One of our fabulous Pavilion sponsors, Pragmatic are organising the inaugural International WordPress Awards. Check out this guest post for more information about the exciting new initiative.
Brighton has a lot to be proud of – as one of the most colourful and vibrant cities in Europe, it’s bursting with creativity.
The mix of Brighton’s famous ‘bohemian’ vibe and a thriving tech industry has created a place where disruptive thinkers feel free to test their innovations.
It’s with this sense of freedom and pride that Brighton’s Pragmatic have launched their latest initiative, aimed at celebrating those individuals, teams and projects that make the WordPress community so special.
The IWP Awards
The IWP Awards is a non-profit organisation for the WordPress community, providing a way to recognise and celebrate the highest achievements in our industry. Enabling users to provide entries for a wide range of categories, which, incidentally are open to the public vote.
The awards will honor the fruit of all our hard labour, as well as the individuals and teams behind the projects. The IWP site states “Our goal is to create a space where innovation flourishes and where WordPress professionals can share ideas that help shape the future of the internet.”
With a $30,000 prize fund, the IWP Innovation prize should raise an eyebrow or two. The prize money will be awarded to one outstanding submission that demonstrates excellence beyond any doubt and in turn contributes towards the benefit of mankind through digital innovation.
To help determine to criteria for the prize, IWP will be teaming up with a global charity (yet to be confirmed) to ensure efforts are directed where they will be most effective.
In case you are wondering, yes it’s an official gig! Both Automattic and the WordPress foundation have been consulted and are very keen to see the initiative make it through to fruition.
“IWP would like to extend a massive thanks to Codeable, Automattic, Woo Commerce and Pragmatic for investing their time and money in the project. We are truly grateful for their support
Simon Cooke – Marketing Director, Pragmatic
Love Brighton, love WordPress
So if you love this city and love WordPress, then you now have one more thing to be proud of. Brighton is now the home of the International WordPress Awards!
If you are interested in getting involved, or would like to find out more, head over to iwpawards.org and enter your details to stay up to date.