Wanted: Tech-Savvy Kid Web Designers

Wanted: Tech-Savvy Kid Web Designers

Hostway Will Name Two Child Web Designers 'America's Youngest Web Wizards'

CHICAGO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- They consider themselves technology mavens. They can write HTML as quickly as their book reports. Their creative ideas for Web content are endless. And they aren't even in high school yet.

Across the nation, elementary and middle school students are designing astonishing Web sites, but are not receiving the recognition they deserve. To honor these talented "Web Wizards," Hostway, a global leader in Web hosting, is conducting its first national search for "America's Youngest Web Wizards" -- K-8th graders who have designed Web sites with extraordinary creativity.

"Hostway is very eager to showcase the technological successes of these bright and talented kids," said John Lee, vice president and general manager of Hostway. "After all, they are the Web designers, technologists and CIOs of tomorrow."

"Americas Youngest Web Wizards" was established to raise awareness of the importance of technology education among elementary and middle schools nationwide, and to honor the nations' exemplary youth Web designers.

As a reward for their outstanding Web site design skills, Hostway will award one elementary student (grades K-5) and one middle school student (grades 6-8) with the following:

-- A Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop ($1500 value) *
-- 12 months free Web site hosting, based on Hostway's standard "personal
site" service offering
-- National recognition as "America's Youngest Web Wizard"




To learn more about "America's Youngest Web Wizard," to submit an entry, or to view contest rules, please visit http://www.hostway.com/webwizard .

Web sites should be submitted by February 28, 2005 and the "Web Wizards" will be announced prior to March 31, 2005.

* Contestants: For more information about the Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop,

please visit, http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/featured_notebook3?c= us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

About Hostway

Hostway Corporation provides Web hosting and managed services to more than 300,000 customers worldwide. Hostway helps individuals, small businesses and large enterprises achieve more value from state-of-the-art Web-based technologies by reducing their complexity and cost. Founded in 1998, Hostway is one of the five largest Web hosting companies in the world with offices in North America (Chicago, Tampa and Vancouver), Europe (London and Amsterdam) Asia (Seoul) and Australia (Sydney). For more information about Hostway Corporation, please visit http://www.hostway.com/ or call 1-888-290-5170.

Contact:
Tina Janczura, Slack Barshinger, 312.970.5841,
Tina.Janczura@slackbarshinger.com
Lauria Locsmondy, Hostway, 312.994.7720, Lauria.Locsmondy@hostway.com


Source: Hostway Corporation

CONTACT: Tina Janczura of Slack Barshinger, +1-312-970-5841,
Tina.Janczura@slackbarshinger.com ; Lauria Locsmondy of Hostway,
+1-312-994-7720, Lauria.Locsmondy@hostway.com

Web site: http://www.hostway.com/webwizard
http://www.hostway.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: To speak with an executive from Hostway, please contact Tina Janczura at Tina.Janczura@slackbarshinger.com

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