We built Repl.it to make it easy to explore and learn languages and programming paradigms. We were, however, surprised by how slow-moving the programming language space seems to be. Given how fast software is growing, shouldn’t we see more innovation in programming languages?

We’re asking the community (you!) to bring fresh and wild ideas to programming languages. Today, we're announcing the programming language jam and a $10,000 prize to a team that designs and prototypes a new language. The winning language will also get added to Repl.it, where anyone can quickly start using it to code. Registration opens August 1st and submissions will be taken from August 10 - 31.