Thanks to everyone that participated in, followed, and gave feedback for the Flavorpil Local Contest. Readers weighed in and our judging panel reviewed the final submissions and we have chosen a winner.

Congratulations to Nirav Sheth’s team and their winning design. Both readers and the judges were impressed with their intuitive integration of the Flavorpill event feed into the map, as well as the clever mashups with Outside.in, Meetup, and Foursquare, which means they’ll be taking home the full prize of $4500. In addition, the neighborhood page lets you see venue reviews via Yelp from listed events as well as local tweets.

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Earlier this month we challenged Flavorpill enthusiasts and locavores to show us your neighborhood in the Create Flavorpill Local Contest. The idea was to mash up your favorite APIs, including (but not limited to) Google Maps, Google Calendar, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Friends Connect, Yelp, Craigslist, and Foursquare, along with the best local blogs, to create a dynamic page based on our event feed.

After wading through some great submissions, we’ve narrowed it down to two options that we think really capture the essence of Flavorpill Local. We’d like you to help us decide on the winner. Your comments will be considered in the judging process, and will help determine who takes home up to $4500 for their design.

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Calling all product devs, designers, and mashup artists… we invite you — and your talented friends — to show us your ideal Flavorpill Local page!

We’ve got some good ideas, but we want to know what our readers want, which is why we’re asking you to help us envision the perfect hyperlocal page. Starting with our event feed, how would you show your neighborhood on Flavorpill?

Go ahead, mash up your favorite APIs, including (but not limited to) Google Maps, Google Calendar, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Friends Connect, Yelp, Craigslist, and Foursquare, along with the best local blogs. All neighborhoods are welcome, but for a dynamic page based on our event feed, focus on one of the US cities where we’ve already got content — NYC, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami. We’re looking for great vision, but submissions that actually work — dynamic pages, tapping live feeds — have a better chance of winning.

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