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DEV Weekend Challenge: Dog Days Edition Contest Rules

Contest Announcement

DEV Weekend Challenge: Dog Days Edition

Sponsored by Major League Hacking PBC 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 Landing Page located here and the Major League Hacking PBC 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: DEV Weekend Challenge: Dog Days Edition
Entry Period: The Contest begins on August 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM PDT and ends on August 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM PDT (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").

This Contest has one prompt, and you are limited to one Entry. You may qualify for multiple prize categories with that single Entry. Participants who repeatedly submit multiple Entries will not be eligible to win.

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

  • A published submission post on DEV that provides an overview of the project using the submission template and unique challenge tag provided on the Contest Page.

Project Timeframe: Projects must be created within the timeframe of the Contest. Work created prior to the start of the Entry Period is not eligible.

Work After the Deadline: Nothing committed after the submission deadline will be considered during judging. Judges will review commit history as part of the evaluation process. If work is committed after the deadline, you must clearly note in your project readme what was completed before the deadline and what was completed after, or your Entry may be disqualified.

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 overall winner and one winner for each prize category based on the following criteria:

  • Relevance to Theme
  • Creativity
  • Technical Execution
  • Writing Quality
  • Use of Prize Category Technology (applicable only to entries submitted to a prize 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. In the event that a participant may win two or more categories, and the submissions are a tie, we will favor the participant that has not already won a category.

Prize(s):

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

Overall Winner (1) will receive:

  • $200 USD Gift Card or Equivalent
  • DEV++ Membership
  • Exclusive DEV Badge

Prize Category Winners (4) will receive:

  • $200 USD Gift Card or Equivalent
  • DEV++ Membership
  • Exclusive DEV Badge

The four prize categories are: Best use of Snowflake, Best use of Solana, Best use of ElevenLabs, and Best use of Google AI.

Participant Winner (who submits a valid and qualified entry) will receive:

  • A completion badge on their DEV profile