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GitHub + DEV 2023 Hackathon Rules

Contest Announcement

GitHub + DEV 2023 Hackathon 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: GitHub+ DEV 2023 Hackathon
Entry Period: The Contest begins on April 25th, 2023 at 8 PM UTC and ends on May 23rd, 2023 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) Sign up for a free GitHub account by clicking here or sign into your existing account.

2) Create a new and original app during the contest period using GitHub Actions or GitHub Codespaces that falls under one of the categories listed above.

3) Share your code publicly on GitHub using one of the following permissive licenses for your code: MIT, Apache, BSD-2, BSD-3, or Commons Clause.

4) IMPORTANT: Use this post template to officially submit your application for the hackathon. Be sure to address every prompt and instruction in the template.

5) Be sure to publish your submission on DEV between April 25th and May 23rd (@ 11:59 PM UTC), and provide your app’s URL, screenshot, description, and source code

⚠️ Heads-up that you'll only be able to view our submission template linked above if you're logged into DEV.

IMPORTANT: Participants 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:

  • Maintainer Must-Haves: Make the lives of open source maintainers easier.
  • DIY Deployments: Improve the deployment process for open source projects.
  • Interesting IoT: Cool projects that integrate with IoT.
  • Phone Friendly: Projects built for Mobile (PWA readiness, iOS/Android)
  • Wacky Wildcards: Build a random app that doesn’t fit into one of the categories above.

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.

💰 Prizes 💰

Five Grand Prize Winners (one per category):

  • $1,500 USD gift card or equivalent
  • $300 USD credit to the Forem Shop
  • DEV Sticker Pack
  • GitHub Sticker Pack
  • DEV “GitHub Hackathon 2023” Grand Prize profile badge

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

  • $250 USD gift card or equivalent
  • $150 USD credit to the Forem Shop
  • DEV Sticker Pack
  • GitHub Sticker Pack
  • DEV “GitHub Hackathon 2023” Runner-Up profile badge

Participants (with a valid project):

  • DEV Sticker Pack
  • DEV “GitHub Hackathon 2023” participant profile badge

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