# 🏆 Contest - Kintone Customization Contest 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** hackathon, kintone-contest-23, contest-official-rules\ **Created:** [July 12, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/contest-kintone-customization-contest-2023/808 "2023-07-12T07:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Genji](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.kintone.dev/genji/32/646_2.png) [@Genji](https://forum.kintone.dev/u/Genji)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/contest-kintone-customization-contest-2023/808/1 "2023-07-12T07:00:00Z")
![Banner: Kintone Customization Contest, July 3 to August 31, Win awesome prizes by showcasing your dev skills!](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/kintone/original/1X/4e9097994ddcea7fb380c61a6fc4299801c08bb6.png) # 🏆 Contest - Kintone Customization Contest 2023 Hey Kintone Developers 👋 We are excited to announce our latest contest, where you can enter to win awesome prizes 💰 by building and showing your dev skills 💪! [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/kintone/original/1X/abb3aa2f66fc37f6543d411c6dfb64eb66652c75.jpeg "🏆 Hackathon - Kintone Customization Contest 2023") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_vMKv_6hM) ## TL;DR - Deadline: Friday, September 1, 2023 6:59 AM - Prizes: **$100 gift cards** to **15 winners** & Kintone swag to all submitters - How to Enter: 1. Build a cool Kintone customization or project that uses Kintone APIs 2. Write up how you built it & [post your article on DEV](https://dev.to/new) 3. Comment on the [Contest Submission](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/799) topic with a link to your post. - Criteria: **Creativity** , **Look & Feel** , **Article Quality** , & **Kintone Usage** - Winners Announcement: Friday, September 8, 2023 5:00 AM ## What is Kintone? ⚙ [Kintone](https://kintone.dev/en/landing-page/hackathon/) is a no-code/low-code cloud platform for teams to quickly & easily share and collaborate on their data. You can add JavaScript, CSS, &/or HTML to enhance the front-end UI/UX of a Kintone App. This can include features such as maps, buttons, and color-coding. Read how to customize and develop on the Kintone platform at [kintone.dev](https://kintone.dev)! ## Prizes 💰 To the **15 best submissions** , we will give away **$100 gift cards** & special Kintone swag! To all submitters, we will be giving away Kintone swag! ⚡ We will directly message the winners and submitters on the Kintone Developer Forum to get shipping information. ## How to Enter 🗳 1. _If you do not have one yet,_ [Create a Kintone Developer Forum account](https://forum.kintone.dev/signup) 2. Build a Kintone customization or project that uses [Kintone APIs](https://kintone.dev/en/docs/kintone/rest-api/) 3. Write up how you built it & [post your article on DEV](https://dev.to/new) 4. Comment on the [Contest Submission](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/799) topic with the **Title** and **link** to your article For more information, refer to the example submission included in the [Contest Submission Instructions](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/799). ## Criteria 📝 We will be judging your submissions based on the following criteria: | Criterion | Points | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | **Kintone Usage** | 50 | How well does your project use Kintone and Kintone APIs? | | **Article Quality** | 25 | How well is your article written? | | **Look & Feel** | 15 | How well does your project look and actually work? | | **Creativity** | 10 | How original and interesting is your project? | ## Winners Announcement 📢 We will be announcing the winners on the Kintone Developer Forum and DEV on Friday, September 8, 2023 5:00 AM. We will also directly message the winners and submitters on the Kintone Developer Forum to get shipping information. ## Deadline ⏱ & Rules 📜 The contest starts on Monday, July 3, 2023 7:00 AM and ends on Friday, September 1, 2023 6:59 AM (the "Entry Period"). You must submit your write-up and comment on the [Contest Submission](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/799) topic by Friday, September 1, 2023 6:59 AM to be eligible for the contest. - The project must use Kintone itself or Kintone APIs in some way. - Multiple submissions are allowed; however, each entrant may only win once. - Collaboration is allowed. - Note that Kintone will not handle prize-splitting. The prize will be sent to the Kintone Developer Forum account listed as the author in the DEV article. You will need to split the prize amongst yourselves. - All submissions must be new projects created during the contest period. ⚠ IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE [KINTONE CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/804) BEFORE ENTERING THE CONTEST. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND REPRESENT THAT YOU SATISFY ALL OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS BELOW. _NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to 18+. The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law or regulation. For Official Rules, see [Kintone Contest Official Rules](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/804)._ ## Inspiration 💡 Here are some ideas to get you started: - Take data stored in a Kintone app and visualize it in a cool way with a charting library like [QuickChart](https://quickchart.io/) or [amCharts](https://www.amcharts.com/demos/) - Build a PDF generator using [Kintone's REST API](https://kintone.dev/en/docs/kintone/rest-api/) and a PDF library like [PDFKit](https://pdfkit.org/) or [PDFMake](http://pdfmake.org/#/) - Integrate Kintone with a third-party service like [Twilio](https://www.twilio.com/) or [Slack](https://slack.com/) to send notifications or messages - Inject a game into Kintone using [Kintone's JS API](https://kintone.dev/en/docs/kintone/js-api/) and a game library like [Phaser](https://phaser.io/) or [PixiJS](https://www.pixijs.com/) - Create a Google Maps mashup using [Kintone's JS API](https://kintone.dev/en/docs/kintone/js-api/) and the [Google Maps API](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/overview) ## Resources 📚 Quick Start Guides: - [Retrieve Kintone Data using CURL](https://kintone.dev/en/quickstart/) - [Using Kintone Web Database in a Hackathon Project - DEV Community](https://dev.to/kintonedevprogram/quick-start-on-using-kintone-web-database-in-a-hackathon-project-3fh7) - [VS Code Setup for Kintone Customization Development - DEV Community](https://dev.to/kintonedevprogram/quick-start-vs-code-setup-for-kintone-customization-development-1k5b) Documentation for Kintone's JS & REST APIs - [Kintone JavaScript API - Kintone Developer Program](https://kintone.dev/en/docs/kintone/js-api/) - [Kintone REST API - Kintone Developer Program](https://kintone.dev/en/docs/kintone/rest-api/) Tutorials & Sample Code: - [Kintone Customization Tutorials](https://kintone.dev/en/tutorials/) - Tutorials for building Kintone customizations and integrations - [Kintone-Workshops GitHub Repo](https://github.com/orgs/kintone-workshops/repositories) - Sample code from past Kintone Workshops - [Kintone Developer Program's YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@KintoneDeveloperProgram/featured) - Past workshop recordings and tutorials - [ahandsel/No-Server-Data-Visualization: Compilation repo of No Server Data Visualization x Kintone Web Database workshop content](https://github.com/ahandsel/No-Server-Data-Visualization) ## Community Support 👥 Post your Kintone-related questions here on this [Kintone Developer Forum](https://forum.kintone.dev/)! Our Kintone Developer Program team will do our best to answer your questions. ## Got Questions? 🤔 Post your contest-related questions on the [Contest 🏆](https://forum.kintone.dev/c/contest/11) category! _For sensitive questions, please email us at [developer@kintone.com](mailto:developer@kintone.com) with the subject line `Kintone Customization Contest 2023`._ * * * The contest has also been announced on [DEV Community](https://dev.to/kintonedevprogram/contest-kintone-customization-contest-2023-3bkl). * * * We are all looking forward to seeing what you build! 🚀 Happy coding & best of luck 🍀 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/contest-kintone-customization-contest-2023/808)._