 
INTERNATIONAL HYPERTEXT COMPETITION
For details of the competition, click here.
The winners of the prize of One Thousand English Pounds can be found here.
The short-listed entrants were:
- Mary-Kim Arnold, USA, kokura
- Michael Atavar, UK, * * * *
- Linda Carroli and Josephine Wilson, Australia, *water always writes in *plural
- Maya Drozdz, USA, Evidence: Meditations on Small Objects
- Andrew Oldham, UK, Neuter
- Scott Rettberg, USA, The Unknown
- Helen Thorington, USA, Solitaire
- Jenny Weight, Australia, Rice
- Rob Wittig, USA, The Fall of the Site of Marsha
- Jody Zellen, USA, Rooftops
Our thanks to all those who entered but were not short-listed. We much appreciate your interest.
Competition Guidelines
What is hypertext?
Ted Nelson, who invented the term hypertext over 30 years ago, described it as
"non-sequential writing -- text that branches and allows choices to the reader, best
read at an interactive screen. As popularly conceived, this is a series of text chunks
connected by links which offer the reader different pathways." We prefer to see it as
"multi-sequential" writing but are generally comfortable with his description
here. Also, we're open to work that integrates other media as well (sound, images, Java,
etc.) but it should be primarily text-based and easily accessible from the average
web-surfer's home-computer.
What kinds of hypertext entries are you looking for?
First of all, they have to be web-based. On the entry form, please be sure to include the
URL (web address) so that we know where to look for your project. Hypertexts submitted on
disk are not acceptable. We will be judging the entries against the following criteria:
- High quality writing
- Excellent overall conceptual design and hyperlink structure
- Ease of use for the average web-surfer (if we can't read it on our home machines then
we'll just move on to the next one!)
How many awards will there be?
There will be a single award of One Thousand English pounds (approximately $1600). Other
entries will be considered for publication at trAce
or Alt-X and we will contact you if we're interested in
publishing your work. We are happy to consider multi-authored sites, although there should
be one named representative. (It's up to you how you split the money.)
How do I enter?
Complete and send the entry form. If you have a query about your
entry please email us.
Who will judge my entry?
Entries will be shortlisted by a panel of experts in hypertext and web-authoring. The
overall Judge will be eminent hypertext specialist ROBERT COOVER of Brown University.
My site is dynamic and changes all the time. How can I
be sure the judges will see it at its best?
We know that hypertext sites are always being expanded and updated. Your entry will be
scrutinised by several judges on several different occasions. Just make sure it's always
at its best!
What are the competition rules?
Since this is such a fluid area of development we are keeping the rules simple and
straightforward. Full Details here.
When will the results of the competition be announced?
Spring 1999.
The trAce/alt-x International Hypertext Competition is organised by:
Alt-X
P.O. Box 241
Boulder, CO 80306
USA
email
trAce
Nottingham Trent University
Clifton Lane
Nottingham
NG11 8NS
UK
phone ++ 44 (0)115 948 6360
email
RULES
- Entries must be the work of the author(s) listed on the submission form.
- Sites must remain online from the date of submission until 30th May 1999.
- You can only submit one autonomous project per person (do not submit the URL for an
entire website with multiple links to multiple projects)
- Sites must be written in English.
- TrAce and alt-x both have the option to feature the winning hypertext on their sites.
- The Judge's decision is final.
- The prize will be paid in sterling.
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