Call for Entries 4th Annual Pcom Creative Awards ~Deadline for Entries is March 15, 2007~ The 2007 Pcom Creative Awards, the premiere international creative award show, is currently accepting all entries for the 2007 competition. Entries for the Pcom Creative Awards are judged by an elite international jury of award-winning art directors, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and creative directors. Winners will receive Gold, Silver, Bronze or Merit Awards and have their award-winning work published on Portfolios.com in the winners' circle. Portfolios.com is one of the most highly trafficked creative websites in the world, providing stellar exposure for winners. To enter the Pcom Creative Awards, prospective entrants are asked to visit http://www.portfolios.com/award/2007 to access Portfolios.com's innovative on-line system exclusively designed to streamline the entry process. The user-friendly navigation and simple log-in will allow all entrants to add or change entries at any time during or after the entry process. For additional information on the Pcom Creative Awards, please visit the Portfolios.com web site at http://www.portfolios.com , or contact Jessica Richmond at 800-303-9277 ext. 221.

Do you have any family or friends in college? Involved with a college campus or know someone interested in film or international issues? With $20,000 in cash prizes, this is a great opportunity for future filmmakers to highlight their talent while communicating a critical message.

The Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) is challenging all college students in the United States to create a 30-second PSA that will raise public awareness of and rally support around appropriate international disaster relief by participating in PSAid: Public Service Announcements for International Disasters.

The goal of PSAid is to convey the message that

The 2007 Create Awards - one of the top creative competitions for professionals and students in advertising, film and video, motion graphics, graphic communication, photography, printing, interactive media, and copywriting - announces its official call for entries.

Following a successful first year, The 2007 Create Awards (www.thecreateawards.com) has tripled the Best of Show Award to a once-in-a-lifetime prize for the creative professional: a $30,000 Dream Studio Prize Package with products from industry-leading companies including: Adobe, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak, NEC Display Solutions, Alienware Computers, Wacom Technologies, Digital Tutors, Softimage (a Division of Avid), Iomega, Wiredrive, Microtek, Inovartis, LensBabies, E-Frontier, Spam Cube, AutoFX, Corel, Pantone, Tivity Software, and Extensis.

Also new for 2007: prize packages for all eight Best of Industry Winners (Advertising/Art Direction, Film + Video, Motion Graphics, Graphic Communication, Photography, Interactive, Copywriting/Words, and Self Promotion) and one Best of Student Prize Package worth more than $2,000. The winner of the Paper/Printing/Packaging Industry, sponsored by NewPage, receives their logo on a NASCAR car along with race day tickets to experience the prize.

The first deadline for entries is June 1. To enter the competition or receive more information, visit www.thecreateawards.com.

MyLifeBrand is hosting a gamers' contest where you could ultimately win an HDTV home theatre system -- just by creating your own gaming community. In order to build awareness for this exciting new community, MyLifeBrand is hosting a contest where you could win prizes, the grand prize being a complete HDTV home theater system. The winner will be the person who can create the largest network of friends and fans using MyLifeBrand. There will be four communities -- each one based on a popular game title (GEARS OF WAR, MASS EFFECT, WORLD OF WARCRAFT and MADDEN '07). A winner will be chosen for each game-themed community, as well as one chosen as the grand prize winner for creating the largest community overall. Prizes include PS3, Xbox 360 and the grand prize mentioned above. For more information, visit www.mylifebrand.com.

The Theatre of War Video Contest has players capture the best "wow, you gotta see this" in-game moment and post the video footage in Battlefront's YouTube channel. The channel will let the users vote for their favorite videos, and from the top 10 voted entries Battlefront and 1C Co. are going to select the Grand Prize winner. THEATRE OF WAR is a realtime tactical war game simulating epic battles during World War II. The winner will receive a $1,500 cash prize or a flight ticket to Moscow to meet with the 1C Co. developers. Additionally, 10 THEATRE OF WAR posters or t-shirts (winner's choice) will be given away for free to the best voted 10 entries. For more information, visit www.youtube.com/group/theatreofwar.

Ubisoft and the Independent Film Channel (IFC) are hosting a short film contest inspired by the videogame, ASSASSIN'S CREED, due out in November. Film students, videogame fans and media arts aficionados are encouraged to submit their short film of six minutes or less, based on themes for judging via IFC's Media Lab (http://medialab.ifc.com), a groundbreaking, integrated program that offers filmmakers a destination for posting their independent films online. The grand-prize winner will receive $10,000, an Xbox 360, an Xbox 360 version of ASSASSIN'S CREED and inclusion of their short film inside the Limited Edition version of the game. The winning film will also be aired on the IFC television network in November to coincide with the launch of the game. Finalists will be selected by a panel of IFC and Ubisoft judges and their films will be posted on the IFC website, to be viewed and voted on by fans and visitors who will ultimately choose the grand-prize winner. Two "runner-up" prizes include $2,500 cash, an Xbox 360, an Xbox 360 version of ASSASSIN'S CREED and inclusion of their short film inside the Limited Edition version of the game. Their short film will be aired on the IFC television network. Winners will be announced on or before Nov. 30. For more information, visit medialab.ifc.com/content.jsp?pg=assassins_creed.html.

NATPE is hosting a free web seminar titled "Understanding Mobile Media: Untapped Opportunities and Hidden Challenges." The one-hour event will take place at 9:00 am PT.

In this hour, John Puterbaugh, Founder/Chief Strategist at Nellymoser, and Adam Zawel, Chief Collaborating Officer at INmobile.org, will show you how to successfully overcome the hurdles of going mobile and staying there, by focusing on the following:

* Getting the Lay of the Mobile Land - Where to start and what you need to know
* Selecting your content and delivering it to your target market
* Ensuring a compelling experience for the most handsets

For more information, visit www.natpe.org.

Mod DB, the premier website dedicated to game modification, is calling on gamers for submissions for the annual Mod of the Year Awards (MOTY 2007). The contest will run through Jan. 15, 2008. The MOTY Awards showcase the best game modifications (aka "mods") in the world and recognize the mod teams behind them. A video game "mod" is a variation of a game or in-game elements. It can add new content to the underlying game (partial conversions) or offer an entirely new game (total conversions). The awards pay tribute to the creativity, dedication, and hard work independent developers and amateur game designers put into creating unique experiences through video and interactive features, free downloads and consumer voting. This year's contest is again sponsored by The Art Institute Online, the U.S. Navy and Alienware. Mod DB is seeking submissions of modified games, either partial or total game conversions of existing titles, to add to its existing database of over 4,000. Entries will be voted on by visitors to Mod DB and the top 100 game mods will be posted by Dec. 15. A final round of voting will determine the illustrious "Mod of the Year" and secondary prize winners. For more information, visit moddb.com.

The Art Institute of Pittsburg, Online Division (AiPO) and Alienware are hosting The Concept Art Competition, a contest that celebrates artwork from leading independent game artists around the world. The artwork was created as concept art for videogame applications, such as characters, landscapes, vehicles and other game-art renderings.

The competition will crown and reward two artists for their winning entries. Alienware will provide two Area-51R 7500 computers (MSRP $3,009 each) to the winning entries. Mod DB is hosting the event and provides the ideal staging ground for this competition, given its history and unrivaled platform for mod developers, game designers and artists to collaborate to create game modifications, add-ons and independent games.

The Concept Art Competition is open for public judging on Mod DB through Dec. 7, 2007. The results will be posted on Dec. 15, 2007. To view and vote on your favorite artwork, visit www.moddb.com/features/23851/concept-art-competition.

The Gnomon Workshop will rebroadcast ten lectures from their past Weekend Live events. Join their private event forum from December 12-26, 2008 and view HD quality video of these amazing lectures and interact with instructors Brom, Erik Tiemens, Iain McCaig, George Hull, Marc Gabanna, William Stout, Wayne Barlowe, James Clyne, Tyruben Ellingson and Kenneth Rocafort.

Attendees to this online event will be given access to a private forum for the entire week. During the event, all ten presentations will be viewable online. Within the forum, questions can be asked of the speakers who will do their best to answer questions regarding their presentations. Each presentation ranges from 60-120 minutes and is delivered at both 720x405 (SD) and 1280x720 (HD).