The Hollywood Film Festival® and the Hollywood Film Awards® were created to discover emerging independent filmmakers. To be eligible for the Hollywood Film Awards® competition, submit a completed FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECT or MUSIC VIDEO. Submissions are accepted monthly. Submissions to the Hollywood Film Awards® competition are accepted monthly; the submission deadline is 30 April 2007 (postmarked).

The Hollywood Film Festival® prefers paperless entries submitted via The International Film Festival Submission System (BrigitFest) – on the Web at Withoutabox.com. Visit the contest site first to read about all the details on categories, etc.

In support of Are You Listening?, her solo album being released May 15th, Sanctuary Records artist Dolores O’Riordan is offering the public a chance to design web banners promoting the album preorder. O’Riordan, the iconic former lead singer of Ireland’s The Cranberries, has sold in excess of 40 million albums worldwide. Are You Listening? is the much anticipated album that marks Dolores’ first foray back into music in over four years.

“The Dolores O’Riordan Online Banner Challenge,” which began on 10 April 2007, takes place on Brickfish.com and runs until 26 April 2007. O’Riordan is looking for the public to upload their web banner designs that highlight the heart and soul of her upcoming album, Are You Listening? Open to the public, anyone can come to Brickfish.com to vote, review and view the entries (as a free registered member or a guest). Fans of the entries will influence Sanctuary’s choice on the winning banner. Anyone can preorder the CD now and get the album as a free MP3 download on May 7, over a week before it is available in stores in the US. The limited time offer includes two instant MP3 downloads, access to a ticket presale for the North American tour, and the option to buy a limited edition t-shirt.
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The 2007 DVDA Excellence Awards are presented by the DVD Association for the benefit of our members, sponsors and the DVD community. These Awards recognize excellence in the talent, creativity, craftsmanship and application of technology in the production and authoring of DVD, Blu-Ray and HD DVD discs. Overall quality of a finished title is considered, but relative audience appeal of the content is not a criterion in the judging. Skills used in the art and science of the creation of each title determine the final score. The Excellence Awards are based on merit rather than a traditional competition. Entries are not ranked as first, second or third place; Instead, an independent panel of Optical Disc professionals will score a maximum of 100 points for each entry, based on designated criteria.

To reflect the industry’s growth into the next generation of technology, the 2007 Excellence Awards are open to the Standard Definition and High Definition formats, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Entry is open to all distributors, producers, publishers, artists, developers, authors and designers in all product categories. The Excellence Awards do not accept entries for adult entertainment content. Visit the site for details. Deadline 27 April.

The Cedar Breaks National Monument Wildflower Festival is an annual event that takes place each July. Activities include guided wildflower walks; kid’s scavenger hunts, guided wildflower photography and guided hikes with Rangers. This year the festival will take place July 1-22nd. The winner of this competition will have their artwork used on the poster advertising the Wildflower Festival, and also possibly on the Cedar Breaks website. The competition will be judged by a committee composed of botanists, college professors, members of the Cedar City Arts Council and representatives from Cedar Breaks National Monument. The winner will receive $100.00.

The image should represent flora found in and around Cedar Breaks National Monument. Work can be in any format, e.g. 2D - watercolor, acrylic, oils, photos, or 3D sculpture or installation. Deadling 30 April. Visit the site for details.

Autodesk, Inc. is sponsoring a Spy Gadget Design contest for members of the Autodesk Manufacturing Community, one of the world’s largest communities of designers and engineers in the manufacturing industry. The contest seeks inspired spy gadget designs that are inventive, humorous or just plain intriguing and will award prizes to the top entries in each category. Submissions are currently being accepted and the contest will run through 18 April 2007. Visit the site for details.

A new community for London being developed alongside two kilometres of Thames waterfront in Barking and Dagenham. Barking Riverside promises to become one of the most important and inspiring new communities in London. Home to more than 26,000 people, enjoying new schools, shopping, parkland, access to the river, new improved transport connections and close to vibrant Barking town centre.

26 April 2007 is the deadline for expressions of interest for this open international competition for a new sustainable community. The competition aims to create a new community where people want to settle and stay because they feel proud of where they live. Visit the site for details.