The Webby Awards and Adobe are proud to announce the Webby In-Motion Contest, an amazing opportunity for you to use unlimited creative license with Adobe software and wow the Webby community with your motion graphics talent.

Contestants can produce one or more 20-second video category IDs that will be shown at the 11th Annual Webby Awards Gala in NYC. Entrants will animate, illustrate and bring to life their vision of 10 Webby category clusters including Entertainment, Society, Advertising and Mobile.

There is no entry fee and winning work from the Grand Prize Winner and Finalists will be presented during the show to over 800 of the top creative minds in the world! Groovy prizes. Deadline: 11 May 2007. Visit the site for details.

The contest is FREE to enter and anyone can take part, aspiring amateurs as well as pro shooters. Just sign up and submit your best photo for a chance to win one of our fantastic prizes.

There are three rounds, each with a different theme, and you can contribute one photo for each round. Sign-up and submission is completely free and without commitment.

The winner is determined 50% by public vote, 50% by our highly qualified judges’ votes.

Round 1 is now open for submissions: the topic is “The Meaning of Life” and the prize is a Leica D-Lux 3. Visit the site for further info on themes, prizes and deadlines. Deadline for this round: 7 May.

From the site: “Yes, you read that correctly. It started with an online petition from a fan on the 2K forums, imploring us to make a BioShock limited edition. 19,692 signatures later, I opened up a poll on the Cult of Rapture asking BioShock devotees what they would like to see in the box.

“Now I ask you, what would you like ON the box?

“…So now, for the next two weeks, I’ll be collecting submissions for designs that could go on the front of the BioShock Limited Edition box.” Deadline 2 May. Visit the site for details.

Omagh Memorial Working Group invites submissions from suitably experienced and skilled Design Teams, for the design, production and installation of a permanent memorial to the Omagh Bomb of 15 August 1998. It is essential that design teams have an appropriate mix of skills and experience including expertise in Landscape Architecture and visual art/three dimensional design.

Designs Teams will be expected to prepare proposals for the integrated treatment of the bomb site and the temporary memorial garden and the project will entail the development of a permanent memorial garden with a major public art element.

The total budget for this project is £240,000 with at least £100,000 of this budget being ring fenced for the public art element.

Full details of the competition conditions and the competition brief can be obtained from Mr Frank Sweeney, Head of Arts and Tourism, Omagh District Council, the Grange, Mountjoy Road, Omagh, County Tyrone, N. Ireland, BT79 7BL or they can be downloaded from the website of Omagh District Council, www.omagh.gov.uk. The closing date for Stage 1 submissions is 12.00 noon on Friday 25 May 2007.

The 23rd Annual PDN (Photo District News)/Nikon Self-Promotion Awards Call for Entries asks for actual self-promotion pieces. Categories include: Best Ongoing Campaign Established Talent, New Talent, Rep Firm/Stock Agency Promotions, Direct Mail, etc. All Winners in first, second and third will be featured in PDN’s October 2007 issue, on PDNonline and at te Awards Ceremony during PDN’s PhotoPlus Expo International on 18-20 October 2007. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a Nikon Digital SLR Camera and a portfolio on PhotoServe.com. First Place winners will receive a Nikon camera and a portfolio on PhotoServe.com.

Entry deadline: 24 May. Late? Pay $10 to extend your deadline to 7 June. Visit the site for details.

The Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) in association with the Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC) invites submissions in a design competition to celebrate “Design Matters” throughout 2007.

The purpose is to generate an image that celebrates architecture and design in Toronto, by engaging any, and all of, the design disciplines, including: architects, graphic designers, landscape architects, fashion designers, interior designers, industrial designers, artists, etc. While the submission is in the format of a poster, the design concept should be adaptable to a variety of media: T-shirts, bags, buttons, a website, anything. The TSA will work with the winning designer to adapt the design to different uses, as opportunities emerge.

Everybody is welcome to submit. The registration form must be received no later than Monday, 7 May 2007, at 5:00pm. For details on where to mail the entry and for more information, visit the site.

At right: Cumberland River Tributary by Barry Sulkin.

This year, for its 16th annual photo contest, Scenic Tennessee is focusing on historic preservation. Joining the group as cosponsor is the Tennessee Preservation Trust, a longtime ally of Scenic Tennessee. Together the groups are hoping to celebrate the scenic character of Tennessee’s historic places while possibly discovering still-unknown historic resources deserving of public attention.

Suggested subjects include historic buildings such as the Friends Church in Maryville or the Ryman in Nashville; neighborhoods or districts such as Annesdale-Snowden in Memphis or Cades Cove in the Smokies; historic towns such as Jonesborough or Rugby; historic commercial or industrial sites such as the Shelbyville Railroad Station or the Harms Mill hydroelectric station in Fayetteville; and archeological sites such as the Pinson Indian Mounds in Henderson County or the Red Clay Cherokee Indian settlement near Cleveland.

Entries must be postmarked by 15 May. Visit the site for details.

Via: Chattanoogan.com

The collective expo will take place in Bucharest/Romania and will feature works from numerous international artists along with Romania’s finest.It first started at Inoperable Gallery in Wien, now Bucharest is the next stop. For submissions, please send an e-mail to skateboardart |AT| gmail |DOT| com, including some personal works. The deck can be in any condition (old, new or broken) and can be customized using any technique; deadline - 10th May. They are sorry but they can not support deck and shipment charges. If not returned to the artists, the decks will afterwards move to the next venue; who knows where that might be.

Via: If It’s Hip It’s Here

The UnScene is a mobile gallery tour created by photography company Wall Kandy to find emerging artists around the globe. While the tour aims to give emerging artists a chance to be “seen,” the photography is curated to showcase “un-scene” images of life whether it’s architecture, cityscapes, stills or moments in time.

Each UnScene city stop culminates into a gallery night to showcase and sell the artist’s work. In some venues, the artwork has a life of its own as extended art exhibits. Wall Kandy thanks the W Hotel chain for supporting the UnScene and offering the UnScene in partnership with its White Space W Happenings events.

The next UnScene event is scheduled for San Diego on 23 May with submissions due by 4 May. Photos can be black and white or color and be submitted to Wall Kandy by email. Visit the site for details.

Photographer’s Forum Magazine and Canon present the 27th Annual Spring Photography Contest with $4,200 in cash grants plus two Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi Camera and Lens Systems awarded (at right).

Winning photos will be published in the November 2006 issue of Photographer’s Forum Magazine. All contest finalists will be published in The Best of Photography Annual 2007! Final entry deadline 14 May 2007. Visit the site for details and entry form.