Regulations
We are pleased to invite you to the 3rd edition of the International Media Awards for Web Albena 2005! TV World Foundation and Bulgarian Web Association (BWA) within the annual International Media Events organize the Web Festival.
The International Media Awards for Web is open to all companies, organizations and individuals from all over the world and especially from the South East and Central Europe, involved in designing, building, managing, marketing or promoting Web sites for business, consumer or general audiences. Participation in the International Media Awards for Web 2005 is a standard of prestige and high professional quality.
How to Enter
In order to participate in the International Media Awards for Web 2005 you should make your reservation systematically as it follows:
- Make an online registration on www.tvworld.bg
- Fill the online entry form on www.tvworld.bg
- Send to info@bwa.bg a detailed description and presentation in English of the web sites, participating at the competition
- Send to info@bwa.bg two (2) screen shots of each web site, you are participating at the competition with
- If password protected, please make a special account for the jury and send to info@bwa.bg the password and the user name. Sites that cannot be accessed will not be judged!
- Pay your entry fees not later than the announced deadline
Please, fill all the required information about your entries in order to have more chances to be clear, attractive and interesting to the technical committee and the honorable jury.
The representatives (either the rightful site owner or developer) should submit entries using the online entry form. A Web site is considered entered after the completed entry form and payment for the entry fee are received. Web sites entered must be accessible from the time of the entry through June 2005. There is no limit to the number of entries that may be submitted by any participant. Particular Web site can participate in only one category. The technical committee reserves the right to re-categorize entries if needed.
The technical committee will disqualify:
- Web sites that violate human rights
- Web sites that have or spread information or other materials without copyrights
- Web sites that violate local, European, or International laws
- Web sites that violate children rights
- Web sites, spreading software viruses or codes, which have the aim to destroy or damage software and hardware
- Web sites that contain pornographic materials or propagate "hate" messages
The technical committee or the jury may disqualify the ineligible entries by at any phase of the competition without notification.
Judging Criteria
Technical committee (Prelesection)
It will consist of four prominent people working in the field of design, marketing and management of Web business. They will all be Bulgarians with fluent English and excellent professional background. The Bulgarian Web Association will nominate the members of the technical committee.
The committee will start looking through the entries 3 days after the deadline for submitting the entries and will be in session, whereupon it will announce whether all the entries are correct, full and eligible.
The Jury (Selection)
The honorable jury of the International Media Awards for Web Albena 2005 will consist of three International and two Bulgarian professionals in Web technologies, e marketing, and advertisement. Strict and clear criteria will guide them. The weight of each criterion varies with the different categories and the goal of each Web site.
Criteria
- Content
- Structure and navigation
- Attractiveness
- Interactivity
- Functionality
- Usability
Content
Content is the information provided on the site. It is not only the text, but also music, sound, animation, database, links or video. Web site communicates with the audience and this communication should be proper, outstanding and clear. It is very important the content to match with the goals and nature of the Web site. Good content makes Web site “visible” — it may be informative, useful, or funny but it always should be written well and carefully.
Structure and Navigation
Structure and navigation refers to the framework of a site, the organization of content, the prioritization of information, and the method in which you browse and move through the site. Sites with good structure allow you to form a model of the information provided and good navigation offers easy access to this information. These two components always provide Web site with excellence.
Attractiveness
Attractiveness is actually visual design — it is the appearance of the site. It includes the use of graphical elements, such as images, color, white space, fonts and typography. Good visual design is high quality, appropriate, and relevant for the audience and the message of the Web site. It communicates a visual experience and may even astound you.
Functionality
Functionality is the use of technology on the site. It means — to load quickly, to have working and relevant links and forms, and any new technology used to correspond with the intended audience and the aims of the Web site. The site should work cross–platform and be browser independent. Good functionality is relevant and adds value.
Interactivity
Interactive features engage the Web site user to participate, not only be a spectator. Interactivity can be in the form of forums, chat rooms, polls, games, hypertext, feedback mechanisms, online tools and quizzes. Good interactivity allows you, as a user, to give and receive. Interactive elements are what separate the Web from other media. Their inclusion should make it clear that you are not reading a magazine or watching TV anymore.
Usability
Usability means proper organization, layout and navigation. A well thought out information architecture — how content is organized and linked — enhances user experience, making it easy for visitors to navigate the site and find the needed information quickly and easily. A well designed, uncluttered page layout leads users to the depth of the information they need.
The 16th Categories
In section "Categories", you can find their full description.
Fee Structure
| First Entry | Additional Entries | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | 100 EUR | 50 EUR |
| First Entry | Additional Entries | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | 50 EUR | 25 EUR |
Means of Payment
The organizing committee supports the following payment means:
- Payments at pay–desk in Albena
- Money order by bank
- International money order by bank
Entry fees should be transferred not later than 20 May 2005. Further payment information will be available on the websites of the Bulgarian Web Association (www.bwabg.org) and TV World Foundation (www.tvworld.bg).
The representatives must submit the entry and pay the entry fee on or before the deadline of submission of entries. Late submissions or payments will not be processed. Payments made on or before the deadline but collected or confirmed after will be processed. The entry fee is non-refundable (even in case of withdrawal of entry). The entry fee is forfeited in case any of the terms and conditions is violated.
The entrants of the Web sites must submit complete and correct information in the online entry form. It must be clear that incomplete entry forms will not be processed and information that is proven later on to be false any time during the process will be subject to disqualification.
In case of entering in the wrong category, the technical committee has the right to move the Web site to another appropriate category.
The entry will not be processed until the fee is received and confirmed by the organizers — the Bulgarian Web Association and TV World Foundation.
Conditions of Entry
The International Media Awards for Web Albena 2005 assumes all entries are original and the entrant either owns the Web site or has permission from a client or other appropriate party to enter the work, with all rights granted therein. In case that an entrant without such rights submits a site, the entrant will be disqualified.
The entry must be a Web site, defined for this purpose as a collection of Web pages that either has its own domain or resides with a hosting service (such as a free hosting service). Single Web pages and site sections are not qualified. For sub-sites (such as sub. domain.com or www.domain.com/sub), they can qualify as "stand alone" sites if they have their own site structure and are explicitly distinct from the primary domain as to purpose, nature, and content.
The International Media Awards for Web Albena 2005 is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant, but it has the right to disqualify at any time the infringer Web site. The entries must not be plagiarized in terms of content and design from a copyrighted source, such as another Web site. Plagiarism must be obvious to be considered such.
The entry must be accessible to the public. Intranet sites are not qualified.
In order certain categories to be identified by the organizers, the representative must submit a test or demo account for sites that require a username and password.
Terms of Entry
We will expect your entries and payments until the end 20 May.
