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Join the Storyblok Headless CMS Challenge: $3,000 in Prizes!

We are so delighted to partner with Storyblok for a new DEV challenge.

Running through June 22 June 29, the Storyblok Challenge is all about unleashing your creativity with one of the most powerful headless CMS platforms available.

Storyblok empowers developers to build dynamic digital experiences with ease. It's a joy to build with their component-based and API-first platform. Flex your creativity and technical skills in whatever language or framework you want, and add another impressive project to your portfolio!

We have one prompt for this challenge but two ways to win.

Our Prompt

For this challenge, your mandate is to build any digital experience with Storyblok.

You have complete creative freedom! The only requirement is that your project meaningfully leverages Storyblok's capabilities.

And for those of you who want to push the boundaries even further, we have an additional prize category for you to consider…😉

Additional Prize Category: Amazing AI

Combine the power of Storyblok and AI to make developers’, content creators’ and other users’ life easier.

The Amazing AI prize category will be awarded to the most creative and innovative Storyblok experience that incorporates AI.

Judging Criteria and Prizes

All submissions will be judged on the following:

  • Use of Storyblok
  • Creativity
  • Complexity
  • Ease of Use
  • Accessibility

Both winners will receive:

All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.

How To Participate

In order to participate, you will need to publish a post using the submission template provided. All submissions must meaningfully use Storyblok's features and functionality.

  • You can sign up for Storyblok account to get started on their free community plan or a 14-day trial on their paid plans.
  • If you're incorporating AI for the Amazing AI category, you can use any AI service or tool that fits your project vision.

Please make testing the project as straightforward as possible by providing testing instructions and/or test credentials for all necessary user personas.

We can't wait to see what you build!

Storyblok Challenge Submission Template

Please review our judging criteria, rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and [official contests rules] such as eligibility requirements.

Need Help or Inspiration?

Resources

Get to know Storyblok by utilizing their documentation:

Ideas for Inspiration

  • AI Resource Finder: An AI agent that uses Storyblok content and APIs to help users find resources.
  • Website Generator: An AI tool that builds or fills out a site layout and makes crafting out a new website faster with ready to use content from Storyblok.
  • An MCP Server that allows agents to interact with Storyblok’s Management API and manipulate content
  • Field Plugin with AI: A custom storyblok field plugin that uses AI for a specific purpose

Important Dates

  • June 11: Storyblok Challenge begins!
  • June 22 June 29: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PDT
  • July 10: Winners Announced

We can't wait to see what you build! Questions about the challenge? Ask them below.

Good luck and happy coding!

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Ben Halpern

Good luck everyone!

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Alvaro Saburido

Just dropping some inspo here, we are about to release the new Storyblok CLI v4 the next couple of weeks, 👀 github.com/storyblok/storyblok-cli...

Looking forward what crazy stuff you can ship with that 😜

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Looking forward to all the creative submissions here!! Feel free to comment below with any questions or help you need 🚀

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Vlad

Hey, just sent over an email — would appreciate it if you could give it a quick look when you have a moment🙌🏼

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Hey @curiousvlxd, not sure which email you are talking about. Do you have a question with regards to this challenge?

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Vlad

Yes, to this challenge.
I wrote you on your email: [email protected]

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Hey @curiousvlxd, I would recommend that you ask any questions you might have here :)

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Vlad

To proceed, I need to enable OAuth authentication so that users can connect their own Storyblok accounts. I have already submitted a request for Enterprise access using the email I wrote to you from. Can you confirm whether I need to have the Enterprise plan in order to create a plugin?

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Hey @curiousvlxd, great to see your interest in integrating Storyblok more deeply.

You do not need an Enterprise plan to create a plugin (like a custom field type or tool plugin) — those can be built and tested on any plan.

However, OAuth Spaces and official App registrations (via Partner Portal) do require partner access and are not available in standard/free accounts during the challenge.

For this challenge, we recommend sticking to what's publicly available unless you're already part of our partner program. You can still build powerful and creative tools using our APIs, SDKs, and field plugin system without needing OAuth!

Hope that helps — and we’re excited to see what you create! 🚀

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Liam Dio

Just heard of this, i'll give it my best

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Good Luck @diochuks!! Looking forward to it.

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Roberto B.

This is great!!!

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Arion Dev.ed

Excited for this

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Best wishes @ariondev!!

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Arion Dev.ed

Thank U sooo muchh

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Nikoloz Turazashvili (@axrisi)

When logging in with Github.

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Nikoloz Turazashvili (@axrisi)

and when signing in with email, it doesnt show any notification to check email.
But I received email and confirmed account and logged in succesfully.

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Hey @axrisi, thanks for sharing. I would request that you bring this to our team here: support.storyblok.com

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Nikoloz Turazashvili (@axrisi)

Is it possible to create an app in this challenge? I texted to support and applied to become a partner(seems like that's the must requirement to create custom apps)

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Hey @axrisi, all participants are welcome to explore Storyblok using the standard free trial (14 days), which offers plenty of flexibility to build and showcase your ideas. The challenge is designed to be accessible without requiring any special access, partner status, or paid features.

While you're free to upgrade your account at your own discretion, we are not able to grant exceptions or enable features outside of what’s publicly available during the challenge. We recommend working within the available tools and limits to showcase your creativity — that’s part of the fun! 😉

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Nikoloz Turazashvili (@axrisi)

my only question is can I create an App?

I researched many different articles from storyblok, and it's a bit confusing, there are extensions, plugins, apps, :) I'm willing to learn, that's why asking.
i found this article storyblok.com/tp/how-to-create-cus... it says I need some partner access to be able to create custom apps. (but I have doubts since it's published 2020) Your github also has some videos on loom with something called extensions (i think that's ex name of apps)

Anyways, I have great idea for an App. But need that oauth spaces. Just curious if it is not possible, then I will try to look for some other idea :)

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Hey @axrisi, love that you're diving deep into the docs and exploring what's possible.

Yes, you can absolutely build an “App-like experience” as part of this challenge — using public APIs, field plugins, and other extensibility features available in the 14-day free trial.

However, OAuth Spaces and official App registrations (via Partner Portal) do require partner access and are not available in standard/free accounts during the challenge.

If your idea involves creating a custom integration, automation tool, or helper app that interacts with Storyblok via the Management or Content Delivery APIs, that’s totally fair and encouraged! You just won't be able to publish it into the official App Directory or use full OAuth-based app installation flows.

So in short:

  • If you want to build a tool for Storyblok users to install, that depends on official OAuth apps — that’s likely out of scope unless you’re a partner.
  • If you're building a tool or "app" that integrates with Storyblok from your side, and users can try it out through demos, APIs, or plugins — go for it! 🙌
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Jess Lee

This is going to be a fun one!

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Indeed, excited to see how it goes!

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Sawaira Iqbal

How i join this hackathone i am sign up but its give error try few times

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Siddharth Dayalwal

Hey @sawaira_iqbal_da835ff3974, can you share what error it is giving you?

You can check more about the participation and submission guidelines here: dev.to/challenges/storyblok

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Sawaira Iqbal

Too much Excited for it

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