e-Awards rules and regulations
The Award:
The competition organisers will award website design and development time to the value of 50% of the proposed projects website design and development costs.
The applicant will be expected to match fund their 50% of the proposed website design and development costs.
The competition organisers will appoint a designated supplier of website design and development time and service. The designated supplier may also be the competition organisers.
Each award will be up to a maximum of £20,000 and a minimum of £7,500.
There is one award every quarter - from Sept 2009 - June 2011. (30 days after each submission close)
Eligibility for the Award:
1. This competition is open to all individuals, businesses, charities and organisations with a website requirement.
2. You, your business or organisation needs to be based within the following UK geographical areas: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire or South Yorkshire.
3. Your website design and development work has estimated costs from £15,000 to £40,000
Judging criteria:
The judges are looking for great ideas for websites to design and develop based on:
a) The originality of the idea.
b) An evaluation of success including sustainability of project.
c) The central importance of the proposed website to the success of the business.
d) Social and environmental value. Additional points are awarded for websites with a social or community value, high moral importance or with an environmental sensitivity.
Weighting of criteria – 50% of points to be awarded to a) the originality of the idea and 50% of the points are evenly distributed amongst other criteria.
Award application:
Applications will only be accepted by submitting the online registration form.
No late entries will be permitted at any stage of the competition.
Applicants may submit multiple applications for different projects.
Submission dates:
September 30th 2009, December 31st 2009,
March 31st 2010, June 30th 2010, September 30th 2010, December 31st 2010,
March 31st 2011 and June 30th 2011.
Application submissions must be made on the appropriate online form or website downloadable form by the dates specified.
Judging:
Judging to be held at the Hammer Design offices. Judges notes, comments and scoring will be made available on request.
Awards will be made at the discretion of the panel of judges to the best award application proposal.
The judges decision at every stage of the competition will be final. Applicants can reapply for following quarters.
Award winners will be made available online on the organisers website and notified by email no later than 30 days after submission close.
Awards:
Successful winners must start the proposed project within six months of the award notification and complete the project within six months of initiation date.
Awards are strictly limited to the successful application amount for website design and development with the designated supplier of services.
Awards are non refundable, not exchangeable for cash and are entirely discretional on the part of the designated supplier.
Confidentiality:
All competition entries are made on the strictest confidence and will only be made available to designated judges. All judges operate under a blanket non disclosure agreement.
Publicity:
It is the competition organisers right to publicise winning projects and all successful winners are expected to cooperate with the supply of all material relevant to the publicity of their project.
Exclusions:
The competition organisers reserve the right to exclude or disqualify from the competition any entrant whose website idea, or any part thereof is found to:
i) contravene any morality or Law of the United Kingdom or may be considered to bring the organisers or any related businesses into disrepute. ii) be ‘substantially’ copying a previous concept or infringing copyright. iii) be promoting material that is likely to cause physical or mental harm. iv) be of a pornographic or largely inappropriate sexual nature. v) be propagating opinions of a racist, bigoted or unnatural nature. vi) be promoting violence or harm to any creature or living being. vii) be just generally unwholesome from a moral standpoint that embraces a peaceful and harmonious world for all.
Disclaimer:
Please note that the confidentiality of email transmissions is not guaranteed and where this method of communication is used you waive any claim for inadvertently and unintentionally breaching our duty of confidentiality.
By participating in the competition you agree to take full responsibility for your applications, such that the organisers cannot be held responsible for any claims, be they of legal, moral, ethical or other nature, arising from your participation in the competition.
