Recap WP CreatorCon
Keynote by Sharon Rowlands, CEO of Newfold Digital
5 Core Principles of Growing a WordPress Website by Maziar Firuzmand
Creating a Brand that Lasts by Jen Miller
5 Biggest Website Mistakes by Carol Stambaugh
Own Your Influence by Jesse Friedman
Panel Discussion on Designing the Tools to Build the Future
Fireside Chat on Bluehost and WordPress: 2023 and Beyond
Bluehost Creators Awards Winners - Creative Web Professionals Category
Bluehost Creators Awards Winners - Self Creators Category
Winners
Meet the winners of the first ever global Bluehost Creators Awards. After months and multiple stages of evaluations by our Jury, we announced the winners on 12th January 2023. Congratulations!
Category: Creative Web Professionals
anarieldesign.com/themes/basti/
Anariel Design Germany
Michelle Lee Canada
Harry Hamernik United States of America
Jessica Maher United States of America
Talha Amjad Pakistan
Stephen Franci United States of America
Pixel Print Media United States of America
Jose Vilson United States of America
Brad Baum United States of America
Category: Self Creators
Mike McAlister United States of America
Nicole To United States of America
Pallavi Upadhyay Bhandari India
Joshua Ogbonnia Nigeria
Rhemarheanna Reid Canada
Shilpa Vadrevu India
Chris Schoenwald Japan
Rajagopal Swaminathan India
playgroundforentrepreneurs.com
Inge de Dreu Netherlands
Kannan Sankaran India
WP CreatorCon by Bluehost
WP CreatorCon is a virtual event curated by Bluehost to bring together all WordPress creators of the world. It’s an event that will culminate the Bluehost Creators Awards. It seeks to deepen connections between the creators and the community, and continue to recognize the talent and effort of business owners/bloggers and creative professionals.
Event Agenda
10.00 am EST
Bluehost Keynote
10.15 am EST
5 Core Principles of Growing a WordPress Website
11.00 am EST
Creating a Brand that Lasts
11.20 am EST
Panel Discussion: Designing Tools to Build the Future
12.15 pm EST
5 Biggest Website Mistakes
12.45 pm EST
Own Your Influence
1.15 pm EST
Announcing Bluehost Creators Awards Winners
1.30 pm EST
Fireside Chat: Bluehost and WordPress: 2023 and beyond
1.50 pm EST
Closing Note
Speakers
Sharon Rowlands
CEO
Newfold Digital
Jason Cross
SVP, Digital Presence and Commerce
Newfold Digital
David Ryan
Senior Product Manager
Bluehost
Jesse Friedman
VP of Innovation and Partnership Success
Jetpack
Rich Tabor
Founder
RichTabor.com
Carol Stambaugh
Owner
RadiateWP
Jen Miller
CVO/Founder
Next Door Marketer
Anthony Ferrara
Principal Designer
Oxy
Tracy Apps
Owner and creative problem solver
tracy apps design, LLC
Maziar Firuzmand
CMO and Co-founder
Artbees
Host
Devin Sears
Senior Field Marketing Manager - Bluehost
Sponsors
About Bluehost 2022
Creators Awards
Bluehost is one of the top hosting providers recommended by WordPress.org.
We believe in making WordPress easy for everyone to be able to fuel their passion, creativity and
dreams.
The Bluehost WordPress Creators Awards are our way of recognizing and celebrating the best WordPress
websites and their creators.
Whether it's a website, blog, plugin or theme, if it's WordPress, we want to see it!
The awards seek to recognize and honor the talent and effort of business owners/bloggers and creative professionals. Business owners/bloggers include those who run their startups or students, bloggers and self-creators building on WordPress. Creative professionals are web developers, web designers, digital marketing agencies serving enterprises and could also be passionate about creating themes/plugins on WordPress.
BIG PRIZES IN STORE!
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US$150 each
All winners also receive:
Free Bluehost hosting for 1 year
Media exposure and publicity
Dates to remember
Submissions open
22nd JuneLast date for entry submission
15th SeptemberJury evalution
20th NovemberFinal winners announced
12th JanuaryJury
Kelly Hoffman
Design Lead
Automattic
Maziar Firuzmand
CMO and Co-founder
Artbees
Jen Miller
CVO/Founder
Next Door Marketer
Brian Richards
Event Producer
WPSessions
Alexander Gounder
Owner
Ink my web
TC Cazy
Web Developer | Contributor (WordPress Documentation Team)
Infinite Media LLC
Anthony Ferrara
Principal Designer
Oxy
Tracy Apps
Owner and creative problem solver
tracy apps design, LLC
Carrie Dills
WordPress Consultant, Developer, and Instructor
Self-Employed
Shawn Hesketh
Founder
WP101®
Andy Fragen
WP Core Contributor and Plugin Developer
Git Updater, LLC
Nev Harris
Founder
Nevharris.com
Winstina Hughes
Community & Government Customer Relations Manager
Maryland Department of Transportation
Rich Tabor
Founder
RichTabor.com
Carol Stambaugh
Owner
RadiateWP
Frank Wazeter
CEO & Digital Design Director
WazFactor
Submission criteria
- Any website, blog, theme or plugin submitted for this award should only be built on WordPress.
- Submissions should not be more than 12 months old, i.e. created in June 2021 or later.
- Only ONE website, blog, theme or plugin can be submitted per applicant, so show us your best!
Judging criteria
Creativity
Creativity is the cornerstone of any breathtaking website. We want to see what makes your site sparkle! We'll be judging you on how unique your site is, the layout, the branding... All things creative!
Innovation
Are you breaking new ground with your creation? Bring us your ingenuity! Show us how new or different your submission is.
User Experience
User experience should be at the forefront of everything you're doing when it comes to creating. You will be judged on ease of use, function and design.
FAQ's
I have not built on WordPress before, can I participate?
Yes, anyone can participate irrespective of their experience on WordPress. However, the submission for this application has to be built on/for WordPress. So, even if you haven’t built on WordPress before, you can purchase a hosting package from Bluehost here and create your best WordPress website or a blog for submission.
If I am a blogger, will I be competing with skilled web professionals?
No, bloggers and web professionals will be judged in 2 separate categories. Web designers and developers will be judged specifically on the basis of the visuals and functionality of their WordPress submission. As a blogger you will be judged against similar submissions on overall creativity and design of the blog.
I am a business owner and have designed by own website, can I participate?
Absolutely! We are accepting applications from all WordPress creators. If your website is built on WordPress, you can apply.
How many prizes are there in total?
We'll be awarding the top 20 submissions in two separate categories. Ten winners will be self-creators such as small business owners, bloggers, or students. The other ten winners will be creative web professionals such as web developers, designers, theme creators and plugin creators. All winners will receive prizes as mentioned above.
Do I have to be a Bluehost customer to enter the Website Creator Awards?
No, you do not have to be a Bluehost customer to enter the WordPress awards. We encourage all WordPress creators to participate.
When will I hear from Bluehost after I submit my website for the Website Creator Awards?
Once the submission deadline closes on 15th September, our hand-picked jury panel will review all submissions by 20th November. If you are one of our lucky winners, you'll hear from us post evaluation.
For queries related to the contest, please write to us at contact@bluehostawards.com
*No Purchase Necessary. The Bluehost Creators Awards are open to legal residents of countries not on the United States Trade Sanctions list who are at least 18 years old at the time of entry. Not open to residents of the Russian Federation. Awards starts on June 22nd, 2022, at 12AM EST and ends on September 15th, 2022 11:59PM EST. Void where prohibited by law or otherwise. For full entry details, see Official Rules here. Sponsored by Bluehost 5335 Gate ParkWay, Jacksonville, FL 32256 (the “Sponsor”). The Awards are in no way co-sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, WordPress, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or any other companies/brands involved in the Awards.