Buzz on web design contests, awards, and giveaways for bloggers. Win prizes, network, make new friends, and promote your site.
Attention video producers! The Vimeo Festival and Awards event is on the way:
“The Vimeo Festival and Awards invites video creators throughout the world to submit their finest original online videos.” To find out how to enter a video, you must sign up at Vimeo by entering your email. Submission details will be out soon.
Other than this, there is not yet much information. No date, location, etc.... 
WeBlogBetter.com is running the Simplest Guest Post Contest Ever. All you need to do is write an original guest post, and submit it by April 30th. The five guest posts receiving the most re-tweets will win prizes. (Follow the link for complete information.)
Prizes range from a $125 Twitter Identity Package, to a $25 department store gift card. Sweet!... 
Here’s a great contest for theme designers. Weebly, a free blogging platform and hosting service for non-commercial blogs, is sponsoring a theme design contest.They’re offering substantial cash prizes. And of course, winners will enjoy creditable recognition of their work.
PSD Designs
Weebly is looking for layered PSD designs, which they will convert for use on their platform. Contest entries... 
The 14th annual Web Market Association’s WebAward is a serious competition. It is open to organizations and professional individuals involved in the process of developing web sites for organizations, companies, and the government.
Best Websites in 96 Industries
WebAward will name the best websites in 96 industries, while setting a standard of excellence for website development. Entries will be... 
The 2010 Adobe Design Achievement Awards is a competition for full-time students who use Adobe creative software. Students must be currently enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education. Entries must be submitted by June 4, 2010.
Categories
Both individuals and groups may enter one unique project in up to three of the following categories:
Interactive media – Browser-Based Design,... 
Last month I entered the ThemeGrade premium theme giveaway contest. I won a free copy of the Obox Press Theme, a “classy minimalist WordPress theme.” I didn’t know anything about Obox, but I chose Press because I was intrigued by the full-page slider and various content blocks on the home page that manage to look both ultra clean and beautiful.
Press sells for $50, making it the most... 
Hurry to ThemeGrade to enter a contest for a chance to win one of several professional premium WordPress themes. 35 readers are guaranteed to win. If you haven’t already visited this cool site, you’ll be surprised by the eye-opening, inner-guts grading of the themes they evaluate. Themes are tested according to SEO-friendliness, W3C compliance, and browser compatibility.
Both free and paid... 
My online handle is àlaJoAnn. I'm hooked on blogging. My spare-time hobby, and long-term aspiration, is setting up blogs for fun and profit: Niche blogs, information blogs, and ebusiness blogs.
I like web design contests. They're a great way to win prizes you can use for your blog, like free premium themes. They also lead to networking with fellow bloggers, which helps support the efforts of us all.
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