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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.

Runner

BIG PRIZES IN STORE!

1st
Place
US$2,000/category
2nd
Place
US$1,000/category
3rd
Place
US$500/category
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Remaining 14 winners
US$150 each
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All winners also receive:

small Gift box Free Bluehost hosting for 1 year

Media tv box Media exposure and publicity

Dates to remember

Submissions open
22nd June
Last date for entry submission
15th September
Jury evalution
20th November
Final winners announced
8th December

Jury

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

Head of Product

Extendify
 

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 Creativity

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.