Name: DesignStellaris 2010
Details: Use the Stellaris® LM3S9B96 microcontroller from Texas Instruments with Keil’s RealView® Microcontroller Development Kit (RVMDK) and SafeRTOS™ from Wittenstein to create your design contest entry
Website: luminarymicro.com/designstellaris2010/
Organized By: Texas Instruments
At Stake: $10,000 in cash prizes
Closes: 23rd June, 2010
Name: The XML
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
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
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.
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
Name: Android Developer Challenge
Name: Reliance's Rural Mobile Application Contest 2007-08
Name: Cisco I-Prize
Details: Post your idea and comment on other ideas posted by fellow entrepreneurs. Use the Human Network to refine your concept and form an idea team of all-stars that can take your idea to the next level.
Website: http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/iprize
Organized By: Cisco Systems
At Stake: Hired by Cisco to found a new business unit and share a $250,000 signing bonus
Open to: All
Closes: 13th February, 2008
Name: PHP Contest for Busy Programmers
Details: No programming. Blog about PHP Abstract and you could win a free book.
Website: http://tinyurl.com/24n345
Organized By: Cal Evans
At Stake: Programming book
Open to: N/A
Closes: N/A
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
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
Name: SharedBook Open API Challenge
Details: Use SharedBook.com's API to develop extensions that connect any web site's content in SharedBook's printed book format.
Website: http://www.sharedbook.com/apichallenge
Organized By: SharedBook.com
At Stake: 4GB iPhone or OpenMoko Mobile or $500 cash
Open to: All
Closes: 30th September, 2007 31th October, 2007
Name: PayPal Developer Challenge
Details: Got a cool idea for a Facebook application? Show off your coding skills and win a cash prize. Just develop a Facebook application that uses PayPal
Website: paypal-promo.com/api/index.html
Organized By: PayPal
At Stake: Cash prizes of $10,000, $5000, $2500
Open to: United States and the District of Columbia residents (18 years of age and older)
Closes: 10th August, 2007
Name: Open C Challenge
Details: Use Nokia's Open C plug-in to build or port open source applications for the range of phones
Website: http://tinyurl.com/228x4a
Organized By: Forum Nokia, Orange and Symbian
At Stake: $20,000 in prizes and an opportunity to showcase the application at the Symbian Smartshow in London
Open to: All
Closes: 31st August, 2007
