It's that time of year again – time to recognize the top innovators and leaders in the software development industry with the SD Times 100. The nominees been selected, separated into categories and will be announced on June 1 through our Twitter account, and with hashtag #sdtimes100.
June 1 is a long time from now, so what should you do until then? Enter the SD Times 100 reader contest! We will be testing your knowledge of the SD Times 100 and of this year's top innovators with a contest on Facebook and Twitter.
The SD Times 100 Reader Contest
We will select one winner to win a $50 Amazon gift card. You can submit entries until 5 p.m. Pacific /8 p.m. Eastern on May 31, with the winner being announced on June 1. Here are the rules:
You can play on either Twitter or Facebook, so start by following us and liking us.
Twitter
In order to qualify for the contest, you have to direct message your guesses for winners to us by May 31. Each contestant gets one entry, which is comprised of four categories and five companies in each, so be sure to make each guess count!
Additionally, you are only allowed to list each organization ONCE - for example - if you choose to list XYZCorp. in the Components category, you cannot list them in the Integration category.
Facebook
Each day we will post a new category as our status, you must then respond with the five organizations you think won the SD Times 100 award in any four categories you choose. You can only list an organization once - for example - if you choose to list XYZCorp. in the Components category, you cannot list them in the Integration category. In order to be a qualified entry, it must be different than the comment before it and you can only submit one guess, of five companies, per category.
For some ideas on who be named to the 2011 SD Times 100 check out past lists here.
And remember the contest winner will be the FIRST person that guesses the most companies correctly in four different categories. Good Luck! We’ll announce the contest winner our Facebook and Twitter accounts at the end of the 2011 SD Times 100 tweetout on June 1.