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3rd ELAN Awards Puts Out Worldwide Call For Judges

The ELANs officially put out their call to the entire world for judges to the media and industry professionals in video games, animation and visual effects. Anyone from within these industries who wish to preside over the selection of the final nominees and winners of the 3rd Annual ELANS is invited to apply.

The Board of Advisors for the 3rd Annual ELAN Awards is made up of Kelly Zmak of Radical Ent., Tarrnie Williams of Relic, Kay Gruenwoldt of N-Gage, Doug Campbell of SPIN West VFX and the prolific Producer/Director from all three sectors, Ian Verchere.

The list of requirements for those interested in becoming a Juror/Judge for the 3rd Annual ELAN Awards:

-- Must be a professional working in the video game, animation or visual effects industry-- Must agree to be placed on the jury panel which determines the final nominees and the winner of an award category from the area of their expertise (i.e.: Best Sound must have only panel members who work in Music and/or Sound Departments)-- Must speak English fluently-- If a video game professional, they must have immediate access to and be capable of playing on PS2, PS3, Xbox and Wii as well as own a computer capable of downloading and playing PC Games;-- If an animation or visual effects professional, they must be able to view HD QuickTime files-- If a media member, they must cover the art being decided upon in their award category (i.e.: Technical Innovation categories can only have a Technology Reporter and they must cover that award category's industry sector).

Panels consisting of four industry professionals and one media member from all around the world (at least two must reside outside of North America) work together through an online voting forum to determine the four final nominees in their assigned award category. The decision must be unanimous. The head juror then sends their panel's final nominees directly to the ELAN's Award Auditor, Geoff Dodds of Buckley Dodds & Associates who records them and delivers the names directly to the Producers to be announced at a press conference on Monday, February 2, 2009. Each juror then individually and privately sends their choice for the winner of their category out of their panel's final nominees directly to the ELAN's auditor who tallies the votes and arranges for the trophy plaques and the winning envelopes to be produced in secret up until they are announced onstage at the ceremony on February 28, 2009.

If you meet the requirements and wish to act as juror and judge for the 3rd Annual ELAN Awards, apply by going to the Adjudicative Process page on www.theelans.com and fill in the application to judge. Judges will be selected, contacted and later announced (not their categories).

Also, submissions are currently open and close on December 5, 2008. The producers have extended the Early Bird deadline to November 28, 2008 in order to accommodate those submissions coming from outside of North America.

The 3rd Annual ELAN Awards will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts.

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