The BlackBerry partners fund have now announced that registration for the BlackBerry Developer Challenge is now open reports Crackberry.

16 finalists in the BlackBerry Developer Challenge will win a prize package of more than $5000 and gain an invite to enter for the grand prize of a massive $100,000. Even runners up won’t walk away with nothing as runner up prizes stand at more than $25,000.

Ultimately, 4 finalists are chosen at the end of each ‘contest month’ when they are challenged to deliver a 5 minute presentation of their application or service to a judging panel at the BlackBerry Sweet 16 event on the 9th to the 11th of November in San Francisco.