contests

iSkin is announcing their Ultimate Back -to-School contest on their website today for a chance to win a grand prize of $2500 USD in goodies, including an iPod touch, a Macbook, and a Mighty mouse. To enter, just fill out their online form with your full name, email address, phone number, and other information. Anyone is eligible to enter, and there are 10 second prizes of $50 iSkin gift cards. Best of all, everyone who enters gets 50 free MP3 downloads from emusic. You can get the details and enter to win at iskin.com/backtoschool.

It's contest time! To celebrate the iPhone 3.0 software release on Wednesday, iPhone Alley is giving away a Juice Pack Air, courtesy of the good folks at Mophie. In case you've been living under a rock, Mophie's Juice Pack Air is likely the thinnest battery pack slash iPhone case available today. And yes, it works with the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S. We have one and love it and now you can get one too! For free. Because we love you. Hit the jump for details.

GiftCards (a free gift card purchasing application on the iTunes App Store) has partnered with iPA to provide gift card purchasers a chance to win $1000 worth of gift cards.

The application is powered by GiftCertificates.com, and allows you to purchase gift cards from over 100 retailers including: Barnes and Noble, Macy's, GAP, and more. iPhone Alley will be choosing the lucky winner live at Macworld 2009. Be sure to enter the contest by viewing the official rules located below.

Read on for official rules and more details.

Ocarina for iPhone immediately captured our inner Nintendo-loving child, and now the developer is giving away $10,000 (US) for the best 10 Ocarina players. So get in tune, and read on for the details.

Just in case you missed it, this is a reminder to all you iPhone photographers out there itching to share your work. Post your 5 best photos taken with your iPhone and you could win a Marware Sport Grip for your iPhone 3G. Entries close on November 29th, so get 'em in!

Check out the contest thread for all of the details!

Consider yourself an iPhone photographer? If you'd like a chance to win a free iPhone case and have fun while doing it, this giveaway is for you! Forum member MICHAELSD has volunteered to give away one free Marware case to the winner of an iPhone photo competition that he's organized.

To enter, post up to 5 interesting or creative photos in the contest thread. Photos must be taken with your iPhone and the contest ends on November 29th. Good luck!

IGF Mobile and ngmoco have announced that they are teaming up to offer a $10,000 prize for the 2009 Independent Games Festival Mobile. Contestants can enter a game to compete in the contest, and finalists in the Best iPhone Game category will be invited to showcase their games at the IGF ceremony.

So our "Win a free 16GB iPhone 3G on us" contest officially ended at midnight this morning and I'm betting everyone wants to know who the winner is. Over the past month we accumulated a MASSIVE amount of posts and the forums have really started thriving. So I'd just like to thank everyone who joined in on the conversation, we really have a great community blooming. I'd also like to say to those who didn't win, we've got tons of giveaways being prepped for the not too distant future (probably sometime this weekend, actually). So without any further ado, the winner is...

Our contest is still going on through the 15th, so all you guys with iPhone 3G envy will have a chance at bringing one home. If this is the first you've heard of it, you can check the details here, but the basic idea is pretty simple. Post something (of substance) in our forums and you'll be entered into the drawing for a free 16GB iPhone 3G on us. Every new post counts as another entry and increases your chance of winning. The contest ends on July 16th at midnight, so rock on and happy posting!

We just wanted to remind everyone that our contest is still going on. If this is the first you've heard of it, you can check the details here, but the basic idea is pretty simple. Post something (of substance) in our forums and you'll be entered into the drawing for a free 16GB iPhone 3G on us. Every new post counts as another entry and increases your chance of winning. The contest ends on July 16th at midnight, so rock on and happy posting!