---
title: "Add-in Contest news and updates"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/9/add-in-contest-news-and-updates.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/9/add-in-contest-news-and-updates.html"
published: "2004-05-09T18:17:00"
updated: "2004-05-09T18:17:00"
tags: ["Addin Contest"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "There's a problem with the Add-in Contest. We're not getting enough entries. I'm starting to wonder. Is it too hard? are people too lazy? is a first prize worth over 2,000$ and fame not worth the trouble? SO here's what…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Add-in Contest news and updates

By Roy Osherove May 9, 2004 In [Addin Contest](https://osherove.com/blog/category/addin-contest)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 9, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

There's a problem with the Add-in Contest. We're not getting enough entries. I'm starting to wonder. Is it too hard? are people too lazy? is a first prize worth over 2,000$ and fame not worth the trouble?

SO here's what I'll do.

The contest is hereby extended by another month. that means you can submit an entry up until June 30.

I've also added [C# Refactory](http://www.xtreme-simplicity.net/CSharpRefactory.html) by Xtreme Simplicity to first prize.

Now. what else do I have to do to get you people to write some cool add-ins?

## More in Addin Contest

[All posts in Addin Contest](https://osherove.com/blog/category/addin-contest)

- Jun 17, 2004

    ### [Add-in contest ends this month!](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/17/add-in-contest-ends-this-month.html)

- May 21, 2004

    ### [T- (11+30) + explanation + apology](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/21/t-1130-explanation-apology.html)

- May 7, 2004

    ### [Another book added to Add-in contest prizes](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/7/another-book-added-to-add-in-contest-prizes.html)

- Apr 25, 2004

    ### [1st prize just got a whole lot bigger](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/25/1st-prize-just-got-a-whole-lot-bigger.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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