The offices of "Tech Directions" experienced a deluge of entries in response to the 2008-2009 Inventors Award Competition challenge--and judge Harry T. Roman (an inventor and engineer himself) has heroically waded through them all and carefully selected the very best. This year's popular challenge called on students to devise new uses for discarded cardboard milk cartons and describe their invention using text and drawings. This article presents the winners of the 2008-2009 Inventors Award Competition. (Contains 6 figures.)