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McFarlane Prize for 2008

• In: Blog
• By:John
• June 18, 2008
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Nominations for this year’s McFarlane Prize, which we founded in mem­ory of Australian web and open source pio­neer Nigel McFarlane in 2006, will open on July 1, and close on August 31^st of this year.

The prize aims to recog­nise “excel­lence is Australian web design” — and focusses on 4 key areas of best prac­tice. Design, Coding, Accessibility and Usability. A Jury of four emi­nent experts in each of these fields will assess the entrants, and ulti­mately award the prize.

If a site has launched since September 1^st 2007, or has been sig­nif­i­cantly updated since then, it is eli­gi­ble for entry, pro­vided it was devel­oped by an Australian, or team based here in Australia. The site may be for an inter­na­tional com­pany or organisation.

The devel­op­ers or own­ers of a site may nom­i­nate the site, but any­one may nom­i­nate a site they believe should be con­sid­ered for this prize.

For more details about the process of judg­ing and the com­pe­ti­tion as a whole, please visit the McFarlane Prize web site.

5 responses to “McFarlane Prize for 2008”:

1. • By:Pat
   • June 18th, 2008
   

   John: I’m assum­ing you meant Sept 1^st last year?

2. • By:john
   • June 18th, 2008
   

   Pat,

   ahhh, the joys of hav­ing a two month old — sleep deprivation!

   john

3. • By:Diana
   • July 3rd, 2008
   

   Hey John, your post says nom­i­na­tions open 1 July. Just had a look at the nom­i­na­tions form http://​mcfar​laneprize​.com/​n​o​m​i​n​a​t​i​o​n​f​o​r​m​.​h​tml and it seems like its the one from last year. Am I look­ing in the wrong place or is it not up yet?

4. • By:Damien Buckley
   • July 6th, 2008
   

   Definitely still the old one.

5. • By:john
   • July 6th, 2008
   

   Hi Damien,

   launch­ing very very soon,

   jhn

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