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The Shipyard is open — creator briefs available now 🏗️

Shipyard: Creator Contest is now open, and the creator briefs are live! ⚡️

Head over to the official Shipyard website to download all briefs and see which app request takes your fancy.

👉 Browse the briefs

🚢 ABOUT SHIPYARD

Shipyard: Creator Contest is about building real, monetizable apps for influencers’ and their audiences.

Rather than creating demos for judges, you’re tasked with shipping a working MVP for an influencer and their community. We’ve partnered with seven creators representing different niches, who’ve provided seven briefs about the kind of app they — and their followers — are looking for.

✅ NEXT STEPS:

1. Review the briefs
2. Pick the one you want to build for
3. Check submission criteria on Devpost
4. Start building!
5. Share your progress on socials with #Shipyard2026

You can also join the Shipyard Discord community here.

📆 SUBMISSION DEADLINE

The submission deadline for Shipyard is Thursday, February 12 — 23:45 EST. Check what time this is in your local time zone to make sure you don’t miss the deadline.

We recommend submitting by EOD February 11, your time, to guarantee you make the cut-off. 

Whether you pick a brief for a travel, wellness, or fashion app, this is a chance to build something real, for a ready-and-waiting audience. We can’t wait to see your MVPs.

Ready to cast off? Haul the anchor up and let’s go! ⚓️

— The Shipyard crew