Category Archives: The Competition

All competition news, updates, and info, as well as judging and sponsorship news, will appear here.

The closing of the competition

August 8, 2007 – 2:55 am

First things first. Yesterday I neglected to mention and thank one of the trio of elements necessary for the competition to have moved forward (the other two being the participants and the judges). I speaking about the sponsors.
So I’d like to thank Matt, Lisa, PressHarbor, Maja, and Jonathan. Their support for this all-volunteer program is [...]

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And the winners are . . .

August 7, 2007 – 12:28 am

Our eleven volunteer judges each had 15 points to distribute to a minimum of four designs and a maximum of seven. Eleven judges with 15 points means a total of 165 points were to be distributed.
The judges distributed the points as follows:

Sandbox Designs Competition Results

Design
Author
Points
Place

SandPress
Arpit Jacob
26
First place

Moo-Point
Will Wilkins
23
Second place

Prima
Sunaryo Hadi
19
Third place

Essay
Ian Stewart
15
Runner-up

Tiffany Blue
Ia Lucero
10
Runner-up

Shades [...]

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Judging results announced tomorrow

August 5, 2007 – 8:43 pm

We have just a few hours before results are scheduled to be announced and several of the judges frankly require a bit more time to get their results in. So I’m delaying announcing the results by 24 hours. Results will be announced tomorrow by 12:00 AM (UTC), Tuesday, August 7, 2007.
I apologize for the [...]

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Design downloads and live previews available

August 4, 2007 – 7:07 am

All the designs are now available for download. Visit The Designs and check out the designs you like and then download them. I’m fairly tired after doing this, so if I’ve missed something or incorrectly linked to a design, just let me know.
Next is that Sandbox Designs Live is now offering all the designs, well, [...]

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Design screenshots online

August 2, 2007 – 4:43 am

That’s right. While the Live Preview site will be functioning tomorrow (hopefully), you can get a glimpse of the designs that were accepted. Think of it as a sneak preview.
Please note that downloads are not available currently. Designers are welcome to leave a comment on their design page with download information, if they choose to [...]

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