Creativity and vision of future are required for the MiniSpaceWorld Design Contest 2009: Far Worlds – Best of Science Fiction: how would you imagine a 150-200 m2 scale model - in 1:100 or 1:87, the H0 Standard of model railways, scale – layout surface of the fascinating world of Science Fiction in a corresponding exhibit hall?  Submission deadline is 1^st November 2009!

This is the challenge of the contest: participants shall submit a high-level content design, including a basic map, theme description and details with images of at least three highlights of such an exhibition hall.

Four members of our international Jury - Herbert W.Franke, Patrick Gyger, Mat Irvine und Marc Millis – shall decide about the MSW Awards, including a first prize valued at least 1,500 Euros. The winners of the MSW Budapest Prize - for the best Hungarian participant, offered by the Municipality of Budapest - and the MSW Community Prize will be chosen by the public via online voting. The award ceremony will be held on 5th December 2009 in Budapest, in the prestigious Congress Hall in the buildings of the Research Centre for Social Studies, a Hungarian Academy of Sciences research institute, located in the wonderful Budapest Castle District. Our special guest will be theremin virtuosa Barbara Buchholz.

The contest is open for participants from all over the world. Teams may be 1 to 5 people large and any participant can be in multiple teams. The language of the contest is english. Registration at the MSW-Website is necessary for participation.