It’s time to launch our first competition here at SharePoint Magazine, and we have some amazing prizes for you.

Get a Better SharePoint Magazine…and Thousands of Dollars in Prizes!

The grand prize of this competition is an SP TechCon San Francisco experience. You’ll get a full conference pass; a hotel stay at the conference hotel; a hour-long, personal one-on-one training session with a USPJ Academy faculty member; and a 13-issue USP Journal bundle.

The total value of this prize is minimum $2,540.

What do you have to do? Easy! We want your help to build the best SharePoint community we can, so tell us what you would most like to see from SharePoint Magazine. Post a suggestion for a feature, an article, a series, an author, or anything you can think of, in our suggestions forum.

On January 10, 2011, we draw one entry from the suggestions forum at random, and the winner will get the full prize as described below.

In addition, we will draw five runner-up winners who will each get a 13-issue bundle of USP Journal issues.

Here’s a breakdown of what you can win, simply by helping us and the community get a better SharePoint Magazine:

• Full conference SPTechCon pass: $1,595
• Four-night stay at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport: $596
• One-on-one training session: $200
• 13-issue USP Journal bundle: $149,50

Total Value: US$2,540

Oh, but we’re not done yet. We want you to help us promote this competition, so the more entries we get, the higher the prize value will be.

If we receive more than 200 suggestions, we add a second one-on-one training session, valued at $200.

If we reach 500 suggestions, we add an XBox Kinect 250GB bundle, valued at approximately $500.

Finally, if we reach 1,000 entries…and you’re not going to believe this…we are going to include a full six-month scholarship at USPJ Academy. That’s an amazing $2,982 value and a sure way to boost your SharePoint knowledge beyond anything you’ve imagined.

If we reach 1,000 entries, the grand prize has a total value of $6,122!

All you have to do is log in to the forums (or sign up if you haven’t already) and give us your best suggestion for what you would like to see.

What if you can’t come up with an original suggestion? Don’t worry, just find the entry you like the most and post a comment to that thread in support of that entry. This doesn’t affect the suggestion you support, but it does enter you in the sweepstakes.

So, what are you waiting for? Head over to the forums, and give us your best ideas right now. You could be in for the grand prize valued at a minimum of $2,540 and up to more than $6,000!

Use the Share buttons below to help share the competition, and the prize will increase!

Default disclaimer and legal stuff

Competition is open to all who are 18 years or older as of January 1, 2011 and who is not affiliated with USPJA Publishing LLC or Understanding SharePoint LLC. To enter, go to forums and add a suggestion or comment in the Suggestions forum of SharePoint Magazine (http://sharepointmagazine.net/forum/threads/185-Suggestions). Users must be registered with a valid email address. All entries must be submitted by January 10, 2011, 11:00 PM EST. One entry per person. Duplicate entries will be discarded before drawing. Winners will be notified by email within five days after drawing. Entries are subject to the default terms of forum usage. Ineligible entries will be discarded from drawing.

Grand prize is (1) a full conference ticket to SPTechCon, (2) a four-night hotel stay at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel in a default conference room, single occupancy, (3) a one-hour personal training session with one of the attending USPJ Academy faculty members, and (4) a 13-issue USP Journal bundle. Additional prizes for the grand prize as described on the competition page. Five runner-up prizes are 13-issue USP Journal bundles. SharePoint Magazine is not responsible for the delivery of these prizes.

Winners will be drawn at random from all eligible entries on or about January 10, 2011. Winners agree that (except where prohibited) SharePoint Magazine will announce the name and city and country of residence of the winner on the SharePoint Magazine pages and in any publication without further compensation. Any disputes will be settled individually. SharePoint Magazine will not be liable for any damages beyond the cost of entry or $1, whichever is smaller. Grand Prize winner will be responsible for transportation to and from the event.