The Wharton Business Plan Competition, for example, awards $20,000 in cash and $10,000 in legal services to its top entrant.
The top entrant in this category will win one place on a 19-day group trip to Nepal, called "Everest Base Camp in Style", with Mountain Kingdoms.
It was the last prewar Grand Prix at Monaco, for in 1938, the demand for ₤500 (about US$2450) in appearance money per top entrant led AIACR to cancel the event, while looming war overtook it in 1939, and the Second World War ended organised racing in Europe until 1945.
"Broadband delivery is leveling the playing field for new, deep-pocketed, over-the-top entrants to disrupt the traditional pay-TV model".
In 1955, his Bluebell Polka was one of the most unlikely top 20 entrants of even that eclectic musical era.
So make sure you get your picks in before noon on Sunday, and don't forget, the top 50 entrants can win a prize from FantasyPros.com.
From next June, though, the the official handicapper will treat the premier Classic like any normal three-year-old race and eliminate all but the top 20 entrants in his ratings.
The top three entrants — Spain's Telefonica, New Zealand's Camper and the French entry Groupama — finished the first leg last week, but the real race is the global coordination of boat builders, shore teams and shipping companies to get the other boats to the start line next weekend.
We'll be voting on creativity and coolness and the top two entrants will be able to trade up from macaroni sculptures to red hot iPods.
