Bluehost, a reputable web hosting company that specializes in WordPress, has launched the 2022 Bluehost Creators Awards competition. The awards strive to recognize and celebrate the ability and work of creators ranging from entrepreneurs, bloggers, self-creators, and students to creative professionals such as web developers, web designers, and digital marketing companies supporting businesses.
Submissions of websites, online apps, themes, plugins, and blogs built using WordPress in the last twelve months are welcome. Twenty candidates will be chosen from the global entries to form the definitive list of the finest WordPress creators, divided into two categories: Creative Web Professionals (web designers/developers) and Self Creators (small business owners, bloggers, students). A panel of industry-renowned design and development specialists will assess the submissions. All submissions will be examined and scored based on their originality, creativity, and user experience.
The jury includes key members of the WordPress community such as Brian Richards, Event Producer at WPSessions; Jen Miller, CVO and Founder at Next Door Marketer; Maziar Firuzmand, CMO and Co-founder at Artbees; Shawn Hesketh, Founder at 101Videos, LLC, Rich Tabor, Head of Product at Extendify, and several others including Carrie Dils, Tracy Apps, Mary Baum, Anthony Ferrara, Carol Stambaugh.
The submission time begins now and ends on August 16, 2022, with the ultimate winners revealed in November 2022. Winners will get up to $2,000 in cash, a one-year Shared Basic Hosting Plan, as well as media exposure and notoriety.
We’re excited to announce this year’s Bluehost Creator Awards!
We’re looking for the best of the best when it comes to #WordPress sites! ​Head over to https://t.co/WTnWTa6amN to get all the details on how to enter. pic.twitter.com/LSOP7077QV— Bluehost (@bluehost) June 23, 2024
Paula Drum, who serves the role of Chief Marketing Officer at Newfold Digital, had the following to say:
This year, digitalization has continued to transform our world, driven by incredible and innovative WordPress creators and professionals. These awards are a way for us to come together and recognize those who have created websites, projects, or tools on WordPress this past year – for them to share their stories – so that we can celebrate and reward their success and inspire other member of this influential community.
The Bluehost Developers Awards are in their second year of celebrating outstanding WordPress creators who are pushing the new ground with their creativity, innovation, and forward-thinking concepts. WordPress now powers one-third of all websites worldwide, and Bluehost has been one of the top providers recommended by WordPress.org since 2005.
