Telegram Contests

2021-11-10 00:05:29 GIF Contest, Round 2: Submissions

We received 33,792 reaction videos from 460 participants in the Second Round of the GIF Contest.

Everybody is welcome to view the submissions using GIF search in any Telegram app:
- Open the GIF panel (a tab in the sticker panel)
- Type #reactiongif in the search box
- You can refine the search by adding one emoji after the hashtag.

Have fun while our judges evaluate the results! Open / Comment

2021-11-08 18:13:20 Given that some participants in the Second Round of the GIF Contest encountered issues with uploading their reaction videos and some uploaded them too early to be accepted, we've decided to extend submissions by one more day.

The new deadline is November 9, 23:59 (Dubai time).

If you are having any issues, please see this message for details. Open / Comment

2021-11-08 17:01:45 GIF Contest, Round 2: Submission FAQ

Submissions for Round 2 of the GIF Сontest are open until November 8 November 9, 23:59 (Dubai time).

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Warning: If you have uploaded any gifs before the announcement on Nov 7, they are not participating in the contest (unless the bot says they are).
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Instructions:
https://contest.com/docs/gif-contest-submission

If you have any questions, please check the FAQ.

A few extra tips, in case you're having any issues:

1. Prepare your videos for publication in an external video editor (it is not recommended to use the built-in Telegram media editor for this purpose).
- Aspect ratio: between 1:1 and 4:3
- No audio track! (especially important for uploading via desktop apps)
- Suggested width: 380, 640 or 848
- Suggested height: a multiple of 16 (but remember to use the correct aspect ratio!)

(Other widths/heights may also work – but if you run into problems, try the suggested ones.)

2. Once you've prepared your videos for publication, use an official app to send them to your channel.
- Send as a video (not file).
- If you use a mobile app, set the maximum quality.
- If you use iOS, disable audio before sending (tap on the speaker icon) – even if you removed the soundtrack when preparing the video for publication.
- If you use Android, don't disable audio – instead remove the soundtrack when preparing video for publication.

3. If @ContestBot tells you your videos were not accepted, you can tap the "Show videos with issues" button to get details on each problematic video.

4. If the bot tells you you haven't submitted any videos, see number 1 in this message .

5. Note on audio tracks:

If @ContestBot doesn’t recognize the videos, make sure that you have disabled the soundtrack completely before uploading. Your video file must have no audio channels for desktop apps to recognize them properly.

There are many ways of disabling the audio track in a video. If you’re having difficulties, we suggest googling for a solution that works best for you.

6. Note on size:

If you uploaded your videos more than a few hours ago and @ContestBot says their size is too large, try re-uploading them again.

If you tried again and it's still not working, try saving them with the standard H.264 preset: preset=medium, crf=23 — and re-upload again.

This should also help if your video gets stuck at 100% during uploading to public channels with the correct caption. Open / Comment

2021-11-07 18:50:16 Submissions for the GIF Сontest are open until March 31, 23:59 (Dubai time). We suggest that you try submitting at least some of your reaction videos early – to make sure you've familiarized yourself with the process. Videos submitted late will not be accepted… Open / Comment

2021-11-06 00:46:06 November 2021 Android Contest

Prize fund: $50,000
Deadline: 23:59 on November, 15 (Dubai Time)
Results: November, 18

Task: Implement new features in Telegram for Android based on the mockups provided.

Conditions:
• This contest in only open for Russian-speaking developers. Nationality is not important, but you must be fluent in Russian to participate.
• Everyone is welcome to participate, even if they didn't take part in our previous contests.
• Authors of the best submissions may get a chance to join the Telegram team.
• There is the possibility of a second round open to the winners of this round.

Details:
https://t.me/contest_ru/7 Open / Comment

2021-11-03 22:24:38 New contest for Android developers will be announced this Friday. The task will be to implement certain new features for the Telegram Android app. The winner of this contest may also be able to join the Telegram team.

The results of the previous competitions will be published next week. Open / Comment

2021-09-07 21:35:35 GIF Contest, Round 2

Round 2 of the GIF contest starts now.

Dates: 8 Sept - 8 Nov (23:59 Dubai time)
Prize fund: $50,000
Who can take part: Everyone! Even if you didn't participate in Round 1.

The task is similar: create between 10 and 100 GIF-style reaction videos (examples here) that express emotions similar to these emoji:











In Round 2, you must create reaction videos from iconic and popular movies, series, cartoons, TV shows, etc. (examples) All reaction videos must meet the technical requirements below.

Technical requirements:

1. Format: MP4, no sound.

2. Aspect ratio: anything between 1:1 – 4:3 ( good examples).

- GIFs must not include stripes that make a widescreen video fit in the required format (bad example).
- Sides must not be squished to fit the aspect ratio (bad example).

3. Max. duration: 5 seconds.

4. Image quality. Aim for top video quality ( good examples, bad examples).

- No grainy videos with noticeable pixelation, etc.
- No blurry, overexposed videos, etc.
- Cut content carefully: GIFs must not jitter (animation too short) or jump (animation contains irrelevant frames).

5. Max. size: 300 KB. Aim for the smallest size necessary to maintain the level of quality described above (likely around 70-300KB).

6. On-screen text is not required. If you use on-screen text, you must use consistent fonts on all GIFs in your submission. Please keep your source files, because we may ask you to edit the text if your submission wins a prize.

7. Expressiveness and relevance to emoji. All GIFs must be relevant to their chosen emoji and express the emotion clearly. (If you're not sure whether the video shows , , or – it's probably not a very good fragment).

We will explain how to submit your reaction videos later, stay tuned to @contest.

Reaction videos created in this contest will be watermarked with links to the public channels of their creators – and potentially suggested to Telegram users.

Good luck! Open / Comment

2021-09-07 21:35:24 GIF Contest, Round 1 Results

Announcing Round 2 and the results of Round 1 of the GIF Contest.

Round 1 Results
Each of the submitted GIFs was rated 1-3 by our judges. The rating reflects image quality, the overall usability of the GIF and its relevance for the chosen emoji.

GIFs with a rating of 2.67+ received $40 each. GIFs with a rating between 2-2.66 received $20 each.

Bonus points

1. Original winning GIFs (with a 2+ rating) that were recorded for this contest by the participants received an extra $40 per GIF.

2. Winning GIFs (with a 2+ rating) with sizes up to 300KB received a size bonus of $15. GIFs between 300KB and 499KB received a bonus of $7.

Meet the winners!
Quirky Cow – $3,553
Nice Mule – $2,055
Witty Crow – $1,636

View All 118 Winners

Congratulations to all winners! Round 2 starts immediately, see details in the next message. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 20:20:02 iOS Contest, Round 3 (watchOS): Results

The results of the Third Round of the iOS Contest are here. Meet the winners:

1st PLACE – $10,000
Hip Hyena — The most stable app that has all the major features implemented and offers a significantly better performance and speed than the rest of the submissions. However, the app could have benefited from more thorough preliminary testing to get rid of glitches.
Penalties (-$1,000):
– Broken 2FA flow.

2nd PLACE – $7,000
Perfect Wasp — The contestant implemented most of the required features. However, the app did not achieve the level of speed and performance we expected. There's also room for improvement in both stability and attention to detail.

3rd PLACE – $4,000
The third-place winners support logging in, viewing the chat list, and accessing messages. Their apps can render certain media types and can interact with the Settings screen. However, certain media types and some of the Settings options are missing. Additionally, various major issues are present, ranging from severe to medium.
Fairy Turtle
Sleek Rabbit
Noble Puma
Penalties (-$1,000):
– App crashes when scrolling chats.
Hardy Goose
Penalties (-$2,000):
– Broken 2FA flow.
– App crashes after scrolling chats or the Settings screen.

4th PLACE – $2,000
These apps support logging in, viewing the chat list, and accessing chat messages. Unfortunately, these submissions can't handle most media types. Additionally, support for major required features (like sending messages, accessing the Settings screen and interacting with its options) is missing. Finally, their overall speed and stability are below average.
Wise Whale
Busy Phoenix
Classy Whale
Smart Fish
Cuddly Griffin
Penalties (-$1,000):
– Broken 2FA flow.


Honorable mentions – $1,000
These contestants implemented rendering the chat list, but didn't implement any other features or actions.
Wise Ibex
Noble Beaver

More detailed comments from our judges for each of the submissions are available on contest.com. Congratulations to the winners!

We expect to publish the results of the GIF contest later this week, stay tuned! Open / Comment

2021-08-02 16:37:46 Android Design Contest: Submissions

We received 47 submissions for the Android Design Contest.

Everyone is welcome to check out the designs on contest.com while our judges evaluate the results:
https://contest.com/android-design

We ask each participant to add a comment to their submission with a brief explanation of the structure of their archive, how it is intended to be viewed, as well as of anything else that might need an explanation. Good luck! Open / Comment