Designers!  If you have an itch to get some exposure, show off your work, possibly win $5000, and get your design as the website for a scholarship organization - then this might be of interest to you.  CollegeScholarships.org has begun a contest.  You can get further information at their website.

“The Web Design Scholarship Contest
Scholarship Amount - $5,000
Requirements:
U.S. citizen;
Currently attending full-time in post-secondary education; and  If you win, you must be willing to allow us to list your
name, picture, and website on this page.

Why a Web Design Contest?

We are launching a cool new website, New Scholarships.org, and are in need of a fantastic design to replace the current default WordPress look. Since we are already experienced in handing out scholarship awards, this is a fun way for us to receive a great new website design…and a talented student to receive $5000!
How to Submit your New Design:

Simply upload your design to a web server, and put the URL in the ‘Your New Design’ space in the application form below. Please make sure the design is 100% ready to view before you submit your application. This should be a WordPress Template Design.

How the Design Entries are Judged:

We are having a panel of judges who are experts in web design, programming, or other web-specific activities. The judges will have complete control and the final say as to which web design is the winner. The provider of this scholarship, The Daniel Kovach Scholarship Foundation, leaves the decision totally with the independent panel of judges. No bribing allowed!

Current Judges:

Paul Stamatiou
David Airey
Steve Smith
Darius A Monsef IV
Bryan Veloso
Darren Rowse
Jonathan Snook
Patrick Haney
Chris Pearson
Ashley Moore
John Rockwell
Andreas Viklund

The Deadline:

You have until midnight PST on Monday, August 13th, 2007 to make a submission.  The winner will be announced on Monday, August 20th, 2007. . . just in time for the fall semester.”

I went to the website of Andreas Viklund, one of the judges listed above, and read the following:

“College Scholarships are launching a new WordPress-based site called New Scholarships and the site needs a new and fresh design. In order to get that, a web design contest is launched where participants can create and submit entries - which need to be in the form of complete WordPress themes. A number of well-known web design profiles (including Paul Stamatiou, Steve Smith, Darius A Monsef IV, Bryan Veloso, Darren Rowse, Jonathan Snook and me!) will review the entries and find the best entry. The winner will recieve a $5.000 scholarship from The Daniel Kovach Scholarship Foundation!”

The Big Bopper of Templates,
Arthur Browning