⚡ AWS Lambda Hackathon

Build solutions that scale: Power your ideas with AWS Lambda!

Showcase your programming and creativity in the AWS Lambda Hackathon – a month-long innovation challenge where participants build serverless applications using AWS Lambda. Focus on real-world business problems, leverage event-driven architecture, and compete for a share of the $15,000 prize pool! Whether you're building data pipelines, AI tools, or dynamic web apps – this is your chance to shine.

📅 Event Details

🗓️ Dates: June 03, 2025 – June 30, 2025
🧑‍💻 Mode: Online (Submit via Devpost)
💵Cost: Free

🛠️ What to Build

💡 Your project must:

Use AWS Lambda as the core compute service
Implement at least one Lambda trigger (e.g., API Gateway, EventBridge, S3)
[Optional] Integrate other AWS services (e.g., S3, DynamoDB, Bedrock)

💡 Inspiration

🚀 Here are some example ideas:
📝 Document Summarizer – Summarize documents with Lambda + Bedrock (Claude) + S3
📷 Menu Text-to-Image – Convert PDF menus into visuals using Stable Diffusion
🎮 Game Leaderboard – Store and retrieve scores with Lambda + DynamoDB
🚨 Disaster Recovery Agent – Emergency tool using Step Functions & event triggers
📊 Survey Analytics – Large-scale data processing and insights with Lambda + Bedrock
🎞️ GIF Builder – Process image frames in parallel using distributed Lambda functions

📦 What to Submit

✅ A public code repo (GitHub, GitLab, etc.)
✅ A clear README.md explaining usage of AWS Lambda and architecture
✅ A 3-minute video (YouTube/Vimeo - public) showing:

Project in action
AWS Lambda implementation
List of AWS services used

✅ Complete Devpost submission form

🏆 Prizes

💰 Total Prize Pool: $15,000
🥇 1st Prize – $6,000 (1 winner)
🥈 2nd Prize – $4,000 (1 winner)
🥉 3rd Prize – $3,000 (1 winner)
🎖️ Honorable Mentions – $500 each (4 winners)

📋 Judging Criteria

🧠 Quality of the Idea – Creativity, real-world value, uniqueness
🏗️ Architecture & Design – Use of serverless patterns and AWS best practices
✅ Completeness – Functional, well-documented, and fully implemented

🔗 Useful Links

📥 Event Page: Devpost
📚 Event Rules: Rules
🎓 Learning Resources: Resources

AWS Lambda Hackathon