Aim is to write a game in 1024 bytes of code, for an 8-bit home computer such as the Atari 2600, NES, CPC+, or TI99/4A. Includes competition news and details of entries.

A series of programming contests that offer cash prizes. Any programming language may be used. These contests are conducted at irregular intervals, generally once or twice a year.

A programming contest in Asia.

One contest per week for all levels of difficulty.

C++ based robots programming challenge.

International programming contest open to anyone 18 and over. Prizes include $3,000 in cash.

The Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Denison University hosts a programming contest each spring for small colleges.

A competition for open-source Eiffel libraries and applications. Entries close 15 Oct 2000.

Graphics programming contest allowing remote participation.

Writing battle programs championship. Sponsored by HP.

A contenst sponsored by the International Conference on Functional Programming.

The webpage for the 1999 ICFP Functional Programming Contest.

Programming contest disseminated by the Nalini Foundation in five categories: computation, simulation, graphic patterns, words, mind benders.

Online programming contest for teams, open to anyone.

Duke University sponsors a programming contest that takes place in real-time over the internet.

Java-based Robots Programming challenge.

Contest for pre-college competitors. Allowed languages are Pascal, C, and C++.

A unique annual contest in which a winner is selected from participants who comes to the closest to demonstrating that machines can think like humans, as per the Turing Test.

Annual Macintosh programming contest and convention.

Create a game for the Commodore 64/128, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC or Atari 8-bit, in just 2048 or 512 bytes of code.

Programming contest in PostScript.

Discuss about programming contests including IOI, ACM.

3-monthly challenge. Every three months the innovations are published under GNU GPL/FDL licenses.

A programming contest for Electrocardiography record handling applications and tools, using the SCP-ECG Standard.

A new PHP coding contest every few weeks. PHP only, but HTML and any extension commonly available to PHP is allowed. Disallowed is any other type of scripting language.

A periodical problem solving contest for programmers, originally internal to AT&T, is now open to anyone.

The British Computer Society's programming competition, open to teams of up to 5 entrants, students or professionals, aged under 30.

If you are preparing for a programming contest, this page might be useful. Includes past problems of national, regional and international contests.

Mind Puzzle programming competition from Mind Sports Worldwide.

General information and contest results about this international programming contest.

RoboCom is an online game for programmers. Participants determine how robots will move, communicate with others or even build more robots.

A Rock-Paper-Scissors programming competition.

This is a casual contest open to any University of California Computer Science student.

A regularly scheduled programming contest in Java, sponsored by Sun Microsystems.

The SOI is a national programming contest for people up to 20 years in age.

Annual programming contest at Tarleton State University.

Tips and observations from a team of programmers who have regularly won in the ACM programming contests. Published in ACM Crossroads, the student magazine of the ACM.

Regional Level Programming Olympiad organized by the Madras Christian College, Chennai.

Contest programming on the 6502 microprocessor. Valid programs must run on the 1 KB ram Microtan65.

A contest to write the most obscure/obfuscated C program.

Soccer playing computers.

Online computer programming competitions in the Java, C++, and C# languages. Competitions take place twice a week, and members can win from $25-$300. Major tournaments have a prize purse of $250,000.

Programming contest for students of Upstate New York colleges and universities.

Programming contest sponsored by the University of Richmond, Computer Science Club.