Ther Wikimania Writing and Media competition, in various categories.
Originally, this was limited to content created in the past year, but
that led to various problems with defining what that meant, and people
misunderstanding the stricture; so now the contest is open to all
wikimedia content.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Competitions
Prizes include O'Reilly books and Wikipedia swag in German and
English, rare pieces of currency, and probably some
Xiph.org swag as
well. Suggestions for special contest categories are welcome.
Currently, we have only one video up for the video prize -- which I
guarantee will be something sweet. So if you have any good video to
upload, upload it now! (Or send it to me via mail; it can be in any
format; NullC and I will handle re-encoding it for you.)
Finally, Bdk and I are looking for judges to help judge the submissions.
I. Nominate people you think would make good contest judges here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania:Competitions
II. A few people suggested the idea of having known writers and
artists, not necessarily Wikimedians, be on a celebrity panel for the
final judging. Suggest people you'd like to see on such a panel as
well. (also on the above page)
Cheers,
SJ