| The Philosophy Research Base
offers three awards for philosophy.
Superlative Sites:
 | The ne plus ultra
Award
gives recognition to the best of the best philosophy sites
the world wide web has to offer. We are looking for
gateway sites that provide an in-depth resource for a particular subject or
figure within the field of philosophy, or unique and valuable service
for philosophy research. |
Original Work:
| The Original Contribution
Award
highlights authors who contribute interesting and innovative
work to the Philosophy Research Base. This award is reserved for authors who present
their own material (essays, dissertations, etc.) as e-texts on their own websites via the world wide
web. This award is reserved for single essays or a series of
essays (e.g. book, dissertation) on a single subject. |
Interactive Classrooms:
| The Virtual
Classroom Award is for teachers. It is designed to
highlight innovative websites that bring internet resources into the
philosophy classroom. We are looking for sites that serve as an
interactive tool for extending the educational process beyond the traditional
academic environment. |
Note: Sites with Pop-up
Advertisements (Geocities, Anglefire, etc.) will not be considered.
Before submitting your nomination, please follow these links to more detailed
descriptions of the requirements:
If you would like information on the current panel of reviewers,
or if you have any questions about the review process, please contact: awards@erraticimpact.com
The philosophy behind this award is simple. We want to promote your work.
The internet is expanding at an incredible rate. It has been estimated that there are now
more web pages on the world wide web than there are people on the planet Earth. If this
is an exaggeration, it is nevertheless true that finding high quality
sites is becoming more and more difficult. At the time of this writing, a single search engine, such as
Altavista brings up nearly 4 million listings for the keyword:
philosophy! And it is estimated that below 20% of all websites are indexed by the
major search engines. Not only this, but as
you probably know, pages that make it to the top of search engine lists are not necessarily top
quality sites. Often, top search engine listings reflect meta-tag strategies, rather than actual content.
The Philosophy Research Base, itself, now has more than 1000 pages of listings, and
as the index grows, the same difficulty begins to manifest itself. The awards are
designed to counter the problem of sheer volume by highlighting quality in the midst
of quantity. In other words, we want to make research in philosophy as enjoyable and
rewarding as possible by directing our visitors to the best work in the field within our index.
We also want to promote new and established writers who have published their work to the
world wide web. And we want to promote the interactive presence of
educational websites in the traditional classroom environment.
Please support these efforts and nominate your work. Help make the
PRB the best philosophy resource index on the planet!
Some benefits recipients will receive:
| We will list the award winning site in the PRB Awards
Directory so visitors will recognize the distinctive design
and character of the work. The awards directory is accessible
from almost anywhere within the PRB. |
| Original Contribution Award recipients will have their names included
in the Names Index of the PRB |
| The subject of the recipient's work will be included in the Subjects Index of
the PRB (all three awards, if applicable). |
| The recipient's work will be featured in the PRB Newsletter. |
| Within the general subject pages of the PRB, an indication of
having received the award will accompany the description of the
recipient's work. |
| This focus should increase
traffic to the recipient's home on the web (as of August, 2000, the
PRB is receiving, on the average, 2700 unique visitors per day). |
If your work receives an award, we will contact
you by email, and your site will be entitled to display the appropriate
award on its pages. Due to a high volume of applicants, we only
notify those who receive an award. The review process usually
takes about four months. Neither displaying the
award, nor providing a reciprocal link is necessary for receiving the
award.
Apply Now!
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