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After some really tough judging, we officially have the Summer of Express contest winners! There were some awesome applications in the C# category, I was really impressed by the work and level of effort put in by all the entrants. You can download the projects on Channel9's Express Page.

• Visual Basic Express Edition - Exercise-it
• Visual C# Express Edition - Peg Games
• Visual C++ Express Edition - Voxygen Rendering Engine
• Visual J# Express Edition - Windows of Love
• Visual Web Developer Express Edition - Media Tracker
• SQL Server Express Express Edition - Media Tracker

 We definitely want to do this contest again, but we're thinking about changing things up and wanted to get your feedback on what makes a good contest. Here's what I've been thinking

• Get Better prizes - This one requires a good amount of legal work far ahead of the contest, but it is doable
• Have prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd for a given category - I wish I could've given prizes to the top 5 C# entries :)
• Change the categories - Rather then be product focused, I would imagine categories like - Best Game, Best productivity tool, Best utility, Best use of the network, Best use of SQL Server, Best Web app

What do you think makes a good contest?