Telegram Contests

2021-07-31 15:18:30 Participants of the Android Design Contest can now submit their designs to @ContestBot as a ZIP archive (choose Android Designers Contest).

The deadline for submissions is tomorrow, on August 1st, at 23:59 Dubai time. Please start uploading your file in advance so that there is enough time to complete the process. You can resubmit your file at any time before the deadline.

For details, please refer to the contest documentation. Open / Comment

2021-07-26 17:33:14 Data Clustering Contest: Results

The results of the second round of the Data Clustering Contest are in. In our evaluation, accuracy and speed were the main criteria.

If a submission required adjustments or fixes to make it work, it was penalized accordingly.

1st PLACE – $12,000
Gifted Piranha

2nd PLACE – $7,500
Dark Lizard
Small Goose (-$200 path fixing penalty)

3rd PLACE – $4,000
Mindful Kitten (-$200 rebuilding penalty)

4th PLACE – $2,500
Humble Eagle
Sharp Sloth
Gifted Lemur
Bright Deer
Hip Hyena
Quick Beaver (-$200 rebuilding penalty)
Daring Frog (-$200 rebuilding penalty)
Tall Raccoon (-$200 rebuilding penalty)

More detailed information on each submission is available on the contest platform.

Stay tuned for more contests and results this summer! Open / Comment

2021-07-08 20:51:20 New contest for Android Designers!

Prize fund: at least $30,000 – from which the 1st place winner will receive $10,000 if any submissions qualify for the 1st prize.

Task: Develop a comprehensive concept of voice and video calls for Telegram X on Android that includes one-on-one calls, as well as group calls in voice chats.

Details: https://contest.com/docs/android-design-21

Deadline: 23:59 on August, 1 (Dubai Time)

Who can take part: Anyone.

How to submit: @ContestBot will start accepting archives with submissions closer to the deadline. Open / Comment

2021-07-07 23:31:37 Animated Sticker Contest: Results

While our judges are evaluating the results of the competition for Sticker App Developers, we are happy to announce the results of the First Round of the contest for Animated Sticker Artists. Meet the winners!

Perfect Kitten

Fit Yak

Fluffy Falcon

Wise Pigeon

Tidy Wolf

Able Ladybird

Little Pigeon

Sacred Eagle

Gifted Jackal

Busy Kitten

Desert Crab

Rich Deer

Fit Cat

Sleek Goat

Gentle Gorilla

Mad Chameleon

Savvy Mammoth

Fair Pigeon

We will soon reach out to the winners to coordinate their work on completing the winning sticker packs. Once the packs have reached the required level of quality and the minimum required number of stickers (15+), their authors will receive $200 per sticker, and their packs will be featured for all Telegram users.

Most of the entries will need work to reach Telegram’s standards for animated stickers and many stickers are likely to change significantly as a result of our collaboration before they are released.

The second round of the Sticker Contest for Artists will be available exclusively to the 18 winners of this round. We will inform the winners about its goals and terms separately. Open / Comment

2021-07-05 21:05:42 Sticker App Contest: Submissions

We received 79 submissions for the Sticker App Contest. 41 app for Android, 31 for iOS, and 7 for both platforms.

Everyone is welcome to check out the apps on contest.com (at their own risk) while our judges evaluate the results:
https://contest.com/sticker-app Open / Comment

2021-07-03 15:54:58 Update: iOS developers may also submit a TestFlight link + source code for the Sticker App Contest. Open / Comment

2021-07-03 14:55:29 Contestants are now welcome to submit their Android and iOS Sticker Apps to @ContestBot.

Choose “Sticker App Contest”, answer the bot’s questions, then upload a binary of your app (or TestFlight link for iOS) and an archive with your source code.

Please make sure to start uploading in advance so that the process is completed before the deadline.

Android: The APK must be a signed release build with a unique package id.

iOS: Make sure your binary allows our UDIDs to run your app. UDID list:

00008020-0002345C3EBA002E
47658361d0dc19b31528ff0eacd3a13685faa571
00008101-00151C281A52001E
615150429B8AA9A884135227FE4E50AD76CEA2A5
00008027-0015084602F8402E Open / Comment

2021-06-25 20:33:18 Sticker App Contest Status: Results announced Among other things, today we launched a platform for third-party apps that allow users to create stickers for Telegram (check out the docs). We'd like to announce a competition for developers: create an Android… Open / Comment

2021-06-25 20:27:54 Sticker App Contest

Status: Results announced

Among other things, today we launched a platform for third-party apps that allow users to create stickers for Telegram (check out the docs).

We'd like to announce a competition for developers: create an Android or iOS app that helps users easily create unique stickers and submit it to @ContestBot before July 4, 23:59 Dubai time.

You can use any idea or design for your app, provided the app is user friendly and gives users an easy way to create new custom stickers for Telegram. The apps can create static or animated stickers (although apps that create animated stickers will be considered more advanced and may get higher prizes). For example, one can create an app that allows users to upload their own photos and add text on top. The app can automatically remove the backgrounds, apply fun effects and import the result to Telegram as stickers.

We will distribute a $50,000 prize budget among the winners. The best part: contestants will retain all rights for the apps they create, so they will be able to launch their apps as independent startups and potentially monetize them. Open / Comment

2021-06-06 19:43:00 Participants in Round 3 of the iOS Contest can now submit their WatchOS apps to @ContestBot as a ZIP archive with their source code (choose 2021 WatchOS Contest).

The archive must contain a readme file with build instructions. Open / Comment