Create a round

POST/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/rounds/create

US Region: https://public-api.sessionboard.com · EU Region: https://public-api-eu.sessionboard.com

Adds a review round to the program. Requires the write:awards scope.

Request example

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/rounds/create' \
  --header 'x-access-token: <api-token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "name": "<string>",
  "round_type": "submission_review",
  "submission_start_date": "<string>",
  "submission_end_date": "<string>",
  "review_start_date": "<string>",
  "review_end_date": "<string>",
  "passing_score": 123.45,
  "blind_review": true,
  "instructions": "<string>"
}'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch('https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/rounds/create', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    "x-access-token": "<api-token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "name": "<string>",
    "round_type": "submission_review",
    "submission_start_date": "<string>",
    "submission_end_date": "<string>",
    "review_start_date": "<string>",
    "review_end_date": "<string>",
    "passing_score": 123.45,
    "blind_review": true,
    "instructions": "<string>"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/rounds/create",
    headers={
        "x-access-token": "<api-token>",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
        "name": "<string>",
        "round_type": "submission_review",
        "submission_start_date": "<string>",
        "submission_end_date": "<string>",
        "review_start_date": "<string>",
        "review_end_date": "<string>",
        "passing_score": 123.45,
        "blind_review": True,
        "instructions": "<string>"
    },
)

print(response.json())

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/rounds/create",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{
  "name": "<string>",
  "round_type": "submission_review",
  "submission_start_date": "<string>",
  "submission_end_date": "<string>",
  "review_start_date": "<string>",
  "review_end_date": "<string>",
  "passing_score": 123.45,
  "blind_review": true,
  "instructions": "<string>"
}',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-access-token: <api-token>",
        "Content-Type: application/json",
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "net/http"
  "strings"
)

func main() {
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/rounds/create", strings.NewReader(`{
  "name": "<string>",
  "round_type": "submission_review",
  "submission_start_date": "<string>",
  "submission_end_date": "<string>",
  "review_start_date": "<string>",
  "review_end_date": "<string>",
  "passing_score": 123.45,
  "blind_review": true,
  "instructions": "<string>"
}`))
  req.Header.Add("x-access-token", "<api-token>")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/rounds/create"))
    .header("x-access-token", "<api-token>")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"round_type\": \"submission_review\",\n  \"submission_start_date\": \"<string>\",\n  \"submission_end_date\": \"<string>\",\n  \"review_start_date\": \"<string>\",\n  \"review_end_date\": \"<string>\",\n  \"passing_score\": 123.45,\n  \"blind_review\": true,\n  \"instructions\": \"<string>\"\n}"))
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());

Try it

RegionUS Region — https://public-api.sessionboard.comEU Region — https://public-api-eu.sessionboard.com

Authorization

Send asAPI token (x-access-token)OAuth access token (Bearer)

Token

Your token stays in this page. It is sent only to the region above and is never saved; it is gone when you leave or reload the page.

Path parameters

orgId*

programId*

Body application/json

{ "name": "<string>", "round_type": "submission_review", "submission_start_date": "<string>", "submission_end_date": "<string>", "review_start_date": "<string>", "review_end_date": "<string>", "passing_score": 123.45, "blind_review": true, "instructions": "<string>" }

POST

Send request

Authorizations

• x-access-tokenstringheader

  Organization API token. Generate from Organization Settings → API Tokens.

• AuthorizationBearer <token>headeror

  OAuth 2.1 access token. Obtained via the OAuth PKCE flow at /oauth/token.

Send one of these. See Authentication.

Path parameters

• orgIdstringpathrequired

  Your organization ID. Any other organization returns 404.

• programIdstring<uuid>pathrequired

  The Awards program ID.

Request body

application/jsonrequired

• namestringrequired

  Min length

  1

  Max length

  255

• round_typestring

  Allowed values

  "submission_review", "review_only"

• submission_start_datestring | null

  YYYY-MM-DD or an ISO 8601 timestamp.

• submission_end_datestring | null

  YYYY-MM-DD or an ISO 8601 timestamp.

• review_start_datestring | null

  YYYY-MM-DD or an ISO 8601 timestamp.

• review_end_datestring | null

  YYYY-MM-DD or an ISO 8601 timestamp.

• passing_scorenumber | null
• blind_reviewboolean

  Hide submitter identity from reviewers.

• instructionsstring | null

  Max length

  20000

Example

{
  "name": "<string>",
  "round_type": "submission_review",
  "submission_start_date": "<string>",
  "submission_end_date": "<string>",
  "review_start_date": "<string>",
  "review_end_date": "<string>",
  "passing_score": 123.45,
  "blind_review": true,
  "instructions": "<string>"
}

Responses

201application/json

Round created

• dataAwardsRound
  Show child attributes

  • idstring<uuid>
  • program_idstring<uuid>
  • namestring
  • round_typestring

    Allowed values

    "submission_review", "review_only"

  • is_defaultboolean

    The program's first round. It cannot be deleted.

  • submission_start_datestring | null
  • submission_end_datestring | null
  • review_start_datestring | null
  • review_end_datestring | null
  • passing_scorenumber | null
  • blind_reviewboolean
  • instructionsstring | null
  • created_atstring<date-time>
  • updated_atstring<date-time>

400application/json

Invalid body or id

• errorstring

  Allowed values

  "VALIDATION_ERROR", "SCOPE_REQUIRED", "FORBIDDEN", "NOT_FOUND", "CONFLICT"

• messagestring

401

Missing or invalid token

403application/json

Token lacks write:awards

• errorstring

  Allowed values

  "VALIDATION_ERROR", "SCOPE_REQUIRED", "FORBIDDEN", "NOT_FOUND", "CONFLICT"

• messagestring

404application/json

Not found — also returned for any id belonging to another organization

• errorstring

  Allowed values

  "VALIDATION_ERROR", "SCOPE_REQUIRED", "FORBIDDEN", "NOT_FOUND", "CONFLICT"

• messagestring

Response examples

201

{
  "data": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "program_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "name": "Final judging",
    "round_type": "submission_review",
    "is_default": true,
    "submission_start_date": "<string>",
    "submission_end_date": "<string>",
    "review_start_date": "<string>",
    "review_end_date": "<string>",
    "passing_score": 123.45,
    "blind_review": true,
    "instructions": "<string>",
    "created_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z"
  }
}

400

{
  "error": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
  "message": "\"name\" is not allowed to be empty"
}

403

{
  "error": "SCOPE_REQUIRED",
  "message": "Token missing required scope: write:awards"
}

404

{
  "error": "NOT_FOUND",
  "message": "Not found"
}