The wait is over! We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge.
This year's Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge brought us stories of first-time contributors finding their footing, maintainers building communities around their projects, and developers reflecting on what open source means to them. As always, we were inspired by the community's dedication to sharing their knowledge and experiences.
Since we received close to three hundred submissions, we have decided to pick five winners per prompt!
We hope you enjoyed documenting your Hacktoberfest journey and are proud of what you accomplished, regardless of whether or not you get the crown.
Without further ado, our winners.
Congratulations To…
Our winners will each receive a DEV++ Membership, an exclusive DEV badge. All participants will receive a completion badge for rising to the challenge!
What's next?
Check out our two challenges happening right now (with many more to come in the next few weeks!):
See you next time!
Interested in being a volunteer judge for future challenges? Learn more here!
Top comments (14)
Thank you so much! And congrats to all winners!
MASSIVE congratulations to all the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge winners
Huge congratulations to all the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge winners! 🎉 Your insights into open source and your Hacktoberfest journey are truly inspiring — thank you for sharing. 👏
Congrats for the winners!
Congratulations to all the winners
Thanks for your sharing your Hacktoberfest journey on DEV @amelia2802, @devkumar2313, @ngtduc693, @oleksandrakordonets, @lastlink, @paulthedev, @gkoos!
Thanks Jess for organising the competition! 🙌🏻
Thanks for sharing your Hacktoberfest journey on DEV (TIL we have a 10 @-mention per comment max!): @shraddharao_, @quotevote, @extinctsion, @lymah, @sanjaysah, @adiatiayu, @mcruvinel, @sheefa_nigarsyed_61642e7!!
Thank for the challenge. I enjoyed hacktoberfest this year. While hacktoberfest is getting ready for next year, I want contributors to come see my repos and contribute to them. Wishing you happy coding!
This was such an honor and made me so proud of what we were able to accomplish. Thank you for the platform and visibility. And thank you to all of the contributors who made our Hacktoberfest participation a success.
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Congrats!
WOW! We are so grateful for all of the support from the community and couldn't be more ecstatic to have been selected as a winner for the writing challenge. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed along the way, and we can't wait to participate again next year!
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Great!! finally I got a Hacktoberfest t-shirt :D
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