The submission period for the October 1997 -- January 1998 round of the
Internet Ray Tracing Animation Competition is over.  The animations are now
available for viewing, voting, and comment at

      WWW:  http://www.irtc.org/anims/
            http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/bill/1998-01-15/
            http://www.ucf.ics.uci.edu/pub/mirrors/irtc/anims/1998-01-15/

      FTP:  ftp://new.irtc.org/pub/anims/1998-01-15/
            ftp://ftp.apocalypse.org/pub/u/bill/1998-01-15/
            ftp://ftp.ucf.ics.uci.edu/pub/mirrors/irtc/anims/1998-01-15/

NOTE THE MIRROR SITES LISTED ABOVE!  We ask that you PLEASE use a mirror site
for ftp access.  The extra WWW URLs listed above are only for file access; web
viewing and voting still starts on www.irtc.org as always.

There were 22 entries accepted for voting.  If you prefer to download large
bundles, they are available in the directory named "zipped-up", under the name
"anims-*.zip" for the animations, and "all-text.zip" for the text.

This round's voting interval is thirty days; votes will be accepted from
January 17 through February 15.  Winners will be announced February 16.

The January-April 1998 round of the IRTC animation competition is now open.
The topic for this round is "Transportation".  You may begin submitting for
this round immediately; entries will be accepted through 15 April 1998.