The “Introducing CodeCanyon” Scripting Competition: $6200 Worth of Prizes!

I’m extremely excited to announce our first ever CodeCanyon competition. For those unfamiliar, Envato recently launched its newest marketplace, focused specifically on selling high-quality scripts and components for PHP, JavaScript, ASP.NET, and Java. As we’ve only recently launched, we’re hoping to build up our repository with a host of fantastic scripts and components, across all of the categories.

We’re launching this new marketplace with a bang; we have over $6000 worth of prizes to giveaway to three talented developers.

How Do I Enter?

Quite simply! To enter, prepare an item (PHP, JS, ASP.NET, or Java) of your choice for CodeCanyon, and once it has been submitted and accepted on the site, leave a comment here with a link to your item. That way, we can track it! That’s all! Then, on March 1st, 2010 (CST), my review staff and I will filter through all of the submissions and choose the best three of the bunch!

Grand Prize Winner

1 Dedicated Virtual Box (Rage) from Media Temple ($1200 value)
1 32 gigabyte iPod Touch ($299 value) (Ultimate TechSmith Package)
1 copy of Camtasia Studio for Mac or PC ($299 value) (Ultimate TechSmith Package)
1 copy of Camtasia Studio 6: The Definitive Guide ($39.95 value) (Ultimate TechSmith Package)
1 Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe PC Webcam ($99 value) (Ultimate TechSmith Package)
1 Audio Technica USB Studio Condenser Microphone ($149 value) (Ultimate TechSmith Package)
$100 Envato credit (Can be used across all of the marketplaces)
$200 cash
1 MediaTemple Gift Card – 1 year of hosting, 1 domain name, Up to 5 websites. ($95 value)
$25 Amazon Gift Card
1 year Tuts Plus membership – ($78 value)
1 Wufoo Subscription – 1 year ($288 value)
1 Formspring Pro Subscription – 1 year ($348 value)
1 Surreal CMS Subscription – 1 year ($275 value)
1 Personal TypeKit subscription – 1 year ($300 value)
1 Myows Paid Account – FREE for life
1 Rockable Press Book of your Choice ($29 value)
1 copy of Snippet (mac app) ($13 value)
1 copy of jQuery UI 1.7 from Packt Publishing ($40.49 value)
1 copy of Magento Beginner’s Guide from Packt Publishing ($35.99 value)
1 copy of Object-Oriented JavaScript from Packt Publishing ($35.99 value)
1 copy of jQuery Cookbook from O’Reilly Publishing ($34.99 value)
1 Threadsy Invite
You will be featured on the front page of CodeCanyon as both the featured author and the featured item of the week!
Your item will be included in a collection of the three winning submissions, and will be promoted on the front page of CodeCanyon
As an Envato marketplace author, you’ll earn 40-70% of every sale!

2 Runners-Up

1 year Tuts Plus membership – ($78 value)
$50 Envato credit
1 Personal TypeKit subscription – 1 year ($300 value)
1 Surreal CMS Subscription – 1 year ($275 value)
1 Wufoo Subscription – 1 year ($288 value)
1 Myows Paid Account – FREE for life
1 Rockable Press Book of your Choice ($29 value)
1 copy of Snippet (mac app) ($13 value)
1 Threadsy Invite
Your item will be included in a collection of the three winning submissions, and will be promoted on the front page of CodeCanyon
As an Envato marketplace author, you’ll earn 40-70% of every sale!

What Kind of Item Should I Submit?

We’ll that’s entirely up to you! That’s where you get to be creative. With that said, you’ll want to think of an item that will appeal to a wide variety of buyers. Ask yourself, “what sort of script or component – that’s not widely available around the web for free – have I often found myself in need of? Remember that, at this time, we’re only accepting PHP, JavaScript, ASP.NET, and Java related items.

Refer here to view the best selling items on CodeCanyon.

FAQs

When is the deadline to enter?

The competition will officially end on February 28th, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Central Standard Time. However, we do hope that you’ll submit before that date.

Are all items accepted on CodeCanyon?

No. You’ll first go through a review process, similar to all of our other marketplaces. It’s possible that your item will be rejected, in which case, it won’t be considered.

How Will you Judge?

We’ll consider many factors when determining the winners: overall sales, innovation, how much it appeals to a wide variety of buyers, etc.

Who Will be Judging?

The CodeCanyon review staff will collaborate to determine the winners.

Terms and Conditions

Envato staff and reviewers are not eligible to compete
Only items uploaded between 12:01 AM 02/01/2010 and 11:59PM 2/28/2010 CST and subsequently approved for sale on CodeCanyon are eligible to count.
The same author cannot win more than once. In other words there will be three winners, no less.
Our decision is final.
Files that are taken down for any reason are not eligible to be counted.
Files must stay up on CodeCanyon for at least 6 months.
Items may not be substituted for their cash equivalent.
Prizes will be awarded during the first week of March, to give time to ensure no copyright infringement has occurred.

So get coding! There are five-thousand reasons to do so! We can’t wait to see what you come up with.