Announcing the app building contest

Vivek announced a contest we're kicking off for people who are building apps for Office or SharePoint. Here's a link to the post: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/officeapps/archive/2012/08/07/game-on-win-big-prizes-in-the-app-contest.aspx

The short of it though is that there are some awesome prizes, and we're giving out a ton of them, so you have a high chance of winning (go to the contest page to get all the details):

Grand Prize (1 winner): The top judged app across all submissions will win
A) A $10,000 cash prize
B) App gets featured on the Office Store
C) App gets featured on the apps for Office Microsoft blog
D) Opportunity to meet with a Microsoft executive
E) 3 days of app consultation with a Microsoft Program Manager

First Prize (15 winners): The next 15 top judged apps (5 each per category: Office, SharePoint, and 3rd party APIs) will win
A) Xbox + Kinect
B) App gets featured on the Office Store
C) App gets featured on the apps for Office Microsoft blog

Second Prize (100 winners): The next 100 top judged apps will win a Microsoft Mouse or equivalent hardware

-Brian