Contest Blog

Contest Winners!

2008-04-25T21:08:27Z

Some of you may have noticed that we recently update the "Design to Inspire" contest winners. After the winners were announced earlier this week, it was brought to our attention that the design of the First Place winner was not an original work, as the contest rules required. Therefore, that submission was disqualified from the contest. As a result, "River at Night," by Teresa is now the First Place winner. "Live and Learn," by Gollykim is the Second Place winner. We have a new Third Place winner picked by our judges: "Vector Drips," by Terri.

Congratulations to Terri for joining the winners... and to all of the winners for their inspiring designs!

Voting is Closed

2008-04-14T18:53:57Z

Voting is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted a banner and to all of you who voted! We will announce the winners in a few weeks, so be sure to check back and see which designs take home prizes.

Little Reminder...

2008-04-08T19:04:38Z

Thank you all so much for participating in the contest! I just wanted to send out a reminder that just because you are no longer able to submit any more entries, voting still goes on until April 11th. Good luck everyone!

We're listening

2008-03-31T23:16:00Z

First, I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to provide feedback about the contest. This is the first time we have ever held a contest like this, and not only are all your comments welcome, but they are incredibly helpful as well. Going forward, we will take all of your feedback into great consideration in order to ensure that all our contests are fair and engaging.

That being said, we are sorry to say that because of the way the contest site was built, it is far too difficult at this point to the rotate the popular themes. However, this is a great suggestion for future contests and going forward, we will work to ensure that everyone's entries have a chance to be seen and recognized. Though we realize some of you are frustrated with the lack of popular theme rotation, please don't let this discourage from entering your design. After all, when the judges go to choose the winners, the criteria is as follows: style (40%), originality (30%), composition (25%), and votes (5%). The People's Choice is the main part of the contest that votes alone play a big part.

Finally, because Six Apart and HP are both US-based companies, we must follow very specific laws related to contests, sweepstakes, prizes, etc. Although everyone can enter into the contest to get public recognition, unfortunately, non-US residents are not eligible to win any of the prizes. Once again all your comments will help us make our contests better in the future, and we thank you for all your participation!

Vote. Vote. Vote.

2008-03-27T20:15:11Z

Just a little reminder that there are a couple of weeks left in the contest, so keep telling people to vote for your design!

Community Prize

2008-03-24T18:54:08Z

Just like the People's Choice Award on TV, we will be giving out a recognition award to the theme that gets the most votes from their peers during the contest. The "prize" will be that the winner will get his/her theme featured on LiveJournal, Vox and TypePad. This is a contest purely based on votes so tell all your friends and family to vote for your design! The same rules apply for eligibility in this contest as they do for the overall contest. Feel free to read the contest rules for more information. Time is going quickly so go get people to VOTE!

We Are Off to a Great Start

2008-03-20T18:16:21Z

We have had a great turn out so far! StormyWeather has taken the lead at this point with Chickadee, World Stair and Riot of Color not too far behind. If you need some fresh ideas for your next banner see HP's/Gwen Stefani's new design layouts on TypePad, Vox, and LiveJournal. If you have any questions or comments we would love to hear them!

Welcome!

2008-03-17T17:22:03Z

Welcome to the "What do you have to say?" Theme Contest, sponsored by HP!

HP invites you to create your own theme designs. We are excited to see all the creative themes that will be entered over these next few weeks.

Remember, this is a contest. Don't forget to tell your friends and family to vote on your design.

Good luck, have fun, and get going on your theme!

*Make sure you come back often to check on your theme, particiapte in conversation, and scope out your competition.