[visionlist] *** FINAL DEADLINE for illusion submissions: The 3rd Annual Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest!!***

[Susana Martinez-Conde]

The deadline for illusion submissions is ***March 1st***!

***No further extensions will be granted***

Submit your illusions to The Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest
today!! http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com     

Last year's contest was a huge success, drawing numerous accolades from
attendees and international media coverage. 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.

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illusions (unpublished, or published no earlier than 2006) in standard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