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A Welcome from Tides Foundation
We at Tides Foundation are proud to present the first annual prize program in public interest computing. With this prize, the biggest winners are nonprofits working for social change.

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Now Accepting Nominations for 2008 

Nominations for the 2008 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest must be submitted to the Tides Foundation by September 30, 2008. The prize winner for the 2008 prize will be announced this fall.

For more information on how to be considered for the Pizzigati Prize, please visit How to Apply.

For the complete Timeline, please visit Application Timeline 2008 .

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Barry Warsaw Named Second Annual Winner of $10,000 Pizzigati Prize
Barry WarsawOpen Source Activist Winner of Nation’s
Top Award for Public Interest Computing

San Francisco, January 30, 2008— Tides Foundation announces the winner of the second annual $10,000 Pizzigati Prize.  Barry Warsaw, a software developer dedicated to identifying and solving the technological problems that confront social change movements, has won the Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest.
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The Prize at a Glance
Who can be nominated for the Pizzigati Prize? What does the winner receive? When will our next winner be named? We have some quick answers.

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Meet Our Advisory Panel
Three outstanding national leaders in public interest computing have served as judges for the Pizzigati Prize ever since the program's inception. Joining them on the judging panel: each previous year's award winner. The members of our Pizzigati Prize Advisory Panel all play a central role in shaping and administering the prize program.
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Each year, after the application deadline for the annual Pizzigati Prize, we invite nonprofit groups and open source software developers to share their experiences and perspectives on the software created by nominees for the current year's prize. Share what’s on your mind in our Pizzigati Prize forums.
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