For those of you who like me walk on the microtonal side of music there is a competition sponsored by an organization I am a part of - Untwelve - with $500, $250, and $150 prizes.
http://www.untwelve.org/2011_competition.html
Even if you've never tried writing microtonal music before perhaps now is a good time to try. I will be happy to point you to microtonal music resources. It really isn't that hard because a good composer can make anything work and there are a boatload of great composers here.
There are free micrtonal synths
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/01/04/free-windows-synthesizer-designed-for-microtonal-xenharmonic-music/
http://www.dynamictonality.com/
http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/
and affordable ones to buy
http://www.cakewalk.com/products/z3ta/feature.aspx/Z3TA-2.1
http://www.garritan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154&Itemid=54
And ones you may already have like Kontakt, Absynth, Albino, Dimension Pro, or possibly your hardware support microtonal tunings. You can look here http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/
And even some DAWs support microtonal tunings like Logic and Celemony Melodyne - and of course OpenMPT
Have a great day,
Chris
This is new:
Following the competition, every applicant with an eligible entry will
have the option for their composition to be hosted and linked to on
the UnTwelve website.