[visionlist] Illusion submission EXTENSION: The 3rd Annual Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest!!

[Susana Martinez-Conde]

***DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND*** -- The deadline for the 3rd Annual Best Visual
Illusion of the Year Contest has been extended. FINAL (no exceptions)
submission date is now ***March 1st***!

http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com      

Many of the most outstanding illusion creators in the world have asked us to
extend the deadline so as to perfect their contributions for the Contest!
And we have already received dozens of outstanding illusion submissions! The
voters at the 3rd Annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest, in Sarasota,
Florida, will certainly see the Best and Most Exciting New Illusions of the
Year: it will be difficult to decide on the Best of the Best, and that's why
we need you to attend. This award is chosen by the community, and not by a
committee, so please come and make your vote!

The 2007 Contest Gala will be held in Sarasota, Florida (Van Wezel
Performing Arts Hall) on Saturday, May 12th, 2007 (7.30pm-10.00pm), during
the week of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) conference. Refreshments will
be served.

The 2006 annual contest, also held in Sarasota, Florida, was a huge success,
which drew numerous accolades from attendees as well as international media
coverage. The First, Second and Third Prize winners were Max Dursteler
(Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland), Peter Tse (Dartmouth College,
USA), and Gideon Caplovitz & Peter Tse (Dartmouth College, USA). To see the
illusions, photo galleries and other highlights from the 2006 contest, go
to: http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com    

Visual Illusion Contestants are invited to submit novel visual or multimodal
illusions (unpublished, or published no earlier than 2006) in standard
image, movie or html formats. An international panel of impartial judges
(http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE
_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=85&MMN_position=21:21) will rate the submissions
and narrow them to the top ten. Then, at the Contest Gala in Sarasota, the
top ten illusionists will present their contributions and the attendees of
the event (that means you!) will vote to pick the TOP THREE WINNERS!

The renowned sculptor and artist, Guido Moretti, has created three all new
amazing works of art to serve as trophies for the TOP THREE winners!
                                                   
See the trophies at:
http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_
user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=98&MMN_position=41:41       

Illusions submitted to previous editions of the contest can be re-submitted
to the 2007 contest, as long as they meet the above requirements and were
not among the top three winners in previous years.

Submissions will be held in strict confidence by the panel of judges and the
authors/creators will retain full copyright. No illusions will be posted on
the illusion contest’s website without the creators’ explicit permission. As
with submitting your work to any scientific conference, participating in the
Best Illusion of the Year Contest does not preclude you from also submitting
your work for publication elsewhere.

Submissions can be made to Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde (Illusion Contest
Coordinator, Neural Correlate Society) via email (smart at neuralcorrelate.com)
until March 1st, 2007. Illusion submissions should come with a (no more
than) one-page description of the illusion and its theoretical underpinnings
(if known). Illusions will be rated according to: 

• Significance to our understanding of the visual system • Simplicity of the
description • Sheer beauty • Counterintuitive quality • Spectacularity 

Visit the illusion contest website for further information and to see last
year’s illusions: http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com       

Submit your ideas now and take home this prestigious award!

On behalf of the Neural Correlate Society: Susana Martinez-Conde (Illusion
Contest Coordinator)

Neural Correlate Society Executive Committee: Jose-Manuel Alonso, Stephen
Macknik, Luis Martinez, Xoana Troncoso, Peter Tse

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Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD
Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience
Division of Neurobiology
Barrow Neurological Institute
350 W. Thomas Rd
Phoenix AZ 85013, USA

Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484
Fax: +1 (602) 406-4172
Email: smart at neuralcorrelate.com 
http://www.neuralcorrelate.com/smc_lab