Premium Mod Competition 2009 – Starts Now

Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by admin in Announcement, Competition | 31 responses

The first ever WordPress theme mod (as in modification) competition – Premium Mod Competition 2009 has started. From now until 30 days later, you can submit your theme mod to us and stand a chance to win up to $2000 worth of cash and prizes.

How to Join?

1. Choose a 100% GPL WordPress Premium Theme.
– If you are not sure, choose from here.
– If you need a free premium theme to mod from, you may refer to this amazing selection of free premium themes (the author also happened to be one of our panel judges).
2. Mod it. Focus on adding values. If you never mod a theme before, checkout our tutorials.
3. Send your entry to the following email with this format:

Email: competition@premiummod.com
Subject: Premium Mod Competition 2009 – [Your Theme Name]
Body: [Your Name] [ Your Site URL] [Theme Description] [Original Theme URL]
Attachment: [A zip file of your theme mod]

(You will receive a confirmation within 24 hours after submitting)

Competition Rules

1. Your theme must be released in 100% GPL, which includes artwork and CSS.
2. You are required to link to the original theme in the footer.
3. The theme must be free of malicious code.
4. Submit your entry before 31st December 2009.

Selecting Winners

The voting session will be open once the theme submission period ended.

The public will select their one favorite choice. Each vote from the public is equal to 1 point. The entry with the most points from the public will win Community Favorite.

The panel judges will select their 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice, which equal to 10 points, 5 points and 3 points. The entry with the most points from the panel judges will win Judges Favorite.

And finally, the entry with the most combined points from the public and the panel judges will become the Overall Winner.

A special category – Best Malaysian will be reserved for Malaysian participants with the most combined points.

Prizes

Overall Winner:
- $200 Cash Prize
- 1 Year of WP Buddy Hosting Plan
- 15 credit Pixmac Stock Photos
- A free domain name WPGIG.COM

Judges Favorite:
- $50 Cash Prize
- Free 1 PSD to WordPress Package
- 15 credit Pixmac Stock Photos
- 1 Year of WP Freedom Plan
- 1 Kreative Themes Developer Package

Community Favorite:
- $50 Cash Prize
- 15 credit Pixmac Stock Photos
- 1 Year of The Works Hosting Plan
- 1 Kreative Themes Standard Package

Special Category – Best Malaysian:
- 3 Months Kreative Themes Subscription
- 1 Year of WP Buddy Hosting Plan

We are still open for sponsorship of cash and prizes. If you are interested, please let us know.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments area. Here are a few FAQs:

1. What’s the different between a Premium WordPress theme and the normal one?
a: A premium theme normally boasts more features and functionality and a more polished interface instead of a plain one. But it’s totally up to you to decide. If you think it is a Premium theme, it is. Now go mod it.

2. Can I create a theme from scratch?
a. Not for this competition, as we are promoting the spirit of modding premium themes. Why create when you can mod?

3. How do you pay the cash prizes?
a. PayPal.

4. Who are the Panel Judges?
a. These brilliant guys.

5. Can I submit more than one entry?
a. Yes, you could submit as many entry as you’d like.

6. Will the themes be released to the public after the competition?
a. Yes, the theme will be released to public, but during the competition, as the public will need to download it and test it before they could make a decision.

7. Do you take full ownership of the themes?
a. The competition participants will have FULL OWNERSHIP of the themes.

8. What about Child themes? Can we mod a theme to serve as a child under a framework?
a. Yes, you can do that.

31 Responses to “Premium Mod Competition 2009 – Starts Now”

Ryan 1 December 2009 at 2:18 pm #

Great, I’m working on it
Paul Sanduleac 1 December 2009 at 5:49 pm #

What if 2 different competitors submit the same modified theme?
admin 2 December 2009 at 1:14 am #

@Paul: I don’t think it’s possible to have the exactly same submissions.
Michael Rowley 2 December 2009 at 5:26 am #

What are the terms? Do you take ownership? I’m dubious of ‘contests’.
Paul Sanduleac 2 December 2009 at 3:37 pm #

Another question: will the themes be released to the public after the competition?
admin 3 December 2009 at 3:23 am #

@Michael: The competition participants will have FULL OWNERSHIP of the themes.

@Paul: Yes, the theme will be released to public, but during the competition, as the public will need to download it and test it before they could make a decision.
Denny Ch Pratama 9 December 2009 at 11:22 am #

Can i follow the competitions with already publish themes? Means i have a themes and i currently used at my wordpress blog…

Thanks
admin 10 December 2009 at 2:09 am #

@Denny: Yes. We certainly welcome that even it’s already published.
Tinh 13 December 2009 at 10:30 am #

Cool contest, I will spread my words
Senthil Ramesh 16 December 2009 at 10:13 am #

I have come to know this in mid way. Better late than never. I have bough woo themes’ busy bee and headlines recently. Can I mod it and apply here? of only free themes?
Light 20 December 2009 at 1:25 am #

I checked out the commercial theme’s on wordpress.org, but all of them are “crappy” as they do not have anything new that normal free themes haven’t provided. And most of them are so lame that, I’m almost confused whether the people who actually pay for them do have “brains” or where those “brains” are located(most probably in their pockets.. hahahaaa).. Anyway, if somebody can suggest me a premium theme to mod, I’ll do it max. in 2 days..;)