Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.
I wonder if real art comes when you build the thing that they don't have a prize for yet.
You can't lose. Go, go, go!
Great work is always shunned at first.
Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.