On the eve of the release of Windows 8, Microsoft has announced competitions for application developers. The best applications will be demonstrated by Steve Ballmer at one of the major Microsoft conferences.
“Autumn. It’s time to build applications” – a competition for Russian developers. In it , Microsoft highlighted three nominations:
1. The most popular application in the Russian Windows Store
2. The most popular student application in the Russian Windows Store
3. The largest number of published applications by one participant
A separate prize will be drawn between developers who have created an application for two platforms at once: Windows 8 and Windows Phone.
Applications for participation in the competition are accepted until October 20. The final will be held in Moscow. The best applications published before October 1 in the Windows Store will be demonstrated by Steve Ballmer at one of the major Microsoft conferences in Russia. You can register and take part in the contest at the following link http://contests.techdays.ru/Win8Apps/2012-09/The next stage – the winners get the opportunity to represent Russia at the Imagine Cup young developers competition.
This is an international competition in which both indie developers and entire teams can take part. It is enough to think over the idea and develop a prototype of a software system or game. Here, developers will have much more time to create an application. The final will be held in St. Petersburg on July 8-12, 2013.
More information about the contest can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/rus/imaginecup /