The second annual Interaction Awards is now open for entries! This year's program looks to honor six categories of work that speaks to the intention behind the interactions designers create: optimizing, engaging, empowering, expressing, connecting and disrupting.

Have your work reviewed by an international panel of experts including Jury Chair Marc Rettig, Founder & Principal at Fit Associates (USA), Steve Baty (Australia), Matt Cottam (The Netherlands), Liz Danzico (USA), Matias Duarte (USA), Dan Hill (Finland) and Anab Jain (UK). Read full bios of this year's jury team here.

In its inaugural year, the IxDA 2012 Interaction Awards honored 26 projects with San Francisco-based agency Stimulant taking home Best in Show and Best in Category, Expressing for Loop Loop, an innovative music sequencer app for Sifteo cubes. Check out the full lineup of the 2012 winners here.

So IxDA member ready your projects!! Entries will be accepted from now until October 1st. A shortlist of 75 projects will be announced in October 2012 and showcased online to be evaluated by your peers for a coveted People's Choice award. Final awardees will be announced at this year's IxDA Conference in Toronto. Don't wait! Register today!!