contest

LispNYC and ClojureNYC, in conjunction with the ALU, are awarding prizes for demonstrating interesting and useful programs, technologies and art using any LISP-based technology in our 2013 summer programming contest. But why lisp? Aside from writing great software faster by beating the averages, as Paul Graham said, "Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days." Even if you're learning and new to lisp, do more in less time by exploring the world of functional programming. Project submissions for this year are now closed, winners will be announces in December!

LATEST NEWS

• Submissions are now closed for 2013.
• October has arrived an now over 400 registrants are submitting their projects!
• We have a truly incredible lineup of judges!
• Jane Street is also sponsoring two prizes!
• Genworks International is sponsoring two prizes. Gendl project ideas have been added.
• Competition heats up, statistics on the first 250 signups!
• Racket Con is now offering complimentary tickets and speaking positions.

TIMELINE

• June 1: signup begins
• June 24: development begins
• Sept 30: development ends
• Oct 1: project submission begins
• Oct 24: project submission ends
• Dec: winners announced

PRIZES

Thanks to our sponsors we have over $6000 of prizes to award!

• $2000 GRAND PRIZE and a chance to speak at a LISP or functional programming conference!
• $500 Genworks International prize
• $500 Genworks International prize
• $500 Jane Street prize
• $500 Jane Street prize
• $500 DOUBLET prize
• $500 ALU prize
• $500 ALU prize
• $500 LispNYC prize
• $500 LispNYC prize
• old-school tees for everyone!

JUDGES

Isn't the prospect of a bright future the greatest gift of all? Participants submitting a meaningful working project which meet the stated goals as judged by our panel of highly respected judges, receive an official LispNYC Certificate of Awesome. It's a powerful public declaration of a capable developer who delivers on his/her promise by completing a documented non-trivial project on-time and on-budget, exactly the sort of thing businesses look for on a resume/CV.

CONFERENCES

Outstanding projects are awarded complimentary tickets and possible speaking opportunities at the next

• International Lisp Conference (Montreal)
• Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise (Philadelphia)
• Clojure West (Portland)
• META - Workshop on Metacomputation (Russia)
• Lambda Jam (Chicago)
• European Common Lisp Meeting (Berlin)
• Clojure Conj (Washington DC)
• European Lisp Symposium (Paris)
• Quasiconf (Germany)
• Racket Con (Boston)
• International Conference on Functional Programming (Sweden)

SPONSORS