SVG Mobile Competition

Update! In addition to the Nokia 3650, the prize now includes the BitFlash SVG Tiny viewer, compiled for installation on the 3650, and a copy of the recently released Beatware e-Picture Pro 4.0 Mobile SVG authoring software. In view of this, the closing date has been extended from 3 November to 24 November.

Announcing the first official SVG Mobile Competition. Nokia have provided a 3650 tri-band GSM handset as a prize for the best SVG Mobile greeting card. What do we mean by greeting card? It's really up to you! It could be a birthday card, a funny cartoon story, a demonstration of the power of SVG - whatever you want. We're intentionally leaving it open in order to give you as much freedom as possible. Here is your chance to be known as the first SVG champion.

Competition details are as follows:

• Design an SVG greeting card in a single SVG file. The SVG file must must be SVG Tiny compliant. You can reference images, but they must be local (ie. in the same directory) and included with the submission. The total size of the submission (SVG and image files) must be less than 30K. You can compress the SVG to SVGZ.
• You may enter as many times as you like.
• Send your submission as an attachment to member-svg-competition@w3.org. If you used multiple files, please send a single zipped archive. Include your name, a description of yourself, your organization (if appropriate), a description of your entry, the method you used to create the entry (eg. handcoding, which authoring tool you used), a link to your details/homepage (if possible). Upon first submission, you will receive an automated response requesting your approval to archive the submission on the W3C Web site. You are required to accept that request in order to enter the competition.
• Entries are due 24 November 2003.
• Entries will not be publicly visible from the W3C Web site before the due date. However, you are free to make your entry available yourself. At the end of the competition, the W3C will make a page of the best entries. Be listed as one of the first SVG gurus!
• By entering you grant W3C the right to use your entry in promotional material (eg. on a page of competition results). W3C will only use the entry with appropriate attribution.
• Entrants must have permission to use any content (e.g images, vector artwork, logos, trademarks) they include in their submission.
• The prize is one Nokia 3650 tri-band GSM Handset, plus one binary Nokia Seriess 6 installation of the BitFlash SVG Tiny viewer for Symbian and one licensed copy of BeatWare e-Picture Pro 4.0 for Windows. The winner will be chosen by the SVG Working Group, whose decision is final.
• W3C reserve the right to change the terms of the competition at any time by posting details on this page.
• The judging criteria are intentionally vague. We are looking forward to being impressed by whatever you can come up with. Here is a list of things we'll be looking for:
  • Is it a good demonstration of the SVG Tiny features?
  • Would the entry run well on an SVG Tiny device (not too complex)?
  • Is it visually appealing?
  • Is it original?
• As judges, the individual members of the SVG Working Group are not allowed to enter. However, employees of SVG Working Group members are allowed to enter, but their Working Group representative will not be able to vote for the entry.
• The winner will be announced on 15 December

This is the first in a series of SVG competitions we will be running over the next few months. Each competition will have a slightly different theme. We have a collection of prizes from different industry sponsors to give away, so watch this space!