Today Telegram launches two design competitions with the total prize fund of $50,000.

1. Contest for designers of animated stickers.
Dates: 5 Oct - 20 Oct (23:00 CET)
Prize fund: $25,000

The goal is to create a sticker pack with at least 3 animated stickers as described here https://core.telegram.org/animated_stickers and send the link to your sticker pack to @jobs_bot (choose Animated Stickers Contest) before 23:00 CET on the 20th of October, 2019.

2. Contest for designers of themes.
Dates: 5 Oct - 20 Oct (23:00 CET)
Prize fund: $25,000

The goal is to create a color theme for Telegram supporting at least 2 platforms (e.g. iOS and Android or Android and Desktop) as described here https://core.telegram.org/themes and send the link to your theme to @jobs_bot (choose Theme Design Contest) before 23:00 CET on the 20th of October, 2019.

The prize fund will be distributed among the best contributors (at least $1000 each). Authors of the best stickers will also be able to join the pool of official sticker artists of Telegram.

All the submitted designs will become public on the 21st of October on our contest platform. The winners will be announced on the 27th of October.

Good luck!

P. S. Make sure you use a VPN if you are trying to access telegram.org from Russia.