# Readability API Contest

**Author:** kinlane  
**Canonical:** https://apievangelist.com/2011/04/10/readability-api-contest/

kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com ![](https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/apievangelist/api-evangelist/readability-logo.png "Readability")Readability is having a contest encouraging developers to build innovative reading applications using the [Readability API](https://www.readability.com/publishers/api "Readability API").

*   Contest Starts: 4/6/2011
*   Submission Deadline: 5/5/2011

Contest prizes are:

*   1st prize: $5,000
*   2nd prize: $2,500
*   3rd prize: $1,000

Applications will evaluated on the following criteria:

*   Quality - How polished is it?
*   Usefulness - How practical is it?
*   Creativity - How novel is it?
*   How open is it - How does it allow others to innovate further?

Contests Links:

*   [Contest Overview](http://blog.readability.com/2011/04/the-readability-api-contest/ "Readability Contest")
*   [Request API Key](https://www.readability.com/contest "Request API Key")
*   [Submit Proposal](https://www.readability.com/contest "Submit Proposal")

Readability is a reading platform that delivers a great reading experience and provides a model where readers activity directly compensates publishers and writers.

Interesting opportunity for developers to build applications tbat evolve the reading experience, while still benefiting publishers and writers.