--- title: "Discussion on \"Announcing the Winners of Open Source October's Grants πŸ’° and Badges 🎟\" | Hashnode" description: "Discussion on \"Announcing the Winners of Open Source October's Grants πŸ’° and Badges 🎟\". Find out who won grants for their favorite open source projects, and who earned badges for their contributions to the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f" --- [Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) / Discussion # [Announcing the Winners of Open Source October's Grants πŸ’° and Badges 🎟](https://townhall.hashnode.com/oss-grant-badge-winners?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Find out who won grants for their favorite open source projects, and who earned badges for their contributions to the community. Nov 16, 2021 Β· 4 min read Β· townhall.hashnode.com Read the article - [#hashnode](https://hashnode.com/tag/hashnode) - [#hashnodecommunity](https://hashnode.com/tag/hashnodecommunity) - [#opensource](https://hashnode.com/tag/opensource) ## Written by [Eleftheria Batsou](https://hashnode.com/@eleftheriabatsou) @eleftheriabatsou Β· Greece, Europe [View profile](https://hashnode.com/@eleftheriabatsou) Community Manager | Developer & UX | Youtuber ❀ Hi there πŸ™†β€β™€οΈ, I'm Eleftheria, Community Manager with a coding background and a passion for UX. Do you have any questions? Don't hesitate to contact me. I can talk about front-end development, design, job hunting/freelancing/internships. ## Responses 20 Markdown supported Β· βŒ˜β†΅ to post [Michael Asiedu](https://hashnode.com/@asiedu-dev) [Jan 19, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/61e88a766f4d6f431978f4cf) Thank you so much. Kinda proud of myself to make this list. On to the next one! [Edem Gold](https://hashnode.com/@GoldEdem) [Jan 19, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/61e843b06f4d6f431978e19a) WOW!! Really glad to be a part of this, thank you Hashnode!! PS: I love giftsπŸ˜ŠπŸ˜…πŸ‘Œ [Marcelo ZΓ‘rate](https://hashnode.com/@marcelozarate) [Nov 29, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/61a4a76e9ac0d611876b1a93) Wow! Thanks a lot! It was a great hacktober, it went by so fast! [Gaurang](https://hashnode.com/@gsdev) [Nov 19, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/619743dd0b25eb28701f70ad) Congrats to all of the amazing winners here! [Girish Patil](https://hashnode.com/@evilhead) [Nov 18, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/6196763690fac127e6ea68ce) Congratulations everybody!! [Souvik Raj Singh](https://hashnode.com/@souvikrajsingh) [Nov 18, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/6195f07190fac127e6ea5ba1) That was my first blog on hashnode, thrilled to be included in the listπŸ™Œ Congratulation to everyone! cheers! [typogram team](https://hashnode.com/@typogram) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/619562d590fac127e6ea5549) glad to be on this list! : ) Thanks for a great event! [Anurag Yadav](https://hashnode.com/@AnuragYadav) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/6195307e90fac127e6ea51aa) Thanks [Eleftheria Batsou](https://hashnode.com/@eleftheriabatsou) for the mention. And just wow πŸ™Œ for this appreciation post to everyone who contributed in #opensource during october. Thanks Hashnode! πŸ₯³ [Ayodele Samuel Adebayo](https://hashnode.com/@unclebigbay) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/6194d1be90fac127e6ea49b9) I still don't know what to say, my goal for the **hacktoberfest** and OSS for this year was to create an open source project that enables beginners to participate in a project where the breaking of stuff is part of the process and helping every single participant get a smooth experience in using git version control ( I didn't have that while learning back then) Now we have 7 countries projects created by beginners who have zero knowledge about open source. ![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1637142868746/E7SmmMB6q.png) You can check out the project from here: [mycountrypresident.netlify.app](https://mycountrypresident.netlify.app/) Congratulations to everyone who participated and never give up!!! [atinuke oluwabamikemi kayode](https://hashnode.com/@Iambami) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/6194bcf090fac127e6ea48b3) Thank you Hashnode for this amazing event. My name is part of the OSS Mentor.πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³ [Kaushal Joshi](https://hashnode.com/@kaushal-joshi) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/6194a97e0b25eb28701f43bc) Thank you Hashnode for providing this wonderful opportunity πŸ™Œβœ¨ [Chris Bongers](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/61949e4d0b25eb28701f42f9) wow Hashnode thank you guys so much! I really like the motivation to support OS πŸŽ‰ I'm stunned to be one of the winners so I can give back to a OS project that I love and enjoy so much 🀩 [Yuri](https://hashnode.com/@YuriCodesBot) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/61948c550b25eb28701f41b6) Thank you for such a great event for open source! Congratulations to all the winners! [Anish De](https://hashnode.com/@AnishDe12020) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/6194779793892e4586937470) Thanks a lot to the Hashnode team for this amazing opportunity to write about Open Source. It was a great October!!! [Mr. Γ…nand](https://hashnode.com/@Astrodevil) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/619473d73011d8453957e28b) Thanks for organizing this event πŸ‘πŸΌ. Happy to be a part of this amazing community βœ¨πŸŽ‰. [Avneesh Agarwal](https://hashnode.com/@avneesh0612) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/619465d23011d8453957e1fc) Thanks for organizing this amazing event πŸ™Œ . Glad to have my name in the list πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰ [Tapas Adhikary](https://hashnode.com/@atapas) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/619425d293892e45869371b9) I don't know how to react precisely πŸ₯Ί. The OSS project, `Web APIs playground`, is so very close to my heart, and my name is on the winner's list for it! πŸ’ͺ Anyone reading this comment, please consider checking that project out. I'm sure you will love 🧑participating in it. I want to thank and encourage every mention here for taking OSS seriously and doing something about it. Great Job, everyone. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ Open source to rock! Thanks, Hashnode, for encouraging the culture of it. 🀝 [Eleftheria Batsou](https://hashnode.com/@eleftheriabatsou) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/619425d293892e45869371b9#reply-6194369993892e458693727a) Congratulations!! You did an amazing job and the community already knows that βœ¨πŸš€ [Ayodele Samuel Adebayo](https://hashnode.com/@unclebigbay) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/619425d293892e45869371b9#reply-6194d08090fac127e6ea49ac) You're always an inspiration to us all sir, thanks for always producing values [Alex Araiza](https://hashnode.com/@alexaraiza) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/619404623011d8453957deda) I'm a cheerleader! πŸŽ‰ Do I dance now? πŸ•Ί [Juan SebastiΓ‘n Mendoza](https://hashnode.com/@JuanMendozaDev) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/6193f64d93892e4586936fac) Thanks a lot for allowing us to be part of this amazing community πŸ‘πŸΌ [Sycamore](https://hashnode.com/@tanoaksam) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/oss-grant-badge-winners/6193f4793011d8453957dd0f/comment/6193f4f993892e4586936f93) Thanks so much to everybody who participated in October's writing initiatives! I was really impressed by all of the open source articles that were published.