Opera Widgets blog

You've waited long enough! A new widget contest begins today!

Here are the details:

We are looking for the best new widgets that will be useful for travelers. Whether it's travel for work, vacation, or something in between, we want widgets that are great tools for anyone traveling out of town--whether by car, plane, boat, train, or other means of conveyance. From widgets that help you keep track of travel expenses to widgets that pull useful information from travel-related sites to whatever else you can think of, we'd love to see it. (In the coming months, you can look forward to even more themed widget competitions.)

As usual, we're giving away nice prizes to the winners...

Prizes:

Keeping in the spirit of Opera being everywhere, we're giving the grand prize winner a Windows Mobile phone that runs Opera, perfect for browsing the Web on the road. (We'll work with the winner to make sure he or she gets a phone that is appropriate to his or her region and service provider)

The second place winner will win a Nintendo DS Lite with the Opera browser for DS.

5 runner-ups will get Opera goodie bags with t-shirts, pins, stickers, etc.

Special Early Bird Prize:

Speedy developers who submit their widgets one week ahead of the final deadline will have a chance to win the early bird prize: another Nintendo DS Lite with the Opera browser for DS. We'll award that to the best widget submitted at least one week before the final deadline. Of course, the early bird winner will still be eligible to win the Grand Prize.

Judging:

After the submission deadline, our experts will judge the submitted widgets on quality, usefulness, and the number of times it is downloaded. So be sure to promote your widget to make sure it gets the downloads it deserves!

The winning widget (and other outstanding entries) will be publicized far and wide so it will be used by scores of grateful travelers.

To enter:

Simply upload a widget here: http://widgets.opera.com/upload/ and send me a private message telling me about it.

(Send private message to Lawmune)

If it gets posted on our New Widgets Page within a few days after submission, that means it has been entered into the competition.

Deadlines:

1. The early bird submission deadline is May 28th, midnight (your time).

On midnight of June 2nd, the judges will make note of how many times the submitted widgets have been downloaded, and the early bird winner will be announced on June 4th.

2. The regular submission deadline is June 4th, midnight (your time).

On midnight of June 9th, the judges will make note of how many times the submitted widgets have been downloaded, and the final winners will be announced on June 11th.

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As a frequent traveler (for Opera), I'm really looking forward to the results!

Good luck!