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T-shirt Just rewards ...

  • Cash Prizes!

  • Winners' Logo!
    (we're tossing in T-shirts, too!)

Prizes: The total value of prizes equals US $18,250.

Grand
Prize

(1) One
1st
Place

(1) One
2nd
Place

(1) One
3rd
Place

(1) One
4th
Place

(1) One
5th
Place

(10) Ten
Individuals $3,000 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 $   750 $   250
Teams $3,000 $2,250 $1,500 $  750 none none

Please note:

  • Ten 5th Place prizes will be offered in the individual entries category;
  • 4th and 5th Place prizes are not offered in the team entries category.
  • For each winning team, the prize will be split equally among (or between,) its members.

Prize Fulfillment:

  1. Prize fulfillment will be supervised by Marden-Kane, Inc., an independent contest administration and fulfillment organization.

  2. Any tax or duty on a prize is the sole responsibility of the winner.

  3. No substitution or transfer of prizes is permitted, except at the discretion of the Sponsor.

  4. All prizes will be awarded. If any prize winner cannot accept the prize, then the prize will be awarded to an alternate, runner-up winner.

  5. Winners agree to hold IBM Corporation, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), their divisions, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies and Marden-Kane, Inc. harmless against all claims or liabilities arising directly or indirectly from prize winning.

  6. Entrants can develop their applet using the Java Development Environment of their choice. All entries must be 100% Java and the use of native classes or 3rd party libraries is not permitted.

  7. This contest is open to ACM Student Members, 18 years of age and older (please see exceptions), who are legal residents of any one of the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan (R.O.C.), the United Kingdom, and the U.S. This contest is void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Not eligible to enter are employees and their immediate families of IBM Corporation, ACM, their divisions, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies and Marden-Kane, Inc.

Key Dates:
September 14, 1998: Registration Opens
February 20, 1999: Last day to register and/or join ACM
March 1st through March 31, 1999: Submit Applets
April 1st through April 30, 1999: Judging Period
May, 1999: Winners Notified
June, 1999: Winners Posted

Questions? jquest@acm.org


 
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