Multiply has recently announced the opening of it Official Theme Design Contest. Definitely a good news for aspiring designers to showcase their skills and also get a chance to win great prizes.

• Grand Prize Winner (1): Lifetime subscription to Multiply Premium, theme will be featured at the top of the Official Multiply Theme Page and 1 year Premium subscription for 5 family members.
• Second Prize (3): 1 year free Multiply Premium, theme will be featured on the Official Multiply Theme page, and 1 year free Multiply Premium for 3 family members.
• Third Price (4): 1 year free Multiply Premium.

Multiply members are invited to submit a custom theme, then 8 finalists will be selected, then all these will be shared on the Multiply community and winners will be based on community voting.

How to Join:

1. Create a unique Multiply theme.
2. Share your theme in the Multiply Customized Themes group.
3. Send a personal message from your own user ID to themecontest and include a link to your theme posting from the customized themes group.

TimeLines:

Entries must be submitted by July 13, 2009.
Announcement of finalists will be no later than July 17, 2009.
Voting for winners will end July 24, 2009
Announcement of winners will be on July 28, 2009.

Others:
One theme submission per personn only. You should have rights to all graphic elements of the design. Must work in at least IE 6,7and 8, Firefox 3 or higher, an Safari. No altering of main header navigation is allowed.
Read more of the rules here.

Sounds like a good contest. Though the time is a bit limited. I have a multiply account though I rarely use it unless some family members bug me to take a look at some photos. Hmmm, wish I could join, but I don’t have that much time.. Anyway, for those with Über cool graphic and CSS styling skills, check out this contest.