Silverlight Control Builder Contest
From their site: "About the Contest
The Silverlight Control Builder Contest is all about contributing to the Silverlight Community. We hope this contest will serve as a catalyst for an expanding Silverlight control developer community.
Contestant Requirements
The Silverlight Control Builder Contest is only open to legal US citizens who are 18 years of age or older.
All contestants must be able to provide a valid U.S postal address. Prizes cannot be mailed outside of the United States. Unclaimed or undeliverable prizes will be forfeited.
Contestants agree that event organizers reserve the right to disqualify any contestant for any reason.
All contestants must agree to be bound by the official contest rules and the decision of the judges.
Each contestant may submit one entry. Contestant submitted entries subsequent to the first entry will not be evaluated.
Entry Requirements
Controls must be designed to work with Silverlight 2 Beta 2 or later. Silverlight 1 and Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Entries will not be accepted or evaluated.
All entries must be received between now and 12:00 AM ET, Monday, August 11, 2008. Entries received after this date will not be accepted or evaluated. The deadline may change at any time for any reason.
Contestants must provide a valid URL for downloading the source code as part of the submission. The download should be provided as a ZIP archive and should include the following items:
- A Visual Studio 2008 Solution containing each of the solution projects.
- A Silverlight project that contains the custom control.
- A Silverlight Web Project that will host the Silverlight control. The host web project must demonstrate the control in use.
The host web project should contain a page that demonstrates the control in use with 2 different templates (including the default template). Using multiple templates helps to demonstrate that the control is templatable.
Control must be original work from the contestant, it is acceptable to inherit from the base control functionality provided by Silverlight, but it must add some value.
The use of Third-Party components in entries is expressly prohibited.
Control Source Code must be available under an open source license as defined by the Open Source Initiative. We recommend the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) as it is a very simple and permissive license.
Entries must not be commercial or shareware.
Contest Availability
The event organizers reserve the right to cancel the contest at any time for any reason.
In the event of contest cancellation, the organizers reserve the right to withhold judgment on existing contestant submissions.
The contest website may experience downtime during and after the contest.
The contest deadline will not be extended in the event of website downtime.
The contestant is responsible for submitting the entry on time.
Judges
The organizers of this event reserve the right to add, remove, or substitute judges at any time.
The judges in this event are prohibited from entering the contest.
The contest will be judged by the following individuals:
- Page Brooks (www.PageBrooks.com)
- Pete Brown (www.IrritatedVowel.com)
- Dave Campbell (www.wynapse.com)
- Shawn Wildermuth (www.wildermuthconsulting.com)
Judgement Criteria
All entries will be given a score of 1-10 by each judge on the following dimensions:
- Usefulness
- Creativeness / Originality
- User Experience / Design
- Control Templatability
Example:
| Usefulness | Creativeness | User Experience | Control Templatability | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
The sum of scores from all judges will determine the final score for each contestant.
The 3 entries with the highest final score will be declared winners.
In the event of a tie, prizes will be awarded in the order in which they were received.
Winners
By accepting prizes, winners agree to hold harmless all organizers of the Silverlight Control Builder Contest against any and all claims and liability arising out of use of such prizes. Winner assumes all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be causes, from participation in this contest or use/acceptance of any prize.
Winners agree to have their name published on the contest website and in any other mediums.
Winners will be notified by email.
Winners that do not accept their prize will forfeit the prize.
Prizes
The prizes listed on the prizes page are subject to change. The event organizers reserve the right to substitute prizes in the event of unforseen circumstances.
The event organizers reserve the right to add additional prizes during or after the contest.
Prizes cannot be replaced or substituted for money or any other item.
Prizes will be sent to the address provided during entry submission.
Undeliverable or returned prizes will be forfeited.
Prizes may be shipped through a third-party.
Event organizers and sponsors are not responsible for the damage or loss of prizes during or after shipment. Winners agree to accept all prizes AS IS.
