Last week, we announced the winners of the HP "What Do You Have to Say? Theme Design Contest and promised you we'd make the winning themes available on Vox in the coming weeks. After a little more thought, we decided you shouldn't have to wait a second longer to use these creative and inspiring designs on your blogs, so we made them available for you today. Who says good things only come to those who wait?

Winning Themes

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It was hard to choose from the 355 entries, but the judges have announced the winners of our month-long "What Do You Have to Say?" theme design contest, sponsored by HP. And the winners are....

First Place: "River at Night," by Teresa Jones

First Place

Second Place: "Live and Learn," by Li Kim Goh

Second Place

Third Place: "Vectori Drips," by Terri

Third Place

People's Choice Award: "Shiny," by Noah

People's Choice

The First Place theme, “River at Night,” was designed by Teresa Jones who told us that nature plays a big part in many of her designs. “I love nature and really love combining nature themes with a touch of whimsy,” Jones said. The inspiration behind her winning design? A childhood memory of sitting on the dock on summer nights.

And while we know it's not polite to brag, you'll forgive us for a moment while we gush about the fact that the 2nd and 3rd prize winners are both Voxers!

The Second Place theme, “Live and Learn” was submitted by Li Kim Goh, or as you may know her: gollykim. We thought it was pretty cool to hear that Li, “didn't really think about winning, but mainly [entered] just for fun [while also] creating a few new banners for [her] own Vox blog.

When asked why blog design was so important to her, Li answered, ““because it draws readers' attention and makes your blog stand out from the millions of other blogs.” With such a great design, we think Li did just that.

The Third Place winner, Terri, showed off her “funky-fresh style” with her theme, “Vector Drips.” Terri said that having her theme picked made her day. You know what Terri? It made our day too!

The best part of the contest? In the coming weeks, we’ll make all the winning themes available on Vox, TypePad and LiveJournal so that you can use them on your blog!

Thank you to everyone who entered the contest and CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners!

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Hp Theme Contest

Designers, you have just two days left to submit your theme in the HP "What Do You Have to Say?" Theme Design Contest! Be sure to upload your entry by Friday, April 4th at 5 p.m. PDT. The top three winners, as selected by the panel of judges, will receive a cool prize:

• First Place: $1000 gift certificate from Hewlett Packard
• Second Place: $500 gift certificate from Hewlett Packard
• Third Place: $300 gift certificate from Hewlett Packard

Community voting stays open for an extra week until April 11^th, so make sure you have your say by voting for all of your favorite designs.  We’ll announce all the winners at the end of April.

Visit the "What Do You Have To Say?" theme design contest site to read all the details, submit your theme and vote for your favorites!

April Fools! The QotD & Vox Hunt Aren't Going Anywhere!

Yesterday, we announced the end of an era on Vox. Those of you who clicked on the link in the post or the Vox Talks newsletter were directed to a QotD asking, "What's the best April Fools' Day prank you've ever had pulled on you?"

Since not everyone clicked on the link, we thought we'd just go ahead and state the obvious: We were just playing an April Fools' Day joke on you. QotD and Vox Hunt are an institution around here and it would take a lot more than a few discussions about the "direction of Vox" to make a change as enormous as that.

Have a good idea for the QotD or Vox Hunt? Please send us a message letting us know what questions or challenges you'd like to see and we'll do our best to get them out there.

And thanks for being such good sports!

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Only ONE Week Left to Enter the HP "What Do You Have to Say?" Theme Design Contest!
A few weeks ago, we let you know about the HP "What Do You Have to Say?" Theme Design Contest. If you've been meaning to enter, but haven't gotten around to it yet - now is the time! There's only a week left to submit a theme that showcases your personal style and creativity.

The winning theme will be made available to millions of bloggers on Vox, TypePad and LiveJournal. And you may win $1000 gift certificate from Hewlett Packard!

What are you waiting for? Visit the contest homepage to learn how to submit your theme, as well as VOTE on your favorites. Remember, this is a contest, so once you've submitted a theme, be sure to tell your friends and family to vote for it.

Speaking of Themes...
We have two more custom themes from Gwen Stefani and HP. These themes are available for a limited time only, so hurry up and select one for your blog. Or, pick from our other new themes: Inked and Spiral & Turns.

New Vox Themes

HP Love, HP Music, Inked, Spiral & Turns

Pick your new theme in the design area.

Life in the Fast Lane
Everyone at Six Apart has been working incredibly hard as of late... But there's no point in working hard, if you don't make time to play even harder. On Easter Sunday, a few 6Aers ventured out to the 8th Annual BYOBW Race. That's "Bring Your Own Big Wheel" for those of you who may not be familiar with it.

Beau Handles the Turn

6Aers at BYOBW

Luckily, everyone escaped without an major injuries... Just in time for a new tradition: 6A Foo Bowl. I'll spare you the bad puns, but let's just say a good time was had by all and I was pretty bowled over by everyone's serious skills. (Sorry, I can't help it. I wish I could; I just can't.)

Garth represents.

Garth (and Vox!)

Nick goes for style points...

Nick at 6A Foo Bowl

His shirt doesn't lie, ladies and gentlemen. Papi Chulo was the overall high scorer with 177.

Steve Achieves

Though I did hold my own with a 151. Do you SEE that look of concentration on my face?

daisy tries for a strike

Overall, it was a pretty rockin' Wednesday night. Thanks to Garth for taking all the pictures!

Webware 100 2008

Vote for Vox!
Finally, if you haven't already... This is your last chance to vote for Vox in the 2008 Webware 100 Awards. Vox is nominated in the "Publishing and Photography" category and we really hope you'll take the time to VOTE and let everyone know how much you love blogging on Vox. Voting is open until March 31, 2008, so please hurry and cast your vote... Time's running out!

Until we meet again...

-daisy

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Design It With Style: Enter the HP "What Do You Have to Say?" Theme Design Contest
One of the first things we notice when we're checking out your Vox blogs is which theme you've chosen to represent yourself and your blog. Whether it's "Basketball Night," "Shopping," "Country Day," or a custom banner you've designed yourself, the banner at the top of your blog really does provide a first impression of the content we might find there, as well as a hint about your personality and style. We've also found that a great looking theme can inspire creativity and motivate us to post to our own blogs.

HP Contest

Which is why we're so excited to announce the HP "What Do You Have to Say?" Theme Design Contest.

All you have to do to enter is design a theme that showcases your personal style and creativity. The winning theme will be made available to millions of bloggers on Vox, TypePad and LiveJournal. Plus, if your theme is chosen as the winner, you'll win some really cool prizes from HP:

First Place: $1000 gift certificate from Hewlett Packard
Second Place: $500 gift certificate from Hewlett Packard
Third Place: $300 gift certificate from Hewlett Packard

Visit the contest homepage to learn all about how to submit your theme, as well as vote on your favorite themes. The contest just started today, so there aren't many themes to vote on just yet, but you'll want to check back often to read the contest blog and see what kind of designs other Voxers and bloggers around the world are submitting.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Need Some Inspiration?
We released a bunch of new and featured themes on Vox today, including three custom designs from Gwen Stefani and HP (with more on the way)! There are also some egg-cellent Easter and bunny themes, a baseball theme that will knock your Vox blog out of the park, a couple of Hanafuda playing card themes for March and April, and though we hope you won't have to use it too often, a writer's block theme for those days when you just don't have much to say. (By the way, if this ever does happen to you, try checking out the Question of the Day and the Vox Hunt for inspiration!)
 

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