Microsoft is currently accepting entries for 2017, for the Dream.Build.Play challenge, the international skill-based contest for the best Universal Windows Platform (UWP) platform games. This competition is open to all developers, working solo or in teams of up to seven. One Grand Prize will be announced in each competition category and a total of $225,000 will be awarded. The biggest Grand Prize of $100,000 is reserved for the “Cloud-powered game” category.

Read more about Microsoft Dream.Build.Play 2017 Challenge on Contest Watchers.

Microsoft and Thomson Reuters Foundation are inviting photographers around the world to take part in this year’s annual Trust Women Photo Award, which aims to advance women’s rights, in return for some amazing photo career opportunities. The Selected Photographer will have their work showcased in London at the Trust Women Conference, be awarded the esteemed Trust Women Photo Award, be featured in an interview published on the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s award-winning website trust.org, have their work showcased across the social channels of Thomson Reuters Foundation, Trust Women, and Microsoft, receive an all-expense paid trip to a Mobile Journalism training course, and have their portfolio reviewed by the Thomson Reuters Foundation multimedia team. This is an invitation for aspiring photographers and photojournalists to submit images capturing the lives and stories of remarkable women around the world achieving incredible things in their communities.

Read more about Trust Women Photo Award 2015 Competition on Contest Watchers.