Make: Halloween Contest 2009, sponsored by Microchip Technology!

Microchip Technology Inc. and MAKE have teamed up to present to you the Make: Halloween Contest 2009! Show us your embedded microcontroller Halloween projects and you could be chosen as a winner. Use a microcontroller to make anything from themed lawn decorations to creative costumes - the possibilities are endless. The Make: Halloween Contest will run for 8 weeks, and the Prizewinners will be announced on Friday, November 6th. Deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. PDT November 3, 2009. Each entry will be judged based on the following criteria: creativity of idea, use of Halloween theme, technical implementation using a microcontroller, execution and craftsmanship, and quality of documentation. Please see Official Rules for more information on the Winner selection.

To submit a project, you can either submit photos to the [1] Make: Halloween Contest Flickr pool or upload a video and add it to the [2] Make: Halloween Contest YouTube group. Please include a short description when you post images/videos. In addition to this, you must fill out our [3] contest entry form.