# Payara's First Ever Hackathon! Enter Now!

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**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.payara.fish/t/payaras-first-ever-hackathon-enter-now/555 "2023-02-16T15:18:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.payara.fish/t/payaras-first-ever-hackathon-enter-now/555/1 "2023-02-16T15:18:41Z")

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![Social Announcement](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/payara/original/1X/a06cc3c137ebb9510eda84eabd8a497748720e9e.png)  
Calling all [Jakarta EE](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jakartaee/) coders! We’re launching Payara’s first ever Hackathon. 👨‍💻 👩‍💻💰🐟

Build an app with Jakarta EE 10 and Payara Platform for a chance to win £3,000 in prize money for the winner, with £2,000 and £1,000 prizes for runners up.

Register NOW and await further instructions for March 2nd - 6th:

> **[Payara Hackathon](https://www.payara.fish/page/payara-hackathon/)**

Get your work judged by our top panel:  
[Ivar Grimstad](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAAkn5EBL-LMSCU0hlflPKA68GHpiC5_L9E) - Jakarta EE Developer advocate [Eclipse Foundation](https://www.linkedin.com/company/eclipse-foundation/)  
[Otavio Santana](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAuHU3cBQ5h2BTn6YjyTQ-cdgu8OI_b_KOw) - NoSQL expert & [SouJava](https://www.linkedin.com/company/soujava/) JCP rep  
[Luqman Saeed](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAACu1LOwBNojEjpt4pFiyoaQjRYyQgXqkBp0) - Jakarta EE expert and [Udemy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/udemy/) trainer  
[Andrew Pielage](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAC3yNJIBmUvBh37Nf19EFCAdTVbxYfU4-xY) - Senior [Java](https://www.linkedin.com/company/javaeyehunts/) Engineer at Payara

❌You don’t have to have used Payara Platform before  
💥 Open to students and experienced coders  
💚Mentoring sessions & swag available to runners up

Get recognition in the [Jakarta EE](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jakartaee/) & [MicroProfile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/microprofileio/) community!