HOW Magazine's 10th Annual Interactive Design Awards

Enter your work in HOW magazine's Interactive Design Competition. All winning entries will be featured in HOW's huge April 2009 Design Annual and will receive a $100 discount toward registration for the 2009 HOW Design Conference. One Best of Show winner will be prominently featured in the April 2009 Design Annual and will be our guest at the 2009 HOW Conference (round-trip airfare within the U.S., hotel and registration paid by HOW) .

JUDGES

Lou Kindard

Interactive Knowledge, Charlotte, NC

Maria Giudice

Hot Studio Inc., San Francisco

Brien Grant

OLSON, Minneapolis

JUDGING CRITERIA

Your entry will be judged using the following criteria:

  • How well does the entry achieve its client's mission?
  • How well does the entry communicate?
  • How easy is it to navigate the entry?
  • How strong is the entry aesthetically?
  • How strong is the entry technically?

Please include a description of the objectives of your entry with your entry form to help the judges fully evaluate your project.

CATEGORIES

  • Business-to-business Web sites
  • CD-ROMs*
  • Consumer Web sites
  • DVDs*
  • E-mail Newsletters, Promotions, etc.
  • Games
  • Kiosks*
  • Motion Designs
  • Self-Promotional Web sites
  • Student work
  • Web Banners
  • Miscellaneous*

* Not eligible for online entry.

WHAT'S ELIGIBLE

Work must have been created between Jan. 1, 2007, and July 15, 2008. Any interactive, interface or motion designs for the web, for kiosks, for broadcast or for use on Macintosh or Windows platforms, including CD-ROMs and DVDs, are eligible.

ENTRY FEES

Regular Entry - $75
Student Entry - $50

DEADLINE

All entries must be postmarked no later than July 15, 2008. Entries postmarked after July 15 require a late fee of $25 per entry. Entries postmarked after Aug. 1, 2008, will not be accepted.

PAYMENT

Make checks payable (in U.S. funds, drawn on a U.S. bank) to HOW Interactive Design Awards. payment must accompany entries. Entries received without payment will be disqualified. Entry fees are nonrefundable. One check may be used to cover multiple entries if all entries are submitted in the same package. Credit card charges will appear on your statement as "F+W Contest" within 90 days of the contest deadline. A $10 fee will be charged for returned checks and declined credit card payments.
MAIL TO:
HOW Interactive Design Awards
4700 East Galbraith Road · Cincinnati, OH
45236 USA

HOW TO ENTER

  1. Send two well-protected disks or CD-ROMs for each entry. Submit your entry on DVD, VHS, or CD-ROMs (Mac or Win). Include instructions for loading and running the entry. Web sites may be entered on one of these formats or by providing the URL for the site. Include password if entry is protected.
  2. Complete an entry form and make three clear photocopies of it. Firmly attach one form to each copy of your entry, and include the other two forms with your payment.
  3. Type or print your entry form. Entries accompanied by illegible forms will be disqualified.
  4. Mail entries to:

    HOW INTERACTIVE DESIGN AWARDS
    4700 East Galbraith Road
    Cincinnati OH 45236

IMPORTANT

Winning entrants grant HOW the right to reproduce images of their work in HOW magazine and to display the projects at HOW events. Some winning entries may also appear on HOW's website and in other digital and printed materials. HOW assumes all entries are original and are the works and property of the entrant, with all rights granted therein. HOW is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant and will not become involved in copyright disputes. If you wish to be notified of the receipt of your entry, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard. HOW will notify winners by mail in March 2009, after judging is complete. No entries will be returned.

PRIVACY PROMISE

Occasionally, we make portions of our customer list available to other companies so they may contact you about products and services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer we withhold your name, simply send a note with your name, address and the competition name to: List Manager, F+W publications, 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236 USA.

For additional information, email HOW-interactive@fwpubs.com.

ONLINE ENTRY FORM

Consumer Web sites, games, self-promotional Web sites, business-to-business Web sites and student work (Web sites only) may be submitted online. All other categories must be submitted using the PDF entry form.

To submit online, visit our online entry form.

Online Entry Form

Enter any project that can be accessed through the internet, including websites, games and other projects, with the online entry form.



PDF Entry Form


Enter your CD-ROMs, DVDs, kiosks and miscellaneous projects with the PDF entry form.