Submit your app

 

Entry

Your application can only be entered on line (SEE ALSO TERMS AND CONDITIONS)
Every participant needs to provide the information requested in the entry form and agree on the Terms and Conditions.
You can upload support material and/or links to documentation material available on websites. We strongly advise participants NOT to upload too many different items; the Jury only has a maximum of 10 minutes to review your entry.

The Entry should contain the following information and materials :

  1. Product description (min 250 characters – max 750 characters)
  2. Product unique selling points
  3. Product screen shots (minimum 3 / recommended 5)
  4. A link to the respective app store / channel where the application can be downloaded
  5. Genre classification (see TERMS AND CONDITIONS)

To be eligible for the Competition, all Competition Entries must comply with the above qualifications and be submitted in electronic form via the submission tool at official competition website www.gettieawards.com on or before June 30th, 2010 6.00 PM Standard Pacific Time.
Please refer to the entry form for information on what type of documents you can upload and what the maximum size can be.

Entry Fees

The Competition is free. There are no Entry Fees. The Competition is open to everybody, both legal entities and individuals, with the exception of the employees of the Organizer, their immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and/or household members and any individuals or legal entities registered in Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Sudan and/or Myanmar may not participate in the Competition.

Voting

The Jury votes for the different entries according to a set of criteria, including innovation and technical achievement, commercial potential and personal taste. The individual results of the voting process will not be disclosed. All decisions by the Jury are made unanimously.

The audience is invited to vote on www.gettieawards.com for the Gettie Award, using an on line tool. The three applications that have received the highest scores from the audience, will be submitted to the jury. The jury will then select the winner out of the three pre-selected applications.

Nominaton

After the first round of judging a certain number of games will be nominated in each of the 6 categories. If your application is nominated, you will receive an email and a telephone call from the Organizers and an official banner you can use for the marketing of your application.

Categories

  • Best Android App
  • Best Blackberry App
  • Best Java App
  • Best iPhone App
  • Best Symbian App
  • Best Windows Mobile App

Jury

The Jury consists of international specialists in mobile applications and entertainment. Professionals from the hardware and software industry, suppliers of technical services, handset manufacturers, mobile operators, distributors, publishers, aggregators, journalists, analysts and marketers.

Judging

The Jury will get access to all the entries sent in by the participants. In a first round of judging the nominees in each category will be selected. In the second round of judging the winners in each category will be selected. In the last round of judging the Gettie award winner will be selected among the seven category winners.

Winners

The Organizer will contact the winning Participants, if any, within 60 days from the decision of the external review board and notify them about payment schedule. The winner will receive official banners and certificates they can use for marketing purposes.