Hello, and welcome to the International Pony Day Webpage Contest!
My name is Independence, and I would like to introduce you to the Guidelines of this contest!

The Concept:

You design a web page (if you need more space, you will be allowed two pages maximum, unless you have images linked directly from thumbnails-judges will not be required to evaluate entire websites) that represents your "area."  The area can be as broad as a continent (e.g. North America) or as narrow as the street on which you live.  You may also choose a body of water as your region, if you live sufficiently close to one. 

Select at least one original Hasbro My Little Pony to be a spokespony for your area.  Describe on your page why your chosen pony or group of ponies represents your area well, and try to inform us a little bit about your area.

Please submit your page to the contest by sending the link via email to Rainribbon by September 2nd, 2001.  Pages will be evaluated by (hopefully) 10 judges based on some of the following criteria:

  Theme-How well does the pony or group of ponies of your choice match up to your locale?  How well do you describe what makes that pony or group of ponies remind you of home?

  Creativity/Originality-Do you use original graphics or do you use images from Free Pictures Sites?  Does your page stand out as unique in some other way?

  Organization-Is your page neatly organized?  Are graphics placed in a manner that is visually pleasing or are they just slapped down on the page?

  Clarity-Is the font legible?  Does the text blend into the background so much it's impossible to see?  Are the pictures so big, the page takes forever to load?

  Artwork/Graphics-Does the page have clean, clear graphics?  Are the graphics distracting or do they enhance the page?

This year's contest has ended!  The website entries for 2001, in scoring order are:

http://www.mylittlepony.subnet.dk/IPD/Denmark.html

http://www.geocities.com/twomorecentz/saltytour.html

http://www.teuton.org/~lynx/ebinburghweb/index.html

http://www.geocities.com/baby_glory_2000/IPDcontestentry.html

http://www.geocities.com/kymstarcry/nys.html

I hope you enjoyed the contest and will submit your site next year!

If you decide to enter the contest, you should consider joining the International Pony Day Web Clique!  We hope to see your site at the contest!

The background of this page and the flag bullets were taken from World Animated Flags.