Are you a professional working in video gaming, animation, or the media? Well, this may be your chance. The ELAN Awards is preparing for their 3rd annual awards show and they need panel members to evaluate submissions in over a dozen different categories. What criteria do you need to meet in order to judge?

· Must be a professional working in the video game, animation or visual effects industry;
· Must agree to be placed on the Jury Panel from the area of their expertise;
· Must speak English fluently;
· If a video game professional, they must have immediate access to and be capable of playing on PS2, PS3, Xbox, Wii and PC;
· If an Animation or Visual Effects professional, they must be able to view HD QuickTime files;
· If a media member, they must cover the art being decided upon in their award category .

If you qualify, head over to the official website and sign up. Why not? I’m thinking about it.

If you work for a company that plans to submit, the “early bird” deadline has been extended to November 28th. The final deadline is December 5th, so now would be a good time to get your name into the hat.

The 3rd Annual ELAN Awards will be held on February 28, 2009 at the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts. Past shows have included guests like William Shatner and Seth MacFarlane, so I’d expect a pretty entertaining evening from the hopeful “Oscars of the gaming industry.”

ELAN Awards 2009