Just a quick note for now: we have just disclosed the details about the "NetBeans Innovators Grants", an initiative which is part of a bigger effort by Sun spending $1 million dollars on innovative open source developers. The total grants for the NetBeans section are about $160k. Since technically this is a grant, not a contest, the good news is that ITALY THIS TIME IS IN :-) So c'mon, italian guys, go to the link above and find out all the details. Of course, if you're from other parts of the world, you can participate too ;-)

PS Be aware that the initiative is not open to all the countries in the world, so please read the legal stuff first.