Today’s the day! We are excited to finally announce the winners of our 2024 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge!

Thank you to everyone who participated, and for your patience while we read through and deliberated over each submission. We received lots of excellent posts and loved learning about each of your maintainer and contributor experiences.

We have selected two winners per prompt. Read on to see who they are, and then read on to learn about their experience this year!

Congratulations To…

Maintainer Prompt

@suryanshsingh2001 takes us through the ups and downs of creating and maintaining Mockly, a weekend project that’s now used by thousands of developers.

The Mockly Chronicles: A Maintainer's Hacktoberfest Tale

Suryansh Singh ・ Oct 29

#devchallenge #hacktoberfestchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

@jacksonkasi shares “the why” behind ImagePro, and how the project evolved from a solo endeavor to a team effort that was able to take on contributions for this year’s Hacktoberfest.

My 2024 Hacktoberfest Maintainer Experience: 💔 Building and Growing ImagePro 🚀

Jackson Kasi ・ Oct 12

#devchallenge #hacktoberfestchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

Contributor Prompt

@nabhel shares their experience as a designer contributing to open source for the very first time. This is an important read that really highlights the power of supportive communities.

My Hacktoberfest Experience Contributing to TBD

Fortune Nabhel Harmony ・ Oct 26

#devchallenge #hacktoberfestchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

@akashjana shares an energetic chronicle of their Hacktoberfest journey that spanned multiple projects, events, and sidequests!

🌱 My 1st Hacktoberfest Experience: A Journey of Code, Challenges, and Community

Akash Jana ・ Oct 28

#hacktoberfest #hacktoberfestchallenge #opensource #devchallenge

Prizes

Our four winners will receive the following prizes:

• 6-month DEV++ Membership
• Exclusive DEV Badge
• A gift from the DEV Shop

All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.

Volunteer Judges

We want to thank our volunteer judges for contributing their feedback for this challenge! If you’re interested in judging future challenges, check out this post:

Seeking Volunteer Judges for DEV Challenges!

dev.to staff for The DEV Team ・ Nov 1

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What’s next?

More challenges, of course!

- The AssemblyAI Challenge is happening now:

Join us for the AssemblyAI Challenge and capture the nuance of human speech: $3,000 in Prizes!

dev.to staff for The DEV Team ・ Nov 13

#devchallenge #assemblyaichallenge #api #ai

• DevCycle Feature Flag Challenge is launching November 27. Follow #devcyclechallenge so you don’t miss the announcement 😉

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge! We hope you had fun and feel accomplished. See you next time!