With so many fake screenshots of the upcoming Mac OS 10.5 Leopard leaving their tracks all over the Net, one guy with a lot of time on his hands (and a few stuff he wants to get rid of) woke up one day and said to himself, "Why not make a contest out of it?"  And that's how The Fake Leopard Screenshot Contest was born!

Phil Ryu isn't joking he assures all wanna-bes out there. He even has a tagline to go with the contest: A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a fake one is worth nearly a thousand bucks of software! Not exactly the kind of money Taylor Hicks brought home from AI but it IS something.

First the rules:

• All entries must be ourageously awesome fake screenshots of the MacLeopard.
• Entries can include multiple screenshots (limited to 5), with one entry per person.
• The contest deadline is Saturday, July 22nd, 12 PM EST.
• The winners will be announced on Monday, July 24th.

Entries will be determined by a panel of judges on believability, creativity, and the Â?insanely greatÂ? factor, made-up features and applications. "In other words, just make it really cool."

Now the prizes:

• iPulse ($12.95), IconBuilder ($79), Xscope ($16.95) and a free StockIcon set of your choice ($349) by The Iconfactory
• Delicious Library ($40) by Delicious Monster
• ShapeShifter ($20) & WindowShadeX ($10) by Unsanity
• NewsFire ($17.99) by Dave Watanabe
• AppZapper ($12.95) by Austin Sarner & Brian Ball
• NotePad ($7.95), VoiceNotes ($5.95) & FTP Drop ($4.95) by Widget Machine
• Menuet with bundled Art Collector ($12.95) by Specere
• iClip ($19.95 /w free upgrade to v.4) by Inventive
• Interarchy ($39) by Stairways Software
• Podcast Maker ($29.95) & Voice Candy ($12.95) by Potion Factory
• Soulver ($12.95) & World of Where ($11.95) by World of Worlds
• Picture Framer ($5) and To Do Tracker ($5) by Monkey Business Labs
• MacUpdate 1 Year Membership ($20) by MacUpdate
• Catalog ($20) & PHP Studio ($25) by Neometric Software
• DomainTracker ($24.95) by Icecold Software
• Tag ($19.95) & Site Soap ($12.95) by Talacia
• CSSEdit ($24.99) & DeskShade ($12.99) by MacRabbit
• Awaken ($8.95) by Embraceware

Phil says if you tally up the cost of the prizes it comes to just under $900. But add the trophies (below) for the three winning faux screens and you can make that an even grand. So far, Phil has received 10 entries.