Adafruit Pi Zero Contest

The Raspberry Pi Zero Contest presented by Adafruit and Hackaday came to a close last week, as the clock struck 11:59 am on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Since then our team of judges has been working to pick the top three entries. It was a hard job sorting through nearly 150 amazing creations. In the end though, the judges were able to pick three grand prize winners. Each winner will receive a $100 gift card to The Hackaday Store. So let’s get to the winners!

• [shlonkin] with Classroom music teaching aid
• [JohSchneider] with PiGrrl-Zero
• [Markus Dieterle] with TextEye: Raspberry Pi (Zero) Mobile Textreader

[JohSchneider] and [Markus Dieterle] both won Pi Zero boards and went on to win $100 gift certificates. [shlonkin] didn’t win a Pi Zero, but persevered and continued working on the classroom music teaching aid even without a Zero board. The top winners aren’t the only ones who are doing well. Everyone who entered has a head start on a great project for The 2016 Hackaday Prize.

I’d like to thank Hackaday’s own [Dan Maloney], [Kristina Panos], [Sophi Kravitz] and [Brian Benchoff] who joined me to judge the contest. The entire Hackaday staff is indebted to [Limor Fried] and [Phil Torrone] over at Adafruit for coming up with 10 live videos, and providing 10 hard to find Pi Zero boards for our winners. The biggest thanks go to the entrants. If I could send a prize out to each and every one of you, I would!

Final judging is in process as we speak! Thanks to everyone who entered. The winners will be revealed on Monday, March 21, 2016!

Tick Tock, time is running out for Adafruit and Hackaday's Raspberry Pi Zero Contest! Make those final tweaks, and upload those final videos and project logs. The deadline approaches!

The Judges have completed their duties! The winners of the 10 Raspberry Pi Zero boards are right here!

If you're not a winner, don't worry, you're still in the running for one of three $100 gift certificates to The Hackaday Store. Thanks to everyone who entered Adafruit and Hackaday's Raspberry Pi Zero Contest!

The deadline to be in the running to win a Pi Zero has come and gone! The judges are now working their way through the entries. The 10 winners of this round will receive a Raspberry Pi Zero for their project. There is still time to enter for the big prize though! The March 14 is coming up fast though, so hurry!

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