Community Contests
MATLAB Central community holds regular contests for members to challenge themselves, have fun, and win prizes. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced MATLAB users, there is always a contest for you. Follow our contest channel to get notified for the upcoming contests or announcements.
Past
![MATLAB Flipbook Mini Hack](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/_jcr_content/mainParsys/panel_copy_copy_copy_1887865822/panelParsys/columns/99060761-b74f-4e94-baf8-2cc83dcb19f2/columns_copy/2836fd60-b5a4-49a7-ab20-ac8403b01bd9/image_copy.adapt.full.medium.gif/1708442497260.gif)
Use up to 2,000 characters of MATLAB code to show off your most interesting and beautiful animation. Win prizes!
Start: Nov 6, 2023
End: Dec 3, 2023
![Cody 10th Anniversary](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/_jcr_content/mainParsys/panel_copy_copy/panelParsys/columns/99060761-b74f-4e94-baf8-2cc83dcb19f2/columns/2836fd60-b5a4-49a7-ab20-ac8403b01bd9/image_copy.adapt.full.medium.png/1708442497477.png)
Solve coding problems each day. Build a streak. Win prizes!
Start: Oct 3, 2022
End: Oct 30, 2022
![MATLAB Mini Hack 2022](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/_jcr_content/mainParsys/panel_copy_copy_copy/panelParsys/columns/99060761-b74f-4e94-baf8-2cc83dcb19f2/columns/2836fd60-b5a4-49a7-ab20-ac8403b01bd9/image_copy.adapt.full.medium.png/1708442497672.png)
Use up to 280 characters of MATLAB code to show off your most interesting and beautiful image. Win prizes!
Start: Oct 3, 2022
End: Oct 30, 2022
![Treasure Hunt](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/_jcr_content/mainParsys/panel_copy_660371509_1081875196/panelParsys/columns/99060761-b74f-4e94-baf8-2cc83dcb19f2/image.adapt.full.medium.png/1708442497866.png)
Complete 10 fun tasks to explore ‘treasures’ in MATLAB Central community. Win prizes and bump up charity donation!
Start: Sep 13, 2021
End: Oct 31, 2021
![MATLAB MiniHack](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/_jcr_content/mainParsys/panel_copy_660371509/panelParsys/columns/99060761-b74f-4e94-baf8-2cc83dcb19f2/image.adapt.full.medium.png/1708442498048.png)
Use up to 280 characters of MATLAB code to show off your most interesting and beautiful image. Win prizes!
Start: Oct 4, 2021
End: Oct 31, 2021
![Cody](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/_jcr_content/mainParsys/panel/panelParsys/columns/99060761-b74f-4e94-baf8-2cc83dcb19f2/image.adapt.full.medium.png/1708442498226.png)
Have fun solving coding problems, improve your MATLAB skills, and win prizes.
Start: Oct 1, 2020
End: Dec 31, 2020
![Cody](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/_jcr_content/mainParsys/panel_copy/panelParsys/columns/99060761-b74f-4e94-baf8-2cc83dcb19f2/image.adapt.full.medium.png/1708442498394.png)
We celebrated Cody’s fifth anniversary with a pair of community-contributed problem sets specially designed to offer a variety of challenges for novice and experienced programmers alike.
Winners
Start: Oct 1, 2018
End: Dec 31, 2018
![Cody](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/_jcr_content/mainParsys/panel_copy_1456757196/panelParsys/columns/99060761-b74f-4e94-baf8-2cc83dcb19f2/image.adapt.full.medium.png/1708442498629.png)
To commemorate this anniversary, we created two MATLAB Central-themed games. We awarded prizes to top performers and randomly gave out prizes to qualified participants. We made the games even more exciting by basing our donations to the following three charities on your participation.
Based on your participation we raised $2,500 for each of the charities.
Winners
Start: Oct 1, 2016
End: Dec 31, 2016