The Full [Stack] Challenge Terms and Conditions
Official terms, eligibility, and prize details for the Full Stack Challenge on AWS Builder Center.
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The Full [Stack] Challenge Terms and Conditions
DESCRIPTION OF CHALLENGE:
From August 19, 2026 at 9:00 am EST to August 21, 2026 at 12:00 pm EST, be one of the first 200 participants to submit a valid entry to The Full Stack Challenge for a chance to earn up to $200 in AWS Promotional Credits. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Terms and conditions apply.
CHALLENGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
By entering The Full Stack Challenge ("Challenge"), you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
From August 19, 2026 at 9:00 am EST to August 21, 2026 at 12:00 pm EST ("Challenge Period"), be one of the first 200 participants to submit an entry to the Challenge meeting all of the Entry Requirements described below, for a chance to earn up to $200 in AWS Promotional Credits. To enter, build and deploy a full-stack application on AWS and publish an article on AWS Builder Center during the Challenge Period. Limit one entry per person. Limit 200 participants.
Must have an AWS Builder Center account to participate. Access to and use of AWS Builder Center are governed by the terms and conditions at builder.aws.com/terms. Must be at least 18 years of age. Excludes individuals living in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Belarus, the region of Crimea, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic region (DNR), the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic region (LNR), and the United Arab Emirates.
Amazon Web Services ("AWS") and Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”), employees of AWS and Amazon, and their immediate family members and members of their households are not eligible to participate.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Only the first 200 eligible entrants who submit a qualifying entry meeting all of the Entry Requirements listed below will be awarded Prizes. To enter, participants must (1) build and deploy a full-stack application on AWS, and (2) publish an article about it (minimum 500 words) on AWS Builder Center that includes all of the following:
- Title: Must include "Full Stack Challenge: [Name of Your App]"
- Vision and What It Does: The purpose of the app, the problem it solves, and who it's for
- Full Stack Breakdown: How the app connects to what was learned across the Code.TV series (pitch, prototype, MVP, UX, launch)
- How You Built It: Development process, key decisions, challenges, and how they were overcome
- AWS Services / Architecture: List of AWS services used and architecture overview
- What You Learned: Reflection on new skills, services, or approaches discovered
- Link to App or Repo: Working link to deployed app or public GitHub repository
Participants can complete the Challenge entry requirements using AWS Free Tier eligible services, AWS Free Tier Terms apply. For the avoidance of doubt, you acknowledge that registering for the AWS Free Tier may require you to provide credit card information in order to complete the AWS account; however, such accounts will not convert to a billable AWS account, and AWS will not otherwise charge your credit card for any payments relating to your AWS account, without your consent. For more information on AWS Free Tier, visit https://aws.amazon.com/free/ .
AWARD CRITERIA
All eligible entries received during the Challenge Period will be evaluated by AWS to confirm whether they meet the Entry Requirements set forth above. The first 200 eligible entries submitted during the Challenge Period that meet all Entry Requirements will be deemed the “Winning Entries”.
PRIZES
AWS Promotional Credits (“Prize”) will be awarded to the Winning Entries as follows:
- Milestone 1: Submit your idea for the full-stack application on AWS within 12 hours of the opening of the Challenge Period to $50 AWS Promotional Credits
- Milestone 2: Ship your completed application before the close of the Challenge Period to earn $100 AWS Promotional Credits
- Curveball Bonus: Complete surprise mid-challenge tasks to earn up to $50 AWS credits. Bonus criteria will be disclosed at the time of the Bonus announcement(s).
- Maximum per participant: $200 AWS Promotional Credits
AWS Promotional Credits are subject to the terms and conditions set forth at https://aws.amazon.com/awscredits/ . AWS Promotional Credits have no monetary value. AWS reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) for an item of comparable or greater value, at AWS's sole discretion.
If you are selected as a potential winner of the Challenge, AWS will contact you by the email address you submit to enter the Challenge by August 28, 2026. The prize will be emailed to the email address you provide by August 28, 2026. Failure to provide the requested information or to respond to communications about the Challenge within a reasonable period of time, as determined by AWS in its sole discretion, may result in the forfeiture of the prize.
By accepting the prize, you confirm that your receipt is neither prohibited nor inconsistent with any applicable laws, regulations, or binding orders, including applicable ethics or procurement rules, your receipt will not create a conflict of interest for AWS, and there are no ongoing competitive procurements for which your receipt of this benefit could conflict AWS from participating in the competition.
The following personal information will be collected by AWS for the Challenge solely for the purposes of administering the Challenge and verifying participant eligibility: name, email, country, and to the extent you are a winner, phone number and mailing address. Failure to provide all necessary personal information may result in participants' participation in the Challenge being deemed ineligible. AWS handles your information in accordance with AWS Privacy Notice .
Acceptance of prize by the winner constitutes permission for AWS to use winners' names or likenesses, and city, state or province, and country, if submitted to AWS, for any disclosures required by law, including a winners list, without additional compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.
TAX OBLIGATIONS: Winners are responsible for all federal, state, local, and foreign taxes associated with accepting and using a prize. Amazon may withhold taxes from prize payments where required by law. Before receiving any cash prize, winners must provide all requested tax documentation (including IRS Form W-9 for U.S. persons or the appropriate IRS Form W-8 series for non-U.S. persons) to Amazon’s prize administrator. All prize amounts are stated as gross amounts before any applicable tax withholding, and winners will receive the net amount after withholding (if any).
By submitting your submission to the Challenge, you represent and warrant that your submission does not: (i) perform or promote activities that are illegal; (ii) violate or infringe the intellectual property, proprietary, or other rights of others; (iii) perform or promote activities that are offensive or disparaging in any manner; or (iv) cause harm to others or to AWS's operations or reputation.
This Challenge is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, any social media platform, including but not limited to LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, or Threads.
The Challenge is sponsored by AWS. AWS reserves the right to cancel or modify the Challenge at any time and for any reason. AWS and its affiliates and licensors will not be liable to you under any cause of action or theory of liability relating to the Challenge, even if a party has been advised of the possibility of such damages, for (a) indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, or (b) lost profits, revenues, customers, opportunities, or goodwill. In any case, AWS and its affiliates' and licensors' aggregate liability under these Terms and Conditions will not exceed USD $100. The limitations in this paragraph shall apply only to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
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