Competition: get your game in front of Will Wright and Sid Meier

Most indie game developers would give their right arms to get their game ideas in front of game gods like Sid Meier and Will Wright. Fancy it?

Intel's Level Up 2009 competition's judging panel is full of heavy hitters, including Wright and Meier, and all you have to do to show them your bits and bytes is submit a game idea. Sex it up with some screenshots if you wish. Here are the details:

Level Up 2009 is a worldwide competition providing developer's greater exposure to the gaming community. Submissions (in the form of an abstract, any screenshots or movies -- code is not necessary) from professional, aspiring and student game developers will be accepted until July 1, 2009. The games will be judged in three categories: Best Threaded Game, Best Game-on-the-Go, and Best Game Optimized for Intel® Graphics. On July 20, 2009, finalists will be notified by email, and by August 10 executable programs and articles are due.

Winners get hardware and the attentions of the top developers in the world. Check out your competition here.

Gosh, makes our Game Pitch feature feel like child's play.

Thanks for the heads-up, Erik!