Total Prize Pool: $18,000
6 Rounds, 18 Winners!
$3,000 prize pool for
the top 3 #DevOps stories
in each round
First Prize: $1,500
Second Prize: $1,000
Third Prize: $500
Round 1: August 1st - August 31st, 2023
Round 2: September 1st - September 30th, 2023
Round 3: October 1st - October 31st, 2023
Round 4: November 1st - November 30th, 2023
Round 5: December 1st - December 31st, 2023
Round 6: January 1st - January 31st, 2024
The DevOps
Writing Contest
HackerNoon and Aptible bring a whopping prize pool of $18,000 for our DevOps community. Whether you are a DevOps manager, evangelist, or developer, from the QA team or operations team - this is your chance to showcase your expertise in DevOps. You can write on any topic relevant to DevOps - share your expertise, projects, experiences, learnings, and challenges around reliability, scalability, automation, and infrastructure to win the DevOps Writing Contest!
The sponsor is interested in reading about the challenges involved in implementing and maintaining infrastructure, as well as overall DevOps activities. Here’s the Message from the Aptible team:
"Aptible's mission is to enable developers to do more with less infrastructure. We also know that when it comes to infrastructure, there are a myriad of opinions and strong opinions at that. And that’s why we’re excited to partner with HackerNoon, to get more content written, opinions out in the open, and spur active discussion and knowledge sharing of how infrastructure is being built and utilized."
Here are a few suggestions: You can write on IaaS, PaaS, PaaS vs. IaaS, Automated Deployment, Containerization and Orchestration, Microservices Architecture, GitOps, DevOps Culture, and more. We encourage you to try out Aptible's hosting platform for free and share your learnings and feedback.
For more ideas, read #DevOps stories here.
About Aptible
Aptible’s hosting platform automates the work of provisioning, managing, and scaling infrastructure, so developers can focus on what actually matters: their product. Get started for free with Aptible.
Prizes Awarded
6 Rounds - 18 Winners
There will be a total of 6 rounds.
$3,000 will be awarded to the top three #DevOps stories from each round.
The DevOps Writing Contest
Rules & Guidelines
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Must be 18+ to enter.
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Must create a HackerNoon account, as winners will be contacted via email.
Who Can Enter the Contest?
Anyone over the age of 18. There are no location restrictions.
Can I Write Under a Pen Name?
Yes! You can use your real name on your HackerNoon profile, a pseudonym, or even create a persona to write under.
How Long Will the Contest Run?
The contest consists of 6 rounds and will run for three months. We will announce the shortlisted top ten stories and 3 winners from each round every month.
Round 1: August 1st - August 31st, 2023
Round 2: September 1st - September 30th, 2023
Round 3: October 1st - October 31st, 2023
Round 4: November 1st - November 30th, 2023
Round 5: December 1st - December 31st, 2023
Round 6: January 1st - January 31st, 2024
Can I submit more than one entry to the contest?
Of course. Each story submission shall be considered a new entry into the writing contest.
How are the winners selected?
Each month, we’ll take the top 10 story submissions that receive the most eyeballs (real humans, not bots!). We will announce the shortlisted top ten stories from each round every month. The editors will vote for the top stories of each round. The top 3 stories in each round will be awarded $3000!
Can I win more than one prize?
Yes! If you submit multiple stories, each has a chance to win.
