Second Annual Ziff-Davis Shareware Awards
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Attention all shareware authors! Ziff-Davis Interactive (ZDI),
PC Magazine, Computer Life and Computer Gaming World are
sponsoring the second annual Ziff-Davis Shareware Awards,
honoring the best PC-based shareware written or significantly
upgraded between June 1, 1994 and April 1, 1995. The awards
will be presented at a banquet during this year's Summer
Shareware Seminar. Judges for the awards will include editors
from the sponsoring magazines and Ziff-Davis Interactive.
Ziff-Davis Shareware Award winning programs will be featured in
special editorial coverage by the sponsoring magazine. The
winning programs will also be posted in highly visible sections
of the software libraries on ZiffNet and Interchange Computing.
Authors who want to submit their shareware for the awards can
enter by posting their programs in a special section of the
Ziff-Davis Interactive Author Upload Center or by mailing the
submissions on disk. Submissions will be accepted beginning on
February 1, 1995. The submission deadline is April 1, 1995.
Finalists will be annnounced on April 15, 1995.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING YOUR PROGRAMS
A special section of Ziff-Davis Interactive's Author Upload
Center has been established to allow authors to submit their
programs electronically. To send your programs, just dial:
1-800-426-3425 8 lines/2400-28.8k baud/24 hour access
International callers can access the submissions BBS by calling (617)
252-5510.
Follow the instructions on-screen to upload your program. The
deadline for all submissions is midnight April 1, 1995.
Submission Criteria:
- All entries must be shareware programs first released or significantly
upgraded between June 1, 1994 and April 1, 1995.
- All programs must be compressed using PKZip v2.04g.
- All entries must be in a single package - please do not upload
multi-part ZIPs (such as FILEA.ZIP, FILEB.ZIP, FILEC.ZIP, etc.).
- Please submit the unregistered evaluation version of your program.
Problems? Questions?
If you are having difficulty uploading your submission, or have
questions about the Ziff-Davis Shareware Awards, please call our
Shareware Author Hotline at (617) 252-5527.
Mail-In Submissions For directions on submitting your programs
by mail, please call our Shareware Author Hotline at (617) 252-5527.
