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Nick Pettit
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Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher
Posted by Nick Pettit
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher

Weekly Contests!

Hi everyone,

With the newly released forum features, we thought it might be fun to start having a weekly contest! This first one might be a little messy while we work out the kinks, but let's try it out and see how it goes. Here's how it will work:

  1. Each new contest will be posted on Thursday. The contests will test your skills in design and development. Reply to this contest post with your entry.

  2. Only entries that have been posted by the following Tuesday at 11:59pm ET will be eligible. However, you can start upvoting and downvoting contest entries as soon as they have been submitted. That means the sooner you submit, the better!

  3. The winner will be announced each Wednesday and will receive some sort of prize (for these first few contests, it will probably be a special badge plus bragging rights). Then, another new contest will be posted on Thursday.

That's pretty much it! What do you all think?

Updates:

5 Answers

Jerome Garot
Jerome Garot
2,886 Points
Jerome Garot
Jerome Garot
2,886 Points

I think this is really awesome and fits perfect with the educational concept of learning challenges that I find here.

Jerome

Rick Rakin
Rick Rakin
6,531 Points
Rick Rakin
Rick Rakin
6,531 Points

This looks like fun.

Spen Taylor
Spen Taylor
13,027 Points
Spen Taylor
Spen Taylor
13,027 Points

Dead keen for this idea, following along with the projects featured in the video tutorials is great but, to me at least, it doesn't fully click until putting it into practice on your own - Hopefully these contests will encourage people to think creatively on their own terms on tasks that they wouldn't otherwise have tried :)

Good job!

Nick Pettit
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher
Nick Pettit
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher

That's the idea! We want to provide Treehouse students with as much practice as possible. :)

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Hmm... create a special "Forum Post" type called Vote? Maybe you get to decide on a "Vote" open date and "Vote" close date. Also, maybe start voting 2 or 3 days after the announcement of the challenge.

Nick Pettit
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher
Nick Pettit
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher

There's definitely an advantage to posting early. I like the idea of having a submission period separate from the voting period. I don't think we'll be able to do this in time for the next few contests, but I'd love to do this soon!

Spen Taylor
Spen Taylor
13,027 Points
Spen Taylor
Spen Taylor
13,027 Points

Agreed with Ernest! Also, I noticed that the contest got buried away as more forum topics stacked up - some sort of "sticky" or separate access link may be useful in drawing extra people in to vote