Check out the sweet contest just announced on the ContentBox blog. In celebration of the release of ColdBox Lite and to lift everyone's Christmas spirits, it has just been announced that anyone who wants to make a theme or module for ContentBox and share it on ForgeBox will be entered in to win a Kindle Fire and other gift certificates.
The deadline is Dec 14th, so you'd better get started! Check out the full contest rules here:
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