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by Tiara Rea

I know everyone’s been waiting on pins and needles for the final decision, but let me stall just one more minute to say we really appreciated everyone’s efforts in this contest! All the WP themes submitted were just fantastic, and our staff had an incredibly difficult time choosing a top theme. They were all just phenomenal!

Also, here’s a brief rundown of how the voting worked:

Themes were judged by Lunarpages staff members and community. All submissions were judged by the following criteria:

• Community Votes: 25%
• Staff Votes: 25%
• Creativity, Originality, & Uniqueness: 25%
• Overall Theme & Usability: 25%

And now, for the winners!!!

First Place Winner: NewBlue by BlogDesignStudio

With the lead in Community votes and about 10% staff votes, this was our clear winner! BlogDesignStudio has now won $1,000 and 5 years free web hosting!!! We really loved this theme, guys, so your congratulations are well deserved!

Second Place Winner: Floral Day by SimplyWP

With over 300 community votes, a whopping 35% of our staff votes brought this theme into second place due to its creativity and the fact that nearly all our techies loved this theme for its usability as well! SimplyWP has won $300 and 3 years free web hosting! All your themes were lovely, so congratulations!

Third Place Winner: Styleicious by ThaSlayer

Styleicious was a clear top 3 from the start, and with around 5% of our staff votes, ThaSlayer has won 3rd place!! That gives him $100 and 1 year free web hosting! This was a wonderful theme, ThaSlayer, so congrats!

For Series 3, we also decided to let our CEO and Staff choose overall winners based on Creativity, Usability, and the total amount of staff votes. For these votes, we didn’t take community voting into consideration, so here’s our Staff and CEO vote!

CEO Choice: E-Storage Plus by Roger

Our CEO was impressed not only with the potential of this WP Theme for any webmaster for personal or business use, but also the amount of amazing themes Roger submitted. Our CEO had a hard time picking just one for his favorite. Roger, you’ve won 1 year free web hosting!

Staff Choice: Dreamworks Redux by Vinh Le

This theme wasn’t even up for any of the weekly voting rounds, but our staff sure loved it!! Congratulations, Vinh Le! You’ve won 1 year free hosting!

To claim your prizes, just email affiliate@lunarpages.com

Now you can see ALL the participants and download over 90 Free WordPress Themes!!

Thanks for your participations everyone, and stay tuned to see if there will be a Series 4 anytime soon.

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Original post by Tiara

by Tiara Rea

Hey everyone! Voting just closed for Series 3 of our WordPress Theme contest. We’ll be double checking the votes for honesty and accuracy and also casting some votes of our own here at Lunarpages.

We’ll be announcing the winners on October 22, 2008, so stay tuned!

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Original post by Tiara

by Tiara Rea

Okay, guys! It’s time for the BIG VOTE. Below you’ll find the 15 best free WordPress themes in the world, and it is your chance to vote to see who gets our faaabulous prizes. To remind you, here’s what we’re offering:

1st place - $1,000 and 5 Years Free Web Hosting! + exposure in our Web Hosting Newsletter
2nd place - $300 and 3 Years Free Web Hosting
3rd place - $100 and 1 Year Free Web Hosting

CEO’s Choice - 1 Free Year Web Hosting for our CEO’s favorite WordPress Theme
Staff Choice - 1 Year Free Web Hosting for the WordPress Theme with the most staff votes

And now, here are the Top 15 WordPress Themes for Series 3 of our WP Theme Contest! Don’t forget to cast your vote, as you only have until October 19!!!

Round 1 Winner: Pop Star by 𚺬

Round 2 Winner: MyBlog by n252

Round 3 Winner: Styleicious by ThaSlayer

Round 4 Winner: Floral Day by SimplyWP

Round 5 Winner: Floral by n252

Round 6 Winner: Fresh Editorial by Maruf Rahman

Round 7 Winner: Brown Stitch by SimplyWP

Round 8 Winner: Starlite Diva by SimplyWP

Round 9 Winner: Butterflies by n252

Round 10 Winner: NewBlue by BlogDesignStudio

Lunarpages Pick #1: Dreamworks Redux by Vinh Le

Lunarpages Pick #2: World of Fashion by Roger

Lunarpages Pick #3: Property Theme by Maruf Rahman

Lunarpages Pick #4: E-Storage Plus by Roger

Lunarpages Pick #5: Web 2.0 by Uncle Sha

We wish everyone the best of luck! And remember, if your theme wasn’t chosen for the final 15 free wp themes, you still have a chance to win, because our CEO could literally choose anybody!

Stay tuned and happy voting.

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Original post by Tiara

by Tiara Rea

This is it, guys! Here’s the 10th finalist for our WordPress Theme Contest, Series 3!

NewBlue by BlogDesignStudio!

Congratulations BlogDesignStudio!

We’ll be posting the Top 15 free WordPress themes a bit later today, so look forward to that! You’ll have until October 20 to vote and then we will close it off to private staff voting and announce the winners on October 22!

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Original post by Tiara

by Tiara Rea

This is it, guys!!! Our final round of weekly voting before the BIG VOTE next week, when we’ll announce the Final 15 WordPress Themes that are up for the chance to win $1,000 and 5 years free web hosting, as well as a featured article in our Web Hosting Newsletter. Just make sure you get your free WordPress themes in by Sunday for your chance for our prizes as well!!

Okay, now onto Round 10 voting! The top themes this week are:

D’Sanctuary by Roger

NewBlue by BlogDesignStudio

Saturn Blue by Liza Mary

Deskspace by Chad Coleman

Hello Autumn by SimplyWP

Good luck everyone!! Next week we’ll be announcing the 15 Finalists, so stay tuned!!!

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Original post by Tiara

by Tiara Rea

Wow!! This is the FINAL WEEK of voting for the 3rd Series Lunarpages WordPress Theme Design Contest! If you haven’t already submitted your free WordPress themes, you only have until Sunday night to do so, so get going!

And now for this week’s winner. Congratulations…

Butterflies by n252

Great work as always, n252! You are clearly a crowd favorite!

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Original post by Tiara

by Tiara Rea

As stated in my previous post, remember to submit your free WordPress themes ASAP for your chance to win $1,000 and 5 years free web hosting!! Plus, your themes will be available to our 140,000+ customer base, design community, and will be featured in our Web Hosting Newsletter.

And now for Round 9’s top themes of the week!

An Outburst of the Soul by Roger

Property Theme by Maruf Rahman

Beach Holiday by Brian L

Butterflies by n252

Rocks My World by Fath

Amazing work this week! Good luck to everyone

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Original post by Tiara

by Tiara Rea

**Just a quick reminder, everyone! NEW ENTRY SUBMISSIONS CLOSE OCTOBER 12!! That means, you have less than 2 weeks to get your free WordPress themes submitted for your change to win $1,000 and 5 years free hosting! Make sure to get your themes in ASAP or you won’t be able to compete.**

Now, for the results!

The winner of Round 8 iiiisss:

Starlite Diva by SimplyWP

Congrats again, SimplyWP! Your themes are incredibly well liked here at Lunarpages and by our design community!

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Original post by Tiara

by Tiara Rea

This contest will end in a couple weeks, so keep submitting these amazing themes for voting!! I can’t wait to help choose a winner.

This week’s Top 5 Free WordPress Themes are:

Aurum Gold by Uncle Sha

Autumn by Arnold Orosa

Starlite Diva by SimplyWP

NT - The Childhood Of Eternity by Roger

SpringTime by n252

Good luck this week, everyone!!

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Original post by Tiara

by Tiara Rea

As you guys can tell, we had a lot of great designs this past week, but only one winner could be chosen this week, and that honor goes to…

Brown Stitch by SimplyWP!

Congrats, SimplyWP! Seems everyone loves your designs!

The new poll will be up as soon as possible - remember, keep submitting your themes for your chance to win $1,000 and 5 years free web hosting!!

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Original post by Tiara