For those who had submitted your themes to the previous competition site, which looks to be all but a scam by now, Terry at Kineda.com had decided to take matters into his own hand by reviving the Wordpress 2 theme design competition. So, start re-submitting your themes back to the Wordpress community via Wordpress Arena.

Now that’s more like a real competition, with virtually no transparency and no secrecy, all the judges are revealed as they boast some of the industry’s most respected web designers. The competition site even has its own unique theme.

Competition Details

All themes must be submitted by May 1, 2006, 12:00pm PST.

• All themes must be packaged in .zip format and e-mailed to terry@kineda.com.
• You can enter as many themes as you would like.
• The theme should look good on all modern browsers, across platforms.
• Any theme may be excluded for any reason, though no likely to happen.
• All themes must be released under a GPL compatible license (if a license is not specified, you agree that you are releasing the theme under the GPL license by submitting it to the competition).
• Winners will be announced on May 15th, 2006.

Prizes

• Best Overall Design - Apple Ipod Shuffle 512MB
• Most Creative Design - 12/month Web Hosting Package (valued at ~$100)
• Best Use of Wordpress Theme Options - The ZEN of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
• Best Three Column Design - $60 Amazon Certificant

Please refer to Wordpress Arena for more information.