Competition
Build, Ship, Shape: Amazon Developer Hackathon
Amazon (hosted on Devpost)
At a glance
- Deadline
- Closes 23 October 2026, 1 day leftThe posting gives a date, not a time. Days left are counted in Lagos time.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- at least the age of majority where you live
- Where
- online, worldwide
Build for Fire TV, Alexa+, Ring or Bee and compete online worldwide for cash prizes and AWS credits.
The facts
- What you get
- total prize pool 138,000 USD across tracks and mini challenges
- Where
- online, worldwide
- How long
- submissions run through 23 October 2026
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- at least the age of majority where you live
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.
A long application, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
It also names something beyond these; read their words below.
In their words: “A project entry on the Devpost hackathon site with a text description, a GitHub repository link (public with an open source licence, or private and shared with the judges), a public demo video under three minutes on YouTube or Vimeo, and written feedback on the tools you used.”
2. Dates
- Closes 23 October 2026, in 1 day.
- On the date, the listing says: 12:00pm PDT
- This closes tomorrow. Start only if you can finish. Our advice
Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp
The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a competition
General advice from us, the same for every competition. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Read the rules and the judging criteria first, and write to them.
- Check who owns your work after you enter. The rules usually say.
- Submit a day early. Upload pages are often slow near a deadline.
If there is an interview or a test
- If there is a final or a pitch, practise out loud and time yourself.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on Amazon (hosted on Devpost)'s own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at Amazon (hosted on Devpost)'s own website on 18 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.