No specifics have been announced yet, but I will keep watching. This time it appears everything will be well organized, well in advance of officially opening the competition. Lots of sponsored prizes are to be expected as well. What is perhaps most different about this competition in particular is that only original / new themes will be accepted. Skins and mods of WordPress themes out there already should not apply. I expect this to generate a pool of new, hopefully brilliant themes for the WordPress blogging community.

Truth is WordPress has changed to feature many innovative and new tools which aren’t being properly used or implemented by many of the older themes. A competition could bring more widgetized or ajaxed themes to light. Something I’d like to see happening soon.

Any theme designers out there, sharpen your keyboards!