This contest has ended - thanks to everyone who joined it! See who grabbed the free pass to 
Visual Studio Live! Redmond conference.
SilverlightShow and Visual Studio Live will be again sending one SilverlightShow member to the next Visual Studio Live event for free! After giving away a free pass for Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas in March, and Visual Studio Live! New York in May, we are now looking forward to Visual Studio Live! Redmond conference, taking place in Microsoft HQ in Redmond, August 6-10, 2012!
One of you will get a free 
Best Value Package pass for this event ($2,195 value) in our contest!
What is Visual Studio Live! Redmond? It's a 5-Day Event with top Microsoft experts and insiders - right in the heart of the "Mothership" itself! Attend 60+ sessions and full-day workshops on Windows 8/WinRT, Silverlight/WPF, Cloud Computing, Visual Studio 2010+/.NET 4.0+, Web, HTML5, Cross-Platform Mobile, Windows Phone 7 and more! Get the inside scoop on what's happening in the Microsoft and developer landscape.
The extra-cool part about Visual Studio Live! Redmond: attendees get exclusive access to the Microsoft campus, including the employee-only discount area at the Microsoft Company Store (which means stocking up on hugely-discounted software)! Learn more on the event »
1. How to enter? Choose the option you like best:
a/ Introduce Visual Studio Live! Redmond to others in an interesting way - be it through a photo collage, music, video, poem, drawing, or why not a song? Feel free to focus on the top 10 reasons for attending the event, the sessions, the speakers, the venue, or another aspect of the conference that makes you keen to attend it! Post your creatives in the SilverlightShow Forum Thread we've opened especially for this contest. Posts which do not meet the requirements of the contest will be removed. One entry per registered member only, next entries by the same member will be removed.
OR
b/ Just complete our short survey
If you decide to pick option a/, your email will get entered twice in our raffle to reward your extra effort.
2. Contest start and end date
The contest starts at 12:01 am PST on June 5th, 2012 and ends at 11:59 pm PST on July 15th, 2012. Posts received outside this period will not be considered for the free pass giveaway.
3. Choosing the winner
SilverlightShow and Visual Studio Live will raffle all contest entries and will pick a random winner.
4. Announcing the winner
The winner will be announced on Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 on SilverlightShow Home page and via email to the winner. If the winner does not confirm he accepts his award within 2 days from mailing, we will pick and announce another winner.
The winner, as well as all contest-related news will also be announced via SilverlightShow Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. Stay in touch!
5. Who may join?
Anyone who has not yet registered to attend the event. Just make sure you'd have enough time for visa or travel arrangements if you are awarded the free pass.
Good Luck!
Want to attend the conference without challenging your luck? Get $400 off the standard price of Visual Studio Live! Redmond Best Value Package by using this code exclusive to SilverlightShow readers and members: VSLRTU