There are currently two map making contests in the voting stage.  One is for maps developed in the last year that meet the Historical Battles theme.  There were three of those.  One is for all maps developed in the last six months (as long as they are not in the Historical Battles contest).  There are two in that contest.  You can find the details on the wiki:

http://www.wargear.net/wiki/doku.php?id=designer_workshop:map_making_contest:jsummerfall14_contest

http://www.wargear.net/wiki/doku.php?id=designer_workshop:map_making_contest:themecontest2015

You need to play all contestants to vote.  Voting closes at the end of June.  I'll post a voting thread in a month or so, but wanted to give you a heads up to try these maps out now.

Do Dev games count as having played a board?

berickf wrote:

Do Dev games count as having played a board?

I have counted them before - but only because I wasn't able to play a public game by the dead-line.

There are no hard rules on what counts.  It's all basically on the honor system anyway.  IMO if the game has not changed substantially between the dev game you played and the version that was released, than it's fine. 

Ideally players would play a few games on each board, because (IMO) it's hard to fairly judge a board based on a single game, but in an effort to encourage participation, only a single game is required to vote.

Awesome. When you post the voting thread I feel comfortable voting given what you've said. Thanks!