| # The Gopher Gala is the first worldwide Go hackathon |
| 7 Jan 2015 |
| Summary: The [Gopher Gala](http://gophergala.com/) is the first Go hackathon at a global scale and will take place from January 23rd through the 25th. The event is organized by the community, supported by the Go team, and sponsored by Google among others. |
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| Francesc Campoy |
| campoy@golang.org |
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| The [Gopher Gala](http://gophergala.com/) is the first Go hackathon at a |
| global scale and will take place from January 23rd through the 25th. The event |
| is organized by the community, supported by the Go team, and sponsored by |
| Google among others. |
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| .image gophergala/fancygopher.jpg _ 300 |
| _Fancy_Gopher,_by_ [[http://www.reneefrench.com/][_Renée_French_]] |
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| You can read about the rules of the hackathon |
| [here](http://gophergala.com/rules/), but if you know about |
| [Rails Rumble](http://railsrumble.com/) or |
| [Node Knockout](http://nodeknockout.com/) you already have a pretty good idea |
| of what to expect. |
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| During this event gophers from all around the globe will form teams to build |
| great applications using Go as the main tool. Afterwards, all the participants |
| will vote for their favorite applications and the 20 highest voted applications |
| will be ranked by a jury of renowned names from the community, including some |
| members of the Go core team. More information on the judging phase can be found |
| [here](http://gophergala.com/judging/). |
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| And in case you needed one more reason to |
| [get involved](https://gophers.typeform.com/to/wondM5) there will be prizes! |
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| "What prizes?" you ask. Well, that’s a |
| [secret](http://gophergala.com/prizes/) until January 10th but we’re pretty |
| sure you won’t be disappointed. |
