{"id":135959,"date":"2026-02-06T14:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=f0xw4t5r"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:00:56","slug":"swift-student-challenge-submissions-are-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/06\/swift-student-challenge-submissions-are-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Swift Student Challenge submissions are now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inline-article-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/swift-student-challenge-submissions-are-now-open.jpg\" data-img-dark=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/swift-student-challenge-submissions-are-now-open.jpg\" data-hires=\"false\" alt=\"Swift programming language logo (orange bird icon) inside a colorful gradient orb, with the number 26 in the background, representing Swift in 2026.\"><\/div>\n<p>The Swift Student Challenge is here! Submissions are now open through February 28, and students from all over the world are invited to submit their app playgrounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/swift-student-challenge\/\">Learn more about <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">the Challenge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key things to know<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No prior experience is needed. The Challenge is open to students of all levels who meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/swift-student-challenge\/eligibility\/\">eligibility<\/a> requirements.<\/li>\n<li>The Challenge is free to enter \u2014 all you need is access to a Mac or iPad with Xcode or Swift Playground.<\/li>\n<li>Your app playground can be on any topic of your choice. The best app ideas come from subjects or experiences that you&#8217;re passionate about. <\/li>\n<li>Your app playground should be experienced within 3 minutes or less.<\/li>\n<li>The Swift Student Challenge is a great opportunity for students to build their skills and create something great.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swift Student Challenge is here! Submissions are now open through February 28, and students from all over the world are invited to submit their app playgrounds. Learn more about the Challenge Key things to know No prior experience is needed. The Challenge is open to students of all levels who meet the eligibility requirements. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-developer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}