Women in Games are set to hold their first ever award show in September.
The non-profit organisation - which works to recruit more women into the games industry and support those already employed - will host the inaugural Women in Games Mobile Awards, endorsed by the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), which will showcase some of the best mobile games created by teams with female developers in Europe.
The awards show will be held during the European Women in Games Conference in London on September 6th, and will include award categories such as the Grand Prix award - handed to the best mobile game made by a team including women -and the Leadership award, which will recognise the exceptional quality of the work of a mobile game developer, as defined by a jury, specifically selected for this contest.
CEO of Women in Games Marie-Claire Isaaman said in a statement: "We welcome our partnership with the IMGA to put on awards that showcase mobile games made by teams with a significant contribution from women game developers. The IMGA have the longest standing mobile games award programme and we want to promote the entries for the IMGA MENA, IMGA SEA and IMGA Global competitions as well as our own Mobile Games Awards. The IMGA are also looking for more diverse jury members for their awards and we will be asking our members to sign up to be online judges."
Whilst Maarten Noyons, CEO of IMGA, added: "We are honoured to be part of the Women in Games Mobile Awards. IMGA has always strived to promote diversity and maintain gender equality among its jury and participants. We look forward to discovering and awarding the best games produced by teams including women!"
Nominated games will be selected from those who send in their games between Monday (31.07.17) and August 20.
Hopefuls must send their application to [email protected] with the name of the game, list of game credits, link to the game platform, gameplay video link, and promocodes if the game is not free.
Applicants must also answer to the question 'Why do you think you should win the WIGJ Grand Prix?' or 'Why do you think you should win the WIGJ Leadership award?' depending on which category they are entering.
