Microsoft and Webby Awards Call Agencies to Design New Website for Boys & Girls Clubs

Yesterday, Microsoft and The Webby Awards announced the Microsoft PhizzPop Boys & Girls Clubs of America Design Challenge, giving interactive design agencies of all sizes a chance to showcase their ingenuity to help Boys & Girls Clubs of America redesign its website for the new decade.  The contest will run until the February 19 deadline.  Three finalist teams will win travel and hotel accommodations to MIX10, Microsoft’s annual conference for web designers and developers, in Las Vegas (March 15–17).  At MIX, finalists will pitch their concepts live before a panel of judges from Microsoft, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, which judges the Webby Awards.  The winning agency will receive $50,000 towards delivery of their design strategy and a trip for two to the 2010 Webby Awards on June 14 in New York.  The winning design will be announced during MIX10 and showcased on www.phizzpop.com.  To enter the PhizzPop Design Challenge, go to www.phizzpop.com for guidelines and official rules.