Smart Client Article Contest
Our very Economic Stimulus Package for developers.
Win respect, fame, and cash!
Hurry: it's the last month to enter our Smart Client
Article Contest
Got a cool “smart client” app or sample code that you created? Here’s your
chance for some professional recognition—and maybe your own developer economic
stimulus. Write an engaging article that describes your app or sample code and
submit it to The Code Project by June 30, and you could win cash
prizes—including the grand prize of $5000 USD.
Write a great article on The Code Project and make sure the accompanying app
demonstrates some kind of "smart client" technology.
The app should run as a Windows client, and should take advantage of
Windows-specific technologies like those found in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
See the
Windows API Code Pack for the .NET Framework for some interesting tools.
You’ll need to tag your article with the key phrase "hybrid smart
client."
To be considered in each month’s competition, articles must be submitted by
11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time on the last day of that month. The entire
contest ends on 30 June 2009.
Use the regular www.codeproject.com article guidelines and formats, and your
article should include screen shots and code samples.
Developer Economic Stimulus: What you can win
The Code Project and the contest sponsor, Visual Studio, know nothing says
"I’m an awesome developer" like public recognition and a personal cash payment.
Submitted articles will be posted on The Code Project, where viewers can rate
them. The highest-rated articles, as determined by The Code Project community,
will be considered for each month’s award. After June 30, when the contest ends,
the overall highest-rated articles will be considered for the grand prize. The
Code Project's panel of judges will make the final determination for each
contest period as well as the grand prize. All decisions are final.
Only articles with a rating of 3 or higher will be eligible for monthly
prizes. If there are no articles with a rating of 3 or above then the prize will
not be awarded. (But your article will be so great that won’t be a problem,
right?)
On the flip side, bonuses will be awarded to winning monthly articles with a
rating of 4.5 or above. If the winning article is not rated 4.5 or above, that
month’s bonus will be rolled over into the following month’s bonus.
If your article wins, you’ll be highlighted in The Code Project’s weekly
newsletter and on the contest page.
| Month |
Top-Ranked Article Prize (must have rating
of 3 or above) |
Bonus if article ranked 4.5 or more; if
none, rolls onto next month bonus |
February 2009 |
$ 500 USD |
$ 250 USD |
March 2009 |
$ 750 USD |
$ 250 USD |
April 2009 |
$ 1000 USD |
$ 250 USD |
May 2009 |
$ 1250 USD |
$ 250 USD |
| June 2009 |
$ 1500 USD |
$ 250 USD |
| Grand Prize |
$ 5000 USD |
N/A |
June 2009 Bonus: Awards for Smart
Client-related Blog Entries
If you're publishing your blog entries as articles on The Code Project
(here's how), you're in luck. Any blog article submitted during the contest
period (until June 30, 2009) is eligible for a special prize if it relates to
smart client technology.
We'll take the two highest-rated blog entries about smart-client related
technologies and award them each a $1000 USD prize.
All of the contest rules apply to this special category. Blog Articles are
not eligible for the Grand Prize.
Some Excellent Examples
If you've got a great idea for a Windows client article, you should enter this article contest. We've already gotten some great articles entered in the contest -- you might want to review these examples as models. And don't miss the list below of "Latest Articles."
Conditions of Entry
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Current winners list
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