Terms and Conditions: Build an Agent Weekend Challenge

 

 

 

 

During the AWS Builder Center Build an Agent Weekend Challenge (the "Challenge"), be one of the first 100 participants to submit a qualifying entry to the applicable Amazon Web Services ("AWS") Builder Center challenge and complete the requirements described below for a chance to win $100 in AWS Promotional Credits. In addition, AWS will draw ten (10) random winners from all qualifying entries, and each will receive an AWS Builder Backpack. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Terms and conditions apply.

 

Challenge Prompt: Build an agent people actually enjoy using. Build a working agent and pay attention to the experience of using it, whether that is a friendly first run, clear responses, a helpful error message, or a personality that fits the job. Deploy using AWS Free Tier services. For new AWS accounts: access up to $200 in Free Tier credits, enough to cover Amazon Bedrock, Nova models, Lambda, and more.

 

Challenge Period: Publish your Builder Center article between October 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM PT through October 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM PT.

 

By participating in the Challenge, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and the AWS Builder Terms (available at builder.aws.com/terms). NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

 

During the Challenge Period, be one of the first 100 participants to submit a qualifying entry and complete the requirements described below for a chance to win $100 in AWS Promotional Credits. All qualifying entries are also entered into a random drawing for one of ten (10) AWS Builder Backpacks. Participation in the Challenge will require you to (1) have a builder.aws.com profile and (2) publish an article on AWS Builder Center describing your solution.

 

To the extent that a participant uses an AWS account under the AWS Free Tier, the AWS Free Tier Terms (available at https://aws.amazon.com/free/terms/) will apply. For the avoidance of doubt, you acknowledge that participants registering for the AWS Free Tier may be required to provide credit card information in order to complete their 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.

 

Must be at least 18 years of age and have a builder.aws.com profile to be eligible for participation in the Challenge. Excludes individuals living in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Vietnam, Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Belarus, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic region (DNR), the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic region (LNR) and the region of Crimea. AWS, Amazon, employees of AWS, employees of Amazon, and their immediate family members and members of their households are not eligible to participate. Limit one entry per person.

 

To enter, participants must complete the following steps before the end of the Challenge Period (October 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM PT):

● Publish an article on the AWS Builder Center challenge page that meets the Article Requirements below.

● Include a link, screenshot, or short clip showing your agent in action, or a link to a public GitHub repository containing your source code.

● Complete your Builder Profile, including a profile image, country, and a completed About section.

 

Your agent must meet all of the following requirements. Entries that do not meet these requirements may be disqualified in AWS’s sole discretion.

● The agent must be a working agent built and deployed on AWS as described in the challenge prompt, using at least one AWS service.

● The agent must demonstrate working functionality (through a video walkthrough, screenshots, or an accessible deployed link).

● The agent must be deployed using at least one AWS service (AWS Free Tier services are encouraged).

 

Your article must be published between the challenge period of October 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM PT through October 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM PT. Your article must be a minimum of 500 words and must address each of the following sections:

 

● Article Tag: Add the tag "agent" to your article.

● What Your Agent Does — Describe what your agent does and who it is for.

● How You Built It — Describe how you built it, including the AWS services and tools you used, key decisions, and challenges you overcame.

● The Experience — Describe the one thing you did to make the agent enjoyable to use, and how you know it worked.

● Proof It Works — Provide a link, screenshot, or short clip of your agent in action, OR a link to a public GitHub repository containing your source code. Private or inaccessible repositories or links at the time of evaluation will result in disqualification.

 

Within two (2) weeks of the Challenge Period end date, AWS will evaluate all eligible Submissions. Submissions will be evaluated by a combination of AI tools and subject matter experts.

Evaluation Standard: Each submission is evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis. A submission must achieve Pass in all of the following categories to be eligible for a prize:

 

Did the participant deliver everything the challenge asked for? The article must be at least 500 words and must address all required sections listed under Article Requirements. The link, screenshot, or clip showing the agent (or the repository) must be functional and accessible. A Fail in Completeness disqualifies the submission from further evaluation.

 

Does the submission meet the challenge prompt and Agent Requirements? The agent must be a working agent built and deployed on AWS as described in the challenge prompt and Agent Requirements. It must demonstrate working functionality (via screenshots, video, or a live link).

 

Does the solution use AWS services? The agent must be deployed using at least one AWS service. The article must clearly describe which AWS services were used.

 

Prize Eligibility Cap (AWS credits): Only the first one hundred (100) submissions that achieve a Pass in all three categories above will be eligible for the $100 AWS Promotional Credits prize. Once one hundred (100) qualifying submissions have been identified, no further credit prizes will be awarded, regardless of whether additional submissions also achieve a Pass. All submissions that achieve a Pass in all three categories, including those beyond the first 100, are eligible for the random drawing for an AWS Builder Backpack.

 

The first 100 entries that achieve a Pass in all three judging categories are eligible for a prize consisting of $100 in AWS Promotional Credits. Credit prizes are awarded in the order in which qualifying submissions were received.

 

In addition, AWS will select ten (10) winners at random from all submissions that achieve a Pass in all three judging categories, and each will receive one (1) AWS Builder Backpack.

 

A participant may receive at most one (1) AWS Promotional Credits prize and may also be eligible for the random Backpack drawing. 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 winner, AWS will contact you using the email address you submitted to enter the Challenge. Winners will be notified via an updated article published to AWS Builder Center.

 

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.

 

Entries that do not meet the requirements set forth in these Terms and Conditions may be disqualified in AWS’s sole discretion.

 

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 with AWS’s participation 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 and email 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 the AWS Privacy Notice (https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/).

 

A winners list will be available at builder.aws.com for up to a year after the date on which the article announcing the winners is published to the AWS Builder Center. 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, and for advertising and promotional purposes relating to the Challenge in any and all media now or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity (or to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law), without additional compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 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.

 

Winners should consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of accepting a prize in their jurisdiction.