Competition of developers with a prize fund of $ 100,000 and the first partner conference for Evernote Gallery participants

Over the past few years, a wonderful community of users, developers, and partners has formed around Evernote. Together we create the first global global platform for external memory, and this makes support and interaction with our ecosystem one of the most important (and useful) tasks. In this regard, we are pleased to announce the first event dedicated to the service ecosystem - a conference for Evernote Gallery participants called the Evernote Trunk Conference (ETC) , as well as the first Developer Competition . Below we will talk about these events in more detail.

Evernote Developer Contest with $ 100,000 Prize Pool!

Continuing the theme of the development of the Evernote community, we are waiting for the next wave of wonderful applications and integrations that millions of Evernote users will love. To foster community interest, we are launching the first global Developer Contest.

Authors of the most innovative and useful applications can rely on large cash prizes, and their creations will be presented at our conference on the Evernote Gallery ( Evernote Trunk Conference ) in August. The main site of the competition is here , and below we will go over its main provisions.

Prize pool

• 6 finalists: $ 5,000 each
• Grand Prix: $ 50,000
• Prize for Creativity: $ 10,000
• Student Prize: $ 10,000

How to take part

1. Register on the competition website. We will generate a special API key for you and will keep up to date with all the news regarding the competition and the conference.
2. Develop your application, service or device that in one way or another uses the capabilities of Evernote. For inspiration, you can take a look at existing examples in the Evernote Gallery .
3. Send your application. Applications will be accepted on June 10 and ends at 23:59 Pacific time on July 15, 2011. It will be 10:59 on July 16 Moscow time.

Competition Rules

Below is a summary of how and under what rules the competition will be held. Full information with all the details is available in the official section of the Terms and Conditions in English.

1. Applications for participation in the competition are only accepted for those applications and services that did not have public integration with Evernote on May 19, 2011.
2. All applications must be executed in English so that all judges can freely access them.
3. Any form of technical integration with the Evernote platform is eligible to participate in the competition. These may be products using the Evernote Web Service API, Evernote Site Memory, direct integration with the Evernote software client, and other methods listed in the corresponding section of the site .
4. Make sure that the application or service you are offering is available for free to our judges. They may not be available publicly during the competition, but the jury should be able to evaluate the work using the Evernote account. As for iOS applications, we will provide a list of UDIDs of devices on which testing will be conducted.
5. We will evaluate all the proposed works and announce the list of six finalists on July 22, 2011. Each of the finalists will receive a cash prize of $ 5,000, as well as a paid flight and accommodation for two nights during the Evernote Trunk Conference on August 18 in San Francisco.
6. The finalists will be evaluated from July 22 to August 5, 2011. This process will consist of two stages:

• Popular vote: Evernote users will be able to visit the contest website and vote for their favorite work. User ratings will be 1/3 of the finalist rating.
• Jury Evaluation: A group of Evernote staff and the judges we invited will evaluate the work of each finalist and vote for the ones we like. The official rating will have a weight of 2/3 in the final rating.

Refereeing

When choosing the finalists and winners, the judges will consider the work of the participants according to the following four criteria:

• Attractiveness: How user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing is the application?
• Effectiveness of use of the Evernote platform: How effectively does the application use the unique functionality offered by the Evernote platform?
• Usefulness: How useful and / or necessary for the user is the application?
• Originality of the idea: How unique or innovative is the application

Winners

We have provided the following nominations.

Grand Prix: The finalist with the maximum number of points scored in the final standings will win the main prize of $ 50,000.
Student prize: The author of the best work among students (selected by Evernote judges) will receive a prize of $ 10,000.
Prize for creativity: The most innovative, creative or unexpected work (selected by Evernote judges) will also earn a prize of $ 10,000.

The names of the winners will be announced at ETC on August 18, 2011.

What is an ETC?

We are organizing a one-day event in San Francisco, which should help the Evernote community get closer, developers and entrepreneurs better organize interaction with each other for the benefit of our users and fans. If you are starting a project, we would like to help you achieve success. If you need advice on how to grow and scale your business, we will share our experience. If you are looking for a way to use Evernote even more fully, we are ready to give you suggestions.

Here's what is expected at the event: Developer

Sections
Evernote developers and partners will discuss topics related to the Evernote API service, our cloud architecture, and the Evernote Site Memory affiliate program, best practices for the mobile environment and more. You will also have the opportunity to get advice and help directly from the Evernote team.

Product sections
As part of these discussions, we will share success stories, offer you ideas for useful integrations with the service and give tips on how to ensure dizzying success from integrating your application with Evernote.

Custom sections
We suggest you get acquainted with the tips and stories of people for whom Evernote has become an integral part of life. You will learn how to become more productive, more focused and simply unique with Evernote.

The full conference schedule will appear shortly on the ETC website .

Event Information

• Location: Terra SF
• Date: August 18th
• registration

We are very pleased to host the ETC Conference and Developer Contest. Together we are building the first global global platform for external memory, and this is really a massive task!