Contest Buzz

Fantastic Five - The South Africa Chapter

2009-05-05T13:54:00.001+05:30

Name: Fantastic Five - The South Africa Chapter

Details: The Fantastic Five is an online reality series that chronicles the journey of five young travellers sent out on the adventure of a lifetime.

Website: http://f5southafrica.in.com/

2009 Photoblog Awards

2009-03-16T01:57:00.001+05:30

Name: 2009 Photoblog Awards

Details: You can submit your own or your favorite photoblog sites at http://vote.photoblogawards.com, and your submission will immediately appear in "Candidates" section, where can be found by other members. Once a submission has earned enough valid votes, it becomes a nominee

Website: http://www.photoblogawards.com/

2009 Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition

2009-03-16T01:49:00.002+05:30

Name: 2009 Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition

Details: This is the most lucrative and influential international student photo contest in the world. The Grand prize is $20,000 and some great photo gear, but more importantly, it provides all four winners the opportunity to kick-start their careers.

Website: http://prophoto.microsoft.avitivacorp.com/Site.aspx
Organized By: Microsoft
At Stake: $20,000 and photo gear
Open to: Full university and college students

1takemedia.com Film Competition

2009-02-25T23:47:00.000+05:30

Name: 1takemedia.com Film Competition

Website: http://www.1takemedia.in/new-competition/new-competition.html

Native Client Security Contest

2009-02-25T23:25:00.000+05:30

Name: Native Client Security Contest

Details: Do you think it is impossible to safely run untrusted x86 code on the web? Do you want a chance to impress a panel of some of the top security experts in the world? Then submit an exploit to the Native Client Security contest and you could also win cash prizes, not to mention bragging rights.

Website: http://code.google.com/contests/nativeclient-security/

Make a sweet game in Silverlight & win $5000

2009-02-13T22:37:00.000+05:30

http://www.serverquestcontest.com/

2009 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challeng

2009-01-21T00:14:00.002+05:30

Name: 2009 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge

Details: Global program challenges application developers around the world to build innovative location-based services (LBS) that work with mobile phones and/or wireless handheld devices using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ maps.

Website: www.lbschallenge.com

The XML Challenge

2008-12-24T18:16:00.004+05:30

Name: The XML Challenge

Details: 3 level quiz

Website: developerworkscontest.com
Organized By: IBM deverloperWorks

Open to: Developers and Database Administrators of any technology. However the contest will focus more on DB2 9 and pureXM

Renovate Your Business contest

2008-12-07T13:12:00.001+05:30

Name: Renovate Your Business contest

Website: microsoft.com/india/sbs/renovateyourbusiness/contest.aspx
Organized By: Microsoft

Gizmox dares community members to break into Visual WebGui

2008-11-14T01:19:00.002+05:30

Details: The contest bets $10,000 that no one can hack their Empty Client Platform, Visual WebGui

Website: http://www.visualwebgui.com/Community/Resources/News/tabid/328/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/357/Gizmox-Dares-Breaking-Into-Visual-WebGui.aspx

Google Code Jam

2008-07-15T18:26:00.000+05:30

Name: Google Code Jam

Details: Coding competition in which professional and student programmers are asked to solve complex algorithmic challenges in a limited amount of time. The contest is all-inclusive: Google Code Jam lets you program in the coding language and development environment of your choice.

At Stake: Top 100 finalists will divide over $80,000 in prize money

Code Project Random Programming Competition

2008-07-15T12:47:00.000+05:30

Name: The Code Project Random Programming Competition, Summer 2008.
Details: Write an application that implements the 1971 'Star Trek' game in whatever manner you feel like. Use a technology you've never touched before. Use a technology you're an ace in. Or just use a technology that is absolutely inappropriate for the task and hand and bend it to your will.
At Stake: TechEd 2008 bag, a Code Project fleece size XL and a dozen Code Project stickers

Closes: 31st August, 2008

Nokia Nseries :: Fusions Challenge (Closes: 27th July 2008)

2008-07-11T20:44:00.000+05:30

Name: Nokia Nseries :: Fusions Challenge

At Stake: Trip to Turkey & Nokia N78
Country Focus: India

Closes: 27th July 2008

Cutscape: Cut their own music video contest

2008-07-08T21:04:00.001+05:30

Name: Cutscape

Details: Open-source competition created to allow editors, filmmakers, or even your average music video fan to take professionally shot, film-grade footage and cut their own music video. The idea being there are many ways to tell a story and we want to find the best!

OpenCut - Open-source Film Editting Competition

2008-07-08T08:24:00.001+05:30

Name: OpenCut - Open-source Film Editting Competition

Details: OpenCut is a completely open-source film competition designed to encourage people to take professionally shot material and edit it in their own way. As there is no "one way" to tell a story, so too can stories benefit from being re-edited and re-told from many different vantage points and perspectives.

Closes: Currently Closed. Version 2 will open soon.

Animal Planet Bissell Pet Games Video Contest

2008-07-04T20:58:00.001+05:30

Name: Animal Planet :: "Bissell Pet Games Video" Contest

Rails Rumble: Contest to build an app in 48 hours

2008-07-04T13:38:00.001+05:30

Name: Rails Rumble 2008

Details: Contest to build an app in 48 hours on September 20th, 2008

Symbian Student Essay Contest 2008 (Closes: 30th September 2008)

2008-07-01T06:18:00.001+05:30

Name: Symbian Student Essay Contest 2008

At Stake: Up to ten essays will each be awarded a top prize of £1000. A special commendation will be awarded to those essays deemed of a high quality but which are not among the winning entries.
Open to: Anyone registered as a student at any university worldwide

Closes: 30th September 2008

Daylife's DayPI Developer Challenge (Closes: July 25th, 2008)

2008-06-30T21:02:00.000+05:30

Name: Daylife's DayPI Developer Challenge
At Stake: Over $5000

Closes: July 25th, 2008

Silverlight Control Builder Contest (Closes: 11st August 2008)

2008-06-29T17:58:00.001+05:30

Name: Silverlight Control Builder Contest

At Stake:1-Year MSDN Premimum Subscription, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition,Choice of one book from the entire O'Reilly catalog

Closes: 11st August 2008

Best Belly Photo Contest

2008-06-29T17:53:00.000+05:30

Best Belly Photo Contest
Win $2,500 in Cash

Sell Out Your YouTube Clips, Win $10k from Sprint

2008-06-29T14:56:00.000+05:30

Sell Out Your YouTube Clips, Win $10k from Sprint

Vysr.com - Icon Design Contest

2008-06-20T22:26:00.003+05:30

Name: Vysr.com - Icon Design Contest

Details: Design a icon for Vysr's product RoamAbout. For more, info@vysr.com

Website: blog.vysr.com/?p=17
Organized By: Vysr.com
At Stake: New Apple iPhone
Open to: NA

Closes: NA

Microsoft the Contest Machine

2008-06-15T12:07:00.001+05:30

Dan Fernandez, Developer and Platform Evangelist at Microsoft writes a very interesting post on the number of contests run by his company. 27! Yes, 27 is his last count. Read it here.

Bollywood's Next - Writers' Contest

2008-06-15T11:07:00.003+05:30

Name: Bollywood's Next - Writers' Contest

Details: Buzz18.com in association with Whistling Woods International and Mukta Arts, brings you a unique hunt for the best storytellers in the business, people with a great idea that could be turned into a great film.

Website: buzz18.com/contest/writercontest/
Organized By: Buzz18.com, Whistling Woods International and Mukta Arts
At Stake: Go here...