It was a tough decision to make among all the awesome logos which we received, but the members finally voted for the logo designed by Thishan Dissanayake to be the upcoming new logo for Republic of Code. Thishan will be sent an 8GB iPod nano as a prize for designing this logo. Thanks for everyone who participated, voted, and contributed in all sort of ways in making this competition a success.

We will try to update the website’s design and layout to integrate this new logo in the upcoming weeks.

The official poll period should have ended an hour ago, however, I checked the results and there is a tie, but we can only pick one logo, so we’re going to leave the poll open for another 24 hours to have more votes to select teh winner. If you have not voted already, then please do that now.

 12 hours are left before the poll gets automatically closed by our vBulletin script. If you have not already voted for our upcoming logo (and you are a registered member at the forum) then help us in selecting the final winner of this competition. Click here to see the finalists and vote.

Our competition is almost over, please help us select the winner of this competition by voting in the final poll here.

THANKS to all of you who made submissions for our logo competition. We are going to examine all the submissions we received, select the top three and put them in a poll for you to select the winner!

Just thought we’ll remind you of our current logo competition. Don’t miss out your chance to have your mark on Republic of Code and to have a new iPod nano as well! The deadline for submitting your logos is next Sunday the 18th of January. Check out all the details of the competition here.

In response to what was suggested on the forum, we are going to have a quick competition for making the new logo for Republic of Code. 

Prize: 1 8GB iPod Nano for the first place winner of the competition.

Contest:
Design a logo for the Republic of Code.

• The logo must include the words “Republic of Code”.
• The logo must not include the logo or trademark of any other company, website, or individual.
• The logo must be submitted in AI format.
• We are NOT asking for a banner, but just a logo on a white background.
• Take note of the fact that the logo should remain distinctive even when used in a small size (eg. as a Favicon).
• The logo is preferred to be usable in monochrome as well as full color.

Method of Submission:
All submissions are to be sent to competition@republicofcode.com, along with the participant’s full name and contact details including a mailing address to which the prize could be posted. You may submit up to three logos, but only one will qualify for the final poll.

Choosing the Winners:
The Republic of Code team will select the best three submissions and put them in a poll for the registered forum members to vote for the winning submission.

Deadline:
January 18th, 2009. The poll will be started on the 21st of January and will be closed on the 25th of January.

Qualification:
Individuals from all around the world qualify for this competition. Registration is not required. The moderators, administrators, and website owners and their families do not qualify.

Legal:

The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE) has announced the launch a student competition to design the logo for Origin Oman, the new Omani government initiative to promote and support local products and services. The winner of the competition will be awarded RO 500 in cash (about $1300) and his logo will be used on the merchandise of all participating local businesses to indicate that they are members of the Origin Oman campaign, just like the older Omani Product campaign. All students of Omani colleges and universities regardless of nationality may participate in this competition, here are the rules:

• The logo design must have two version in Arabic and English where the Arabic includes the word ‘Omani’ in Arabic and the English version includes the words ‘Origin Oman’ in English. A single version will be accepted if it contains both of these elements.
• The submission must be made in AI format.
• The logo must be usable in monochrome and colour media.
• The participant must be a student based in Oman, he/she must include personal details such as his/her full name, age, place of study, postal address, telephone number, and email along with his submission.
• All submissions are to be sent by email to hamida.albalushi@peie.om.
• The deadline for making the submission is the 20th of May.
• The winner will be announced on the 25th of May.

All of you interested in participating in this cool competition should check the detailed description of it after the jump.

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Playyoo is a new Flash Lite game social network that aims to provide Flash Lite game developers with a platform to promote and share their Flash Lite games on the internet. Playyoo is currently in public beta and anyone can try out their mobile portal for downloading free Flash Lite game by registering online for the sneak preview.

It is worth noting that Playyoo is currently accepting entries for its Flash Lite game launch contest, the top ten winners will win prizes ranging from $10,000 to $500. The deadline for submitting Flash Lite games for this competition is the 15th of February 2008. It is worth noting that submissions for the Playyoo game contest must make use of the Playyoo Flash extension to export their games in conformity with the Playyoo platform and must use Playyoo’s servers for any online features such as a highscore board.

Learn more about Playyoo from its official website.

The organisers of the Oman Web Awards made a press release today announcing their acceptance of submissions for their upcoming Oman Web Awards 2007.  We believe that the Oman Web Awards is a scam to collect extortionate entry fees and sponsorship fees without rewarding any of the winners selected randomly by unqualified judges who do not have to give any reasoning behind their scores. The competition that is publicised as a promotion of creativity, web standards and intellectual property does not mention the names of designers and developers who actually make the websites and does not use web standards on its own website to start with. Enter this competition at your own risk.

Read about how I fooled them to join as a validator last year at the Oman Web Awards.

Read about our participating in the Oman Web Awards 2005.