village + Lady in the Water)
• An Apple iPod classic, to watch your new movies with (a $250 value!)
• A 6-month deviantART Subscription package;
• A deviantWEAR T-shirt of your choice;
• A deviantWEAR Accessory Pack.

More information related to the contest like the creative resources that you can use, qualifications, rules, judging criteria and other can be found on the DeviantArt news page that corresponds to this contest.