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MongoDB Atlas 2022 Hackathon Rules

Contest Announcement

DEV x MongoDB Atlas Hackathon 2022 Contest

Sponsored by Dev Community Inc. ("Sponsor")

NO ENTRY FEE. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

We urge you to carefully read the terms and conditions of this Contest Announcement Page located ** here and the DEV Community Inc. General Contest Official Rules located here ("Official Rules"), incorporated herein by reference. The following contest specific details on this Contest Announcement Page, together with the Official Rules , govern your participation in the named contest defined below (the "Contest").

Sponsor does not claim ownership rights in your Entry. The Official Rules describe the rights you give to Sponsor by submitting an Entry to participate in the named Contest. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Contest Announcement Page and the Official Rules, the Official Rules will govern and control.

Contest Name: MongoDB Atlas 2022 Hackathon on DEV
Entry Period: The Contest begins on November 8, 2022 at 8 PM UTC and ends on December 8, 2022 at 11:59 PM UTC (the "Entry Period")

How to Enter: All entries must be submitted no later than the end of the Entry Period. You may enter the Contest during the Entry Period as follows:

  1. Visit the Contest webpage part of the DEV Community Site located here (the "Contest Page"); and
  2. Follow any instructions on the Contest Page and submit your completed entry (each an "Entry").

There is no limit on the number of Entries you may submit during the Entry Period, but an Entrant (whether an individual, team or entity) may only win once in a particular Contest.

Required Elements for Entries: Without limiting any terms of the Official Rules, each Entry must include, at a minimum, the following elements:

  1. Register your attendance and create a MongoDB Atlas account using this registration page, or sign-in if you have an existing account.

  2. Create an app using MongoDB Atlas –the cloud offering by MongoDB– that falls under one of the categories below.

  3. Code must be made publicly available on GitHub.

  4. Code must be licensed with a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2, etc).

  5. Publish overview of the app on DEV between November 8 and December 8 using this submission template.

  6. Provide the app’s demo URL, relevant screenshots, description, etc.

IMPORTANT: Participant must use this post template to officially submit their project with every prompt addressed.

Judging Criteria: All qualified entries will be judged by a panel as selected by Sponsor as set forth in the Official Rules.

Judges will award one (1) Grand Prize winners in each of the following categories:

  • Search No More: Build an application with full-text search capabilities using MongoDB Atlas and Atlas Search
  • About Real-time Build a front-end application using MongoDB Atlas and change streams to display live updates as your database changes.
  • Think Outside the JS Box Build an application using MongoDB Atlas with any language that is not JavaScript. You can use the FARM stack with Python, Quarkus and Java, PHP, or any other language of your choice that is supported by MongoDB’s native drivers.
  • Google Cloud Superstar Build a modern application with MongoDB Atlas and Google Cloud.
  • Choose Your Own Adventure: Create an application using MongoDB Atlas that doesn’t fit into any of the categories above. The more creative and wacky, the better. Not sure what to build? Load up some sample data, and get started right away.

Judges will also select a total of ten (10) Runner Up Prize winners without respect to any particular category.

In the event of a tie in scoring between judges, the judges will select the entry that received the highest number of positive reactions on their DEV post to determine the winner.

Prize(s):

The prizes to be awarded from the Contest are as follows:

Five Grand Prize Winners (one per category):

  • $1,000 USD gift card or equivalent
  • $300 USD credit to the Forem Shop
  • MongoDB Grand Prize swag package
  • $50 in Atlas credits
  • DEV Sticker Pack
  • DEV “MongoDB Atlas Hackathon 2022” Grand Prize profile badge

Runner-Up Prizes (10 Total – across all categories):

  • $500 USD gift card or equivalent
  • $150 USD credit to the Forem Shop
  • MongoDB Runner-Up swag package
  • $50 in Atlas credits
  • DEV Sticker Pack
  • DEV “MongoDB Atlas Hackathon 2022” Runner-Up profile badge

Participants (with a valid project):

  • DEV Sticker Pack
  • DEV “MongoDB Atlas Hackathon 2022” participant profile badge

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