Microsoft Azure Trial Hackathon Rules

Contest Announcement

Microsoft Azure Trial 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: Microsoft Azure Trial Hackathon on DEV
Entry Period: The Contest begins on February 08, 2022 at 5:30 PM UTC and ends on March 08, 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:

Visit the Contest webpage part of the DEV Community Site located here (the "Contest Page"); and
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:

A Microsoft Azure account (utilizing the free $200 credit offer mentioned in the announcement post )
An app built, using the services and general direction described in the category selected (below)
Code licensed with permissive license (MIT, Apache-2)
An overview of the app on DEV using the template provided (with all template prompts filled out)

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:

AI Aces: Use Azure AI & ML services (ex: Azure Bot Service, Cognitive Search, Computer Vision, Custom Vision, LUIS, ML, etc) in a new application.
Computing Captains: Use Azure Compute Services (ex: Azure Functions, App Service, AKS, etc) in a new application
Low-Code Legends: Use Azure low code/no code Fusion development services (with the Power Apps trial add-on) in a new application
Java Jackpot: Use Azure's Java services to build a new Java app.
Wacky Wildcards: Use any available Azure trial services to build a new application that is weird, funny, and/or totally random. Note: the wackier the better!

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 (5) Grand Prize winners will receive:

$1,500 USD gift card or equivalent
$300 USD credit to the DEV Shop
Microsoft Swag Pack
DEV Sticker Pack
DEV "Azure Trial Hackathon" Grand Prize winner badge
(approximate retail value ("ARV") $1,812 USD

Ten (10) Runner-Up winners will receive:

$250 USD gift card or equivalent
$150 USD credit to the DEV Shop
Microsoft Swag Pack
DEV Sticker Pack
DEV "Azure Trial Hackathon" Runner-Up badge
(approximate retail value ("ARV") $412 USD

Participant winners (who submit a valid and qualified entry) will receive:

A DEV Sticker Pack
DEV "Azure Trial Hackathon" participant badge
(approximate retail value ("ARV") $12 USD