You are eligible to enter if you meet the following requirements at the time of entry:

• You are at least 16 years of age;
• You are actively enrolled as a student at an accredited educational institution that grants high school or college/university (or equivalent) degrees

• If you are considered a minor in your place of residence, then you must have your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission prior to submitting an entry into this Contest
• You are not a current employee, intern, agent or otherwise affiliated with Lincoln National Corporation or any of its subsidiaries;
• You are not involved in the any part of the administration of this Challenge; and
• You are not an immediate family member of (parent, sibling, spouse or child) of household member of a person who is: (i) an employee, intern, agent or otherwise affiliated with Lincoln National Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, or (ii) involved in the any part of the administration of this Challenge.

If a Participant is an employee of a corporation, government or an academic institution, it is his or her sole responsibility to review, understand and abide by his or her employer’s policies regarding eligibility to participate in the Challenge. If a Participant is found to be in violation of his or her employer’s policies, then he or she will be disqualified from participating in the Challenge and being awarded or retaining any prize. We disclaim any and all liability or responsibility for disputes arising between and employee and his or her school, government or employer related to the Challenge.

Although Participants do not need to enter as part of a team, all teams will include 3-8 people. Additionally, Participants can only be a member of one team.

After reviewing the event rules, please register for the event

WHAT AND HOW DO I SUBMIT? 

By 11:30 p.m. EDT October 17, 2020, Registrants must submit a project packet including the mobile application, a link to the working source code, the application login credential, a written description and a brief demonstration (the “Entry”). 

Each Team may submit only one Entry.

Before initiating the submission process, Registrants are required to register and/or create a profile on Devpost.com and to agree to the terms and conditions of the site. Upon completion of the registration process, Registrants will be able to submit their Entries. 

WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE PROJECT? 

Each Entry shall consist of a mobile development project as outlined in the Project Templates provided. It is permissible to use open-source development tools. The application should not contain any third- party proprietary code and it is Registrant's responsibility to ensure that the submission does not infringe or violate any third-party rights or laws. Additional development resources will be made available to Registrants throughout the competition. If the solution employs components or plugins incurring future licensing costs, these must be prominently documented.

The application each Registrant submits must: 

• be an application or other programming project in alignment with the project templates provided; 
• have been developed solely as part of this Challenge;
• be the sole work of the Registrant; 
• be submitted in English;
• be a completed solution or working application at time of submission; and comply with these Official Rules. 
• A full project submission should require all of the following:

• A 3-5 minute video including demonstration of the application, the process that the group used to create the application and any APIs or other integration point
• All source code via a link to GitHub or another repository. Your code repository can be public or private. If your repository is private, access must be given to codeLinc@lfg.com and indicated in the documentation.
• Any needed technical documentation including links to a description of 3rd-party frameworks employed
• Any presentation file(s) used during the video
• Photos of all team members, either individually or together

HOW WILL ENTRIES BE JUDGED? 

The team’s full submission packet must be submitted and posted to the codeLinc devpost site no later than 11:30pm EDT on October 17, 2020. Scoring criteria are visible under the rules tab or on Dropbox.

The winning Entries will be announced on November 17, 2020.