Weblog Tools Collection will be holding a new plugin competition, running form May 10th until July 10th.  They are currently looking for sponsors for the contest - for fulfilling first second, and third place prizes.  

At least three judges and reader feedback will determine the winners.  At the end of the contest, readers will be able to vote and review the plugins for a period of two weeks.  By the beginning of August, a winner should be announced.  

More rules:

All code must be GPL (or compatible) and should be available for download through the Competition Blog and preferably through WordPress Extend. The plugins can be modified and tweaked till the last day of the competition or until the author sends us an email with the final version of the code. In essence, the Plugin Competition Blog is the preferred vehicle of communication for all contestants.

Some relevant details:

• Running time for competition = 2 months starting the 10th of May till the 10th of July.
• True Wordpress plugins only. No manual modifications can be required of users.
• You cannot submit plugins that have been released already. New code only please.
• Plugins can only be submitted via email. We will make that email address public later on in the competition.
• Plugins cannot have opt-out links back to the authors’ pages (from the main blog pages, admin pages are fine). If you have links or donation forms, please make them opt-in.
• All plugins require documentation as in the Wordpress Extend pages. Documentation will be one of the judging criteria.
• Preliminary support for the plugin has to be provided to the public.
• We are looking for innovation, documentation and elegant code.
• Any and all prizes/controversies/issues will be judged and decided at our sole discretion.

If you would like to enter the contest, you can submit your plugin or find additional details on the Plugin Competition Blog.