DREAMBUILDPLAY - Game building contest

Name: DREAMBUILDPLAY - 2010 Challenge

Website: dreambuildplay.com
Organized By: Microsoft
At Stake: Cash

Closes: 3rd March 2010

1takemedia.com Film Competition

Name: 1takemedia.com Film Competition

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

Cutscape: Cut their own music video contest

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

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.

Vysr.com - Icon Design Contest

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

Bollywood's Next - Writers' Contest

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...

DataPortability Logo Competition (Closes: 11st Mar 2008)

Name: DataPortability Logo Competition

Website: tinyurl.com/2nhn6w
Organized By: DataPortability.org
At Stake: iPhone, ad space & $
Open to: All

Closes: 11st March, 2008

PringOO Design Contest (Closes: 23rd Feb 2008)

Name: PringOO Design Contest

Details: Showcase designs which represent Indian youth

Website: pringoo.com/community
Organized By: PringOO.com
At Stake: Rs 10,000 cash & iPod Shuttle
Open to:

Closes: 23rd Feb 2008

’Become a Rock Star‘ Flash Game Contest (Closes: 1st April, 2008)

Name: ’Become a Rock Star‘ Flash Game Contest

Website: mochiads.com/contest/
Organized By: MochiAds & Gaia Online
At Stake: Cash, iPod & opportunity to secure a professional game development contract.

Closes: 1st April, 2008

Android Developer Challenge: Google's mobile app contest (Closes: 14th April, 2008)

Name: Android Developer Challenge

Details: Google has launched the Android Developer Challenge, which will provide $10 million in awards for great mobile apps built on the Android platform.

Website: code.google.com/android/adc.html
Organized By: Google
At Stake: $25,000 award for 50 most promising entries. Best entries win ten $275,000 awards and ten $100,000 awards
Open to: Worldwide excluding a few countries. Check contest FAQ.

Closes: 3rd March, 2008 14th April, 2008

Filmaka India Film Makers Hunt : Short films contest

Name: Filmaka India Film Makers Hunt

Details: Ongoing theme-based short films contest

Website: www.filmaka.in
Organized By: Filmaka.in
At Stake: Rs 10,000 - Rs 11 Lacs cash prizes, Feature film deal
Open to: Indians

Closes: Ongoing

The Shortcut : Short films contest (Closes: 10th November, 2007)

Name: The Shortcut

Details: You’re invited to participate, watch, comment, blog, vlog, criticise, publicise, galvanise and also watch shorts all night till your eyes pop out!!!

Website: buzz18.com/contestspecial/get-your-buzz-on/1
Organized By: Buzz18 and Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC)
At Stake: Rs 1,00,000 cash awards, films aired on TV18, 3-film contract
Open to: N/A

Closes: 10th November, 2007

TechTribe BrainGame Contest

Name: TechTribe BrainGame Contest

Details: Weekly challenges. Week of 22-28 October challenge is to build a project management plan for a given scenario.

Website: http://news.techtribe.com/braingame/contest_desc.php
Organized By: TechTribe
At Stake: Apple iPod
Open to: NA

Closes: Ongoing

The Simplicity Challenge : Business idea contest (Closes:1st November, 2007)

Name: The Simplicity Challenge

Details: Your ideas should address one of the three domains: (1) Environment (2) Education (3) Healthy Living.

Website: http://www.thinksimple.moneycontrol.com
Organized By: Philips & CNBC-TV18
At Stake: Rs 15 lakhs cash & intro with VCs
Open to: All students (18-30 yrs)

Closes: 1st November, 2007

Amazon Webservices Start-Up Challenge (Closes: 28th October, 2007)

Name: Amazon Webservices Start-Up Challenge

Details: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is searching for the next hot start-up that is leveraging AWS to build its infrastructure and business. Do you have a great idea or an existing application that uses services from AWS? Enter the AWS Start-Up Challenge to win $100,000 in cash and AWS credits, and receive an investment offer from Amazon.

Website: http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=377634011
Organized By: Amazon.com
At Stake:
Open to: U.S. residents and/or U.S. registered businesses

Closes: 28th October, 2007

2007 TopCoder Collegiate Challenge

Name: 2007 TopCoder Collegiate Challenge

Details: The 2007 TopCoder Collegiate Challenge is back and it's sure to be better than ever! This year, we're giving five students the chance to be TopCoder Champions! There are four competitions that you can chose from: Algorithm Competition, Component Design and Development Competition, Marathon Match Competition and Studio Design Competition.

Website: http://www.topcoder.com
Organized By: TopCoder.com
At Stake: Visit to Walt Disney World and win part of the $260,000 prize
Open to: TopCoder members

Closes: NA

Best Research Paper on India's Urbanization (Closes: 15th October, 2007)

Name: International Competition for the Best Research Paper on India's Urbanization

Details: An international competition for the best research paper on innovative responses to India's urban challenges. The purpose of this competition is to highlight usually overlooked cases of innovation and success in response to rapid urbanization

Website: http://hidden-successes.mit.edu/
Organized By: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Institute for Financial Management and Research
At Stake: NA
Open to: NA

Closes: 15th October, 2007

Wacom Wallpaper Contest (Closes: 16th September, 2007)

Name: Wacom Wallpaper Contest

Details: Be creative, innovative, cool, cute, and original. We'll let you decide if your wallpaper is optimized for the Mac or Windows, but remember, these are for your desktop! Any submission related to the theme "FUN" is welcome. We invite you to be creative in interpreting the theme.

Website: http://www.wacom-asia.com/community/contests/wallpaper
Organized By: Wacom Community
At Stake: Bamboo tablets
Open to: Legal residents of countries Australia, Brunei, Korea, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

Closes: 16th September, 2007

Renault DeSign Contest : Automobile Design Contest (Closes: 7th January, 2008)

Name: Renault DeSign Contest

Details: RENAULT DeSign India, an antenna of RENAULT DeSign in Mumbai opened in 2005, is part of our globalisation plan for RENAULT DeSign and will be working on designs for India as well as give inputs to the RENAULT DeSign network

Website: http://www.autocarindia.com/new/renault/page2.htm
Organized By: Renault DeSign India & AutoCar India
At Stake: NA
Open to: NA

Closes: 7th January, 2008

The OfficeTally Talking Head Contest : Office Video Contest

Name: The OfficeTally Talking Head Contest

Details: Re-create your favorite Office talking head on video, for a chance to win a cast-autographed copy of The Office Season 3 DVD! (Talking Head is a scene of a single character, usually shot just from the waist up, talking directly to the camera.)

Website: http://www.officetally.com/the-officetally-talking-head-contest
Organized By: OfficeTally
At Stake: Cast-autographed copy of The Office Season 3 DVD!
Open to: U.S & Canada

Closes: 18th August, 2007