To encourage high quality web site indexes and to promote the web indexing work of professional indexers, the Web Indexing Special Interest Group of the American Society for Indexing awards a deserving indexer the annual Web Indexing SIG Award for excellence in web site indexing. The award is announced at the Honors & Awards session of the American Society for Indexing Annual conference each spring. You do not have to attend the conference to win.
Eligibility Requirements
The index should be a browsable hyperlinked A to Z index, i.e., similar to a back of the book index.
Created by humans, either an individual or a team.
Publicly accessible on the Web at the time of submission, but could have been created at any time in the past.
There is no minimum size requirement. However, a web site index that is too small cannot adequately demonstrate its quality. A larger web site index is likely to be more highly rated than a small one all other factors being equal.
Entries are open to members of the Web Indexing SIG and its partner organization, the Information Architecture Institute (IAI). Members of other indexing societies are eligible to enter by joining the Web Indexing SIG (ASI, ISC, SI, ANZSI, DNI, NIN, ASAIB, and China Society of Indexers).
Up to two web site indexes per indexer is allowed.
Entries to the 2009 awards are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions is Friday 27th March 2009.
Submission Guidelines and Submission Forms are available at the Web Indexers Special Interest Group Website.
