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With some totally awesome prizes!\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>First Prize\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg src=\"http://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/api-contest-prize-monitors1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>top of the line 30\" LCD monitor (either \u003Ca href=\"http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=223-4890\">Dell 3008WFP\u003C/a> or \u003Ca href=\"http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9179LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MTA4MzU1OTQ\">Apple Cinema HD\u003C/a> -- whichever we can get to you easiest)\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>Second Prize\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Mirra-Chairs\">\u003Cimg src=\"http://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/z3fdX.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Mirra-Chairs\">Herman Miller Mirra chair\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>Third Prize\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Acer%20AS1410&tag=codinghorror-20&index=blended&link_code=qs\">\u003Cimg src=\"http://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/PGUj1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Intel CULV Netbook, similar to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Acer%20AS1410&tag=codinghorror-20&index=blended&link_code=qs\">Acer Aspire 1410\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>Special Prize (for best library / wrapper)\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.geekdesk.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"http://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MEjQz.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Adjustable height, motorized \u003Ca href=\"http://www.geekdesk.com/\">GeekDesk\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The contest will run for the duration of the public API beta, which we expect to be about 8 weeks, roughly. \u003Cstrong>The winners will be announced when version 1.0 of the API is formally released.\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>If that sounds appealing to you ...\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Ca href=\"http://stackapps.com\">\u003Cstrong>visit stackapps.com\u003C/strong>\u003C/a> and start building awesome stuff with our API!\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>To make sure we're all roughly on the same page for this contest, let's set some ground rules:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>Contest open to every man, woman, and child on planet Earth, except those men, women, or children living in places where contests like this are somehow illegal.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>Only applications and libraries/wrappers listed on \u003Ca href=\"http://stackapps.com/?tab=apps\">the apps tab of stackapps.com\u003C/a> are eligible for consideration.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>The application or library/wrapper must be written using our API, and work universally against all of our sites -- at least those sites we have made public and have an active API at the time the contest ends.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>While we do have a special prize to recognize the best library/wrapper, to be eligible for the first 3 prizes you \u003Cem>must\u003C/em> build an application.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>If you live in an area of the world where it is logistically impossible for us to get your prize to you -- like, say, because your nearest Herman Miller dealer is 3000 nautical miles away -- email us when you win and we'll make something work.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Your app must work against the final, 1.0 released version of the API. We'll give you at least week's notice here on the blog when that's closer to happening.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\u003Cp>A few notes on how we'll be judging this contest:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>The entire Stack Overflow, Inc team will ultimately decide the winners based on \u003Cstrong>order of awesomeness\u003C/strong>. And lest you think we don't know awesome when we see it, \u003Cem>we built Stack Overflow\u003C/em>. I'm just sayin'. (But seriously, please understand that our decisions will be based on a variety of factors, some of which may be entirely subjective.)\u003C/p>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>We will look at the number of votes your app or library/wrapper gets on \u003Ca href=\"http://stackapps.com/?tab=apps\">the apps tab of stackapps.com\u003C/a>. 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