The Seasteading Institute periodically holds contests with cash and other prizes.
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2015
Floating Island Architectural Design Contest
create designs for a small city with at least 10 platforms which contain housing, hotel/resort, and office/commercial spaces
Artisanopolis by Roark 3D and Storm Makes Sense of Shelter by Simon Nummy

2010
Sink or Swim Contest
create a business plan for your new startup aboard a platform 25 miles off the coast of a large first-world city
40 contestants
$5000 in prizes
Delishus Fishes by Mike Doty and Travis Cannell