Dear Openguides Team,

The category "Digital Communities", which met with great interest and participation in 2004, will be awarded again by Prix Ars Electronica in 2005. As you had been participating last year, we would kindly like to invite you and your team to submit your project "http://openguides.org/" - or a new project - in the category "Digital Communities" of this year's Prix Ars Electronica.

The Digital Communities category of Prix Ars Electronica encompasses digital community projects as well as developments in the field of social software, mobile communications or wireless networks. For a detailed description of the category and about Prix Ars Electronica in general, please see our website:

<http://www.aec.at/en/prix/communities/communities.asp>

Prizes

One Golden Nica with 10,000 Euro and two Awards of Distinction with 5,000 Euro each will be awarded and up to 12 Honorary Mentions made by the jury.

The registration starts January 10, 2005.
The deadline for submissions is March 11, 2005.

Please use
<http://www.aec.at/en/prix/registration/index.asp>
for your submission and to obtain further details.

If you need any further information or help, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Looking forward to your participation!

Sincerely yours,

Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber
Prix Ars Electronica 2005

AEC Ars Electronica Center Linz
Museumsgesellschaft mbH
Hauptstraße 2
A-4040 Linz

Tel. ++43.664.8126230
Fax ++43.732.7272-674
communities@prixars.aec.at
http://prixars.aec.at