Facebook Developer Circles Community Challenge with a Chance to Win Cash Prize $10000

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

Devpost

Deadline

26 Oct 2020

Study level

Vocational Education

Opportunity type

Competitions

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Algeria , Comoros , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Mauritania , Oman , Qatar , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen

Eligible Region

All Regions

Devpost is offering a contest about creating innovative and immersive tutorials that help developers build with Facebook technologies. Prizes are worth up to $ 133,000, and special prizes will be presented in Arabic, French, Indonesian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Requirements:

Main Requirement: Create a step-by-step written tutorial that demonstrates the use of one or more features of any of the technologies below.

Open Source: Hack, React, React Native, PyTorch, Docusaurus
Spark AR
Wit.ai
Messenger Platform

In your tutorial, use Open Source sample code from your newly built solution or use a solution that you’ve built in the past. If you are using an existing solution, be sure it works with the latest version of the products being used.

Eligibility Criteria:

Entry and participation in this Challenge are open only to natural persons who:

are at least 18 years old and the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence,
speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, and/or Indonesian,
have internet access and developer experience;
at the time of entry and throughout the entire Challenge have Facebook, Git Hub, and Devpost online accounts in good standing, and
are not domiciled in Quebec, Crimea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, North Korea, China, or Syria, and are not otherwise located in any country under any trade or economic sanction, or where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits their participation or receiving a prize in any contest.
“Teams” of up to four (4) eligible Individuals may enter and participate as wells.
Individuals may not be under any legal or contractual obligation that would prohibit their participation in any contest on an individual basis and/or by joining as part of a Team.
Government and political entities and their officials, and employees, officers, members, managers, agents, and representatives of Sponsor, or any other entities participating in the design, promotion, marketing, administration, or fulfillment of this Challenge, are not ineligible to enter or win this Challenge.

Prizes:

$133,000 in prizes

Global First Place - English Tutorial for Beginners

$10,000 USD.
Oculus headset (ARV: $399USD; 1 per individual, 4 max per Org or Team).

Global Second Place - English Tutorial for Beginners:

$7,000 USD

Global First Place - English Tutorial for Advanced

$10,000 USD
Oculus headset (ARV: $399USD; 1 per individual, 4 max per Org or Team)

Global Second Place - English Tutorial for Advanced

$7,000 USD

Regional - English Tutorial for Beginners (21)

$2,000 USD

Regional - English Tutorial for Advanced (21)

$2,000 USD

Local Language - Tutorial for Beginners (5)

$1,500 USD

Local Language - Tutorial for Advanced (5)

$1,500 USD

Judging Criteria:

Quality of the Tutorial (30%):

Includes creativity and originality of the idea (the tutorial has not have been written before). How helpful is this tutorial to developers and does it provide best practices for Open Source development?

Implementation of Facebook products (30%):

Includes how many Facebook product (s) and features (s) are used and how well are they implemented in the sample software solution and showcased in the tutorial.

Clarity (20%):

Includes how easy the tutorial is to follow along for the intended audience (beginner or advanced developer).

Relevance (20%):

Includes what’s the usability/impact the tutorial has in helping the intended audience learn the skills to build other projects and address real-world problems.

About Devpost:

Build products, practice skills, learn technologies, win prizes, and grow your network. Hackathons are about learning and having fun. We’ve partnered with great organizations like Oculus, Uber, Evernote, Twitter, Twilio, Venmo, IBM, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and more to bring you new opportunities to practice your skills, learn new technologies / APIs, work on interesting problems, and win some amazing prizes.

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