Glaze AwardsTerms & Conditions

1. The basics

1.1 The Glaze Awards (the "Awards") is a skill-based prize competition run by Raycast, Raycast Technologies Ltd, 3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, UK, WA14 2DT ("we", "us", "our"). Entering is voluntary and, by entering, you accept these terms and conditions (the "Terms").

1.2 The entry window

Opens: Thursday 23 July, 8:00 am BST (12:00 am PDT)

Closes: 12:00 am (midnight) PDT on Tuesday 28 July (8:00 am BST on Tuesday 28 July)

(the "Contest Window"). Anything submitted outside the Contest Window is not eligible.

1.3 The Awards is a competition of skill and judgment. Winners are selected solely by the exercise of skill, judgment and knowledge, assessed against the judging criteria in Schedule 1. No element of the outcome is determined by chance.

2. Who can enter

2.1 You must be an individual aged 18 or over, or the age of majority where you live if that is higher.

2.2 Due to applicable payment limitations, promotional contest restrictions, sanctions, and the regions in which the AI services powering Glaze are available, the Awards is not open to residents of the following regions: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Macau, Mali, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, North Korea, Palestine, Quebec, Russia, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.

2.3 You cannot enter or win if applicable law prohibits your participation, or if you live in any territory subject to sanctions to which we are subject.

2.4 The Awards is for solo builders only. Teams, group entries and joint submissions are not eligible.

2.5 The following cannot enter or win: our employees, contractors, officers, agents and the judges; the employees, contractors and agents of any company in our group or of any supplier professionally connected with the Awards or its administration; and members of the immediate family or household of any of them.

2.6 By entering, you confirm that you are eligible. We may require proof of identity, age, residence and eligibility before awarding any prize (see clause 8).

3. Your entry

3.1 You may make one entry only, and may enter one app only. Multiple entries per person are not permitted.

3.2 Your app must be built with Glaze.

3.3 Your app must be created during the Contest Window, or be an existing app that you materially improve during the Contest Window.

3.4 To enter, you must publish your app in the Glaze store and mark it as a Glaze Awards submission during the Contest Window. Instructions will be provided on how to submit. An entry is only valid if published within the Contest Window.

3.5 Your entry must be your own work (though built with Glaze as above). You must hold all rights, consents and licences needed to submit it and to grant the licence in clause 9, and it must not infringe any third party's rights or contain unlawful, defamatory, offensive or infringing content.

3.6 Entries are assessed on the exercise of skill and judgment against the criteria in Schedule 1.

4. Judging

4.1 Entries are judged by a panel of at least three judges appointed by us, assessed against the criteria in Schedule 1.

4.2 Judging is carried out solely by the exercise of the judges' skill, judgment and knowledge. No element of selection is by chance or random draw, including at the tie-break stage.

4.3 The decision of the panel, acting reasonably and in good faith against the Schedule 1 criteria, is final. We do not enter into correspondence about individual scoring.

4.4 We will make the names of the judges available at https://glaze.app/awards until one month after the close of the Contest Window.

5. The prize

5.1 The prize(s) are detailed at: https://glaze.app/awards

5.2 The prize is not transferable and there is no alternative unless we state otherwise. We may substitute a prize of equal or greater value if circumstances beyond our reasonable control make it necessary.

5.3 The prize does not include any cost, tax or expense not expressly stated. You are responsible for any personal tax arising on a prize.

5.4 The prize is subject to availability and to any additional terms notified with it.

6. Winners and announcement

6.1 We will contact the winner personally as soon as practicable after judging, using the contact details associated with the entry.

6.2 We will publish or make available information indicating that a valid award took place. To comply with this we will make available the surname and county (or, for entrants outside the UK, the country) of the prize winner(s) and their winning entries on https://glaze.app/awards for one month after the close of the Contest Window.

6.3 If you object to your surname, county or country or winning entry being published or made available, please contact us prior to the close of the Contest Window at privacy@glaze.app. We will still provide that information and the winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.

6.4 If a winner cannot be contacted or does not claim within 7 days of being notified, or is found ineligible, we may withdraw the prize and select the next highest-scoring eligible entry.

7. Fair play

7.1 We may disqualify any entry or entrant, acting reasonably, for multi-accounting, credit farming, automated or scripted abuse, manipulation of judging or metrics, or any other attempt to gain an unfair advantage or to breach these Terms.

8. Verification

8.1 We may verify your identity, age, residence and eligibility before awarding any prize, and may require reasonable evidence.

8.2 We will process any information collected for verification in accordance with clause 10.

9. Intellectual property

9.1 You keep ownership of your app and of the intellectual property rights in your entry.

9.2 You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable licence, for the full duration of the rights, to use, host, store, reproduce, display, publish, transmit, edit, adapt and sub-license your entry and any accompanying materials for the purposes of operating, judging, promoting and publicising the Awards and our products and services.

9.3 You warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant the licence in clause 9.2 and that our use of the entry in accordance with these Terms will not infringe any third party's rights.

9.4 Your use of Glaze and anything you build with it is governed by the applicable Glaze terms of service. In the event of conflict between those terms and these Terms as to the promotional licence granted for the Awards, these Terms prevail.

10. Data protection

10.1 We process personal data as controller in connection with the Awards, including to administer entries, verify eligibility, contact and announce winners, and comply with our legal obligations.

10.2 We process your personal data in accordance with our privacy notice at https://www.glaze.app/privacy, which sets out the lawful bases for processing, retention periods and your rights. See also clauses 6.2, 6.3 and 8.

11. Limitation of liability

11.1 Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any liability that cannot be limited or excluded by law. Your statutory rights as a consumer are not affected.

11.2 Subject to clause 11.1, and so far as permitted by law, we, our agents and suppliers are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your participation in the Awards or from taking up a prize, and we accept no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, corrupted or not received for reasons outside our reasonable control.

11.3 Entries and any prize are otherwise provided on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

12. General

12.1 We may change, pause, cancel or withdraw the Awards, or amend these Terms, where it is reasonably necessary to do so.

12.2 If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in force.

12.3 These Terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.

S1.1 Assessment basis

Each entry is scored by the judging panel against the criteria below. Scores are awarded on the judges' assessment of the skill, judgment and knowledge demonstrated by the entry.

Core judging criteria

Design & Aesthetics: A thoughtful, cohesive interface that feels polished in every detail and makes the app a pleasure to use.

App Utility: A focused app that solves a real problem, works reliably, and gives people a compelling reason to return.

Creativity: An original idea or unexpected approach that explores what personal desktop software can become.

Branding & Presentation: Overall branding in the Glaze Store, including the quality of your app icon, screenshots, and app presentation.

Community Traction: The genuine enthusiasm your app earns from the community, including upvotes within the Glaze store.

Each judge scores independently against the criteria and the panel then reviews the leading entries collectively.

S1.2 Tie-break

Where entries are tied, the tie is resolved by the judges' assessment of which tied entry best demonstrates originality and execution. The tie-break is decided by skill and judgment only. No random or chance mechanism is used at any stage.