Technical Article Contest: InterSystems IRIS Tutorials

Hi Community,

We have some exciting news! It's time for the next InterSystems technical article writing competition!

✍️ Technical Article Contest: InterSystems IRIS Tutorials ✍️

Write an article that can be considered a tutorial for InterSystems IRIS  programmers of any level: beginner / middle / senior from February 19th to March 17th. We've extended the submission deadline till the 24th of March!

🎁 Prizes for everyone: A special prize for each author participating in the competition!

Prizes

1. Everyone is a winner in the Tech Article Contest! Any member who writes an article during the competition period will receive a special prize:

🎁 Terra Thread Fairtrade Waist Pack

2. Expert Awards – articles will be judged by InterSystems experts:

🥇 1st place: iPad10th generation

🥈 2nd place: Beats Fit Pro True Wireless Earbuds

🥉 3rd place: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (32 GB)

Or as an alternative, any winner can choose a prize from a lower tier than his own.

3. Developer Community Award – article with the most likes:

🎁 Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (32 GB)

Note: 

1. The author can only be awarded once per category (in total, the author will win two prizes: one for Expert and one for the Community)
2. In the event of a tie, the number of votes of the experts for the tied articles will be considered a tie-breaking criterion.  

Who can participate?

Any Developer Community member, except for InterSystems employees. Create an account!

Contest period

📝  February 19th to March 24th: Publication of articles. 

🗳️  March 25th to March 31st: Voting time. 

🏅  April 1st: Winners announcement. 

Publish an article(s) throughout this period. DC members can vote for published articles with Likes – votes in the Community award.

Note: The sooner you publish the article(s), the more time you will have to collect both Expert & Community votes.

What are the requirements? 

❗️ Any article written during the contest period and satisfying the requirements below will automatically* enter the competition:

• The article must be a tutorial** on the InterSystems IRIS topic. It can be either for beginners, middle or senior developers.
• The article must be in English (incl. inserting code, screenshots, etc.).  
• The article must be 100% new (it can be a continuation of an existing article not in the contest).  
• The article cannot be a translation of an article already published in other communities.  
• The article should contain only correct and reliable information about InterSystems technology.
• The article has to contain the Tutorial tag.
• Article size: 400 words minimum (links and code are not counted towards the word limit).  
• Articles on the same topic but with dissimilar examples from different authors are allowed.

* Our experts will moderate articles. Only valid content will be eligible to enter the contest.

** Tutorials provide step-by-step instructions for a developer to complete a specific task or set of tasks.

🎯 EXTRA BONUSES

This time, we've decided to add additional bonuses that will help you to win the prize! Please welcome: 

Proposed topics

Here's a list of proposed topics that will give your article extra bonuses:

✔️ Using AI/ML/GenAI
✔️ Using Cloud SQL
✔️ Using  VSCode
✔️ Using Kubernetes
✔️ Using FHIR SQL Builder

Note: Articles on the same topic from different authors are allowed.

➡️ Join InterSystems Discord to chat about the rules, topics & bonuses.

It's time to show off your writing skills! Good luck  ✨

Important note: Delivery of prizes varies by country and may not be possible for some of them. A list of countries with restrictions can be requested from @Liubka Zelenskaia