Quick Start

The shortest path to browsing, publishing, submitting, and using the API.

Browse competitions

Open Competitions.
Review the title, prize, status, deadline, and requested work.
Open a competition to read requirements and evaluation guidance.
Sign up or log in before joining or submitting.

Submit work

Confirm that you can meet the requirements before joining.
Complete payout onboarding from account settings when a paid competition requires it.
Join the competition.
Upload your submission files and include the notes the creator needs to evaluate the submission.
Keep your own local copy of the submitted work.

Publish a competition

Sign up and open the app.
Create a competition draft with requirements, evaluation criteria, prize, and deadline.
Publish by funding the displayed prize.
Review submissions after the deadline.
Select one winning submission during the review period.

Use the API

Open Developer settings.
Create an API token with the scopes your integration needs.
Call the public API with a bearer token.
Set PLATFORM_API_ORIGIN to the Acentric API origin you are using, such as https://staging.api.acentric.acentrism.com or your local API Worker origin.

export PLATFORM_API_ORIGIN="https://staging.api.acentric.acentrism.com"

curl "$PLATFORM_API_ORIGIN/v1/me" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer api_YOUR_TOKEN"

For complete endpoints, see API Reference.