Any non-native speakers of Japanese from high school or college students in the southeastern region of the U.S. who are interested in developing a Website in Japanese. Students can apply separately as individuals or as a team of up to three students. High school students must have a school facilitator and receive necessary permission from your school to enter this contest. (If you have questions regarding your eligibility, please contact us first.)

Participants must post their Website and inform the contest administrator (see below) their URL on or before February 12 , 2005! (Note that the deadline has moved up from the last announcement!)

1.	At least 90% of the Website must be written in Japanese.
2.	The Website must have a consistent theme related to any aspect of Japanese culture, language, history, or society. (All materials must be in good taste and no sexually explicit materials are allowed.)
3.	All materials on the Website (e.g., texts, images, animations, audio and video) must be the original works created by the student(s). No copies of others' materials (part or whole) are allowed. (If any part of the Website is found to contain copied materials produced by others except for the icons linking to URLs outside of your Website, your Website will be disqualified. All links outside your own Website must be marked explicitly as such. None of the linked sites outside of your Website are counted in judging your site.)
4.	If your Website contains more than 10 separate pages, please send us the addresses of the representative 10 pages within your site that you would like us to consider for the contest.
5.	No Websites previously entered into the contest are accepted.

Judges are the Consulate General of Japan language staff in Atlanta and members of Japanese-language teachers in the southeast region of the U.S. Each site will be rated based on the following criteria:

1.	Creativity and effectiveness of the Website (Is it creative and effective in realizing the targeted theme?)
2.	Accuracy and appropriateness of the Japanese language (vocabulary, grammar, style, etc.) relative to the length of Japanese language study
3.	Is it unique and original? (See the requirements above.)

The winners for each level of language study will be announced at the annual Japan Bowl/Speech Contest to be held every year. If you have any questions, contact Dr. Masato Kikuchi (masato.kikuchi@modlangs.gatech.edu) or Ms. Keiko Scott (keiko.scott@cgjapanatlanta.org). (All qualified participants will receive participation awards. There will be prizes for winners as well.)

Send your completed URL of your Website on or before the deadline to masato.kikuchi@modlangs.gatech.edu. Please include the following information:

1.	the level of the Japanese language study for the team (Level I - up to one year of language study; Level II - up to two years of language study; Level III - up to three years of Japanese study; Level IV - more than three years of language study).
2.	the names of participating students
3.	the name of the school
4.	the name of the facilitator (or a primary contact person) and his/her email address

If you cannot find a server space to post your Website, you can send a CD containing your entire site to the following address: