Whizzrd's entry (543 chars, score 134)
import math
def c(x,l,n):
if x<0:
return 0
if(x>=(n*n)):
return 0
if l[x] % 2 == 0:
return l[x]
else:
return l[x] * -1
def f(x,l,n):
return c(x-(n+1),l,n) + c(x-n,l,n)+ c(x-(n-1),l,n)+ c(x-1,l,n)+ c(x+1,l,n)+c(x+(n-1),l,n)+ c(x+n,l,n)+ c(x+(n+1),l,n)
def s(l):
z=[0,[0,0]]
t=len(l)
n=int(math.sqrt(t))
r=range(t)
o=[f(i,l,n) for i in r]
for i in r:
y=int(math.ceil(i/n))
x = i-(n*y)
if z[0]<o[i]:
z=[o[i],[x+1,n-y]]
return z
def d(p):
l=[]
for j in p.split('\n'):
for k in j.split(' '):
l.append(int(k))
return l
def AreaMax(p):
return s(d(p))
Revised version (Floes + VeXocide, 351 chars, score 207
def C(x,l,n):
return x>=0 and x<n*n and l[x]*(1,-1)[l[x]&1]
def F(x,l,n):
return C(x-(n+1),l,n)+C(x-n,l,n)+C(x-(n-1),l,n)+C(x-1,l,n)+C(x+1,l,n)+C(x+(n-1),l,n)+C(x+n,l,n)+C(x+(n+1),l,n)
def AreaMax(p):
m=0
l=map(int,p.split())
t=len(l)
n=int(t**.5)
r=range(t)
o=[F(i,l,n) for i in r]
for i in r:
y=i/n
x=i-(n*y)
if o[i]>m:
m,C=o[i],(x+1,n-y)
return m,C