WIGI Resources
This section is continually under development and will contain an archive of ideas generated from the WIGI conferences. Please feel free to offer recommendations on useful resources.
Get LinkedIn to WIGI
Connect to the Women in Games International group on LinkedIn. The group is a valuable networking, communications and community building tool for women in the game industry. We'd love to have you as a member!
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WIGI Mentoring Group
Join the WIGI Mentoring community on Google Groups. On the WIGI Mentoring home page, request an invitation to join the group. Once a member, introduce yourself to the group, and then begin the process of becoming a mentor, finding a mentee, or both!

http://www.groups.google.com/group/wigi_mentoring
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Jobs
WomenGamers.com Online Career Center
Job seekers, post your anonymous resume for free and let employers submit game industry opportunities to you. Employers and recruiters: You now have access to a specialized niche of gaming professionals! Browse resumes or post your employment opportunity at the WomenGamers.com Online Career Center.
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Take Our Casual Games Survey!
ECD Systems, a WIGI platinum sponsor and partner, is creating a new gaming portal designed specifically for casual gamers and the independent developers that create them, and would like to hear your thoughts on casual games. Take our brief survey on casual games, and thanks in advance for your input!
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226P8SVU6Q8
Competitions
The 2nd Annual Indie Game Developers Showcase
ECD Systems Is Calling All Developers…DO YOU HAVE A GAME? Enter the 2nd Annual Indie Game Developers Showcase!

It’s free to enter at www.indiegameshowcase.com

Two entry Categories: General and Casual.

Great prizes in both categories! Winners receive complete workstations. Runner-up prizes include iPod nanos.

Get Recognition from industry leaders. Get Exposure to gaming community.

Game submissions for this year's contest and Popular Voting end on July 20, 2007. Semi-Finalists will be selected and all Winners announced at the Austin Games Conference in early September.

You can enter a complete trial of your unpublished game or one released within the last six months. For details, visit www.indiegameshowcase.com or contact Jim Feeney at ECD Systems, jfeeney@ecdsystems.com, 508-420-6990.

Starting May 1st, Play All The Games and Vote For Your Favorite.
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Education
New Game Industry Scholarship for Women

WIGI conference series sponsor WomenGamers.Com recently announced the DigiPen Institute of Technology Women's Scholarship, a new scholarship for women interested in a career in the gaming industry DigiPen Institute of Technology is offering five $2000.00 scholarships to five qualifying female students. The application deadline is May 1st 2007, and is for new incoming students for the Fall 2007-08 academic year. Applicants must meet the standard admission requirements for the program they are applying for at DigiPen Institute Of Technology and need to be a US citizen or permanent resident. You can learn more about the scholarship at www.womengamers.com/scholarship. If you are interested in donating to the scholarship fund, please contact scholarship@womengamers.com.
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White Papers
Women and Videogames: Habits and Preferences of Video Gamers
Joaquín Pérez (2006)
Universidad Europea de Madrid

English version: (PDF - 2mb)
Spanish version: www.uem.es/observatoriovideojuegos

Socialising, Subversion and the Self: Why women flock to Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games
Aleks Krotoski (2005).
N. Garrelts (ed.) Digital Gameplay: Essays on the nexus of game and gamer. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press.
Chicks and Joysticks: An Exploration of Women and Gaming
Aleks Krotoski (2004)
London: Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association.
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Files
WIGI Flyer, Seattle 2006, V.1 (file date 20060816 (8 megs) Updated Aug. 16, '06
WIGI Logos, Vector format, V8 EPS format (112kb)
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