The goal of hackHer is to be a welcomeing space where individuals of all technical skill levels are empowered and encouraged to explore and advance their coding abilities. Through a variety of workshops, mini events and networking opportunities taking place during the 24 hour hackathon, participants will be able to develop and advance both soft and technical skills that will allow for personal and professional growth.

Requirements

Submission requirements.

  • Video: Link your YouTube, Vimeo, or Youku video demo, with a time limit of 5 minutes. Judges will stop watching after this limit has been reached.
  • Code: Link the public repository where your code is held!
  • Other: Please include a short description of your project.
  • Submission limit: Teams may each only submit one project.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,950 in prizes
Best Overall Casual Coder
1 winner

For novice coders with 0-2 years of coding experience. Little to no experience working on big scale projects. Best overall project that creates a solution abiding with the case statement.

Best Beginner Casual Coder
1 winner

For novice coders with 0-2 years of coding experience. Little to no experience working on big scale projects. Best beginner-program project that creates a solution abiding with the case statement.

Best Overall Excellence in Diversity
1 winner

Best overall project that creates a positive impact for vulnerable populations, such as under-represented minorities and local businesses.

Best Beginner Excellence in Diversity
1 winner

Best beginner-program project that creates a positive impact for vulnerable populations, such as under-represented minorities and local businesses.

Best Overall Most Innovative Project
1 winner

Best overall project that demonstrates uniqueness, a creative use of technologies and creates an innovative solution towards the case statement.

Best Beginner Most Innovative Project
1 winner

Best beginner-program project that demonstrates uniqueness, a creative use of technologies and creates an innovative solution towards the case statement.

Best Overall Health and Education
1 winner

Best overall project that either aids the physical or mental health of others, or creates an educational experience for users.

Best Beginner Health and Education
1 winner

Best beginner-program project that either aids the physical or mental health of others, or creates an educational experience for users.

Best Use of Google Cloud, First Place
1 winner

Best project that creates a solution abiding with the case statement and makes use of a product powered by Google Cloud.

Best Use of Google Cloud, Second Place
1 winner

Best project that creates a solution abiding with the case statement and makes use of a product powered by Google Cloud.

Best Domain Name from Domain.com
1 winner

Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi wireless phone charger.

Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key
1 winner

Using your preferred hardware or hardware emulator, build a hack for your chance to win a Grove Beginner Kit, with embedded Arduino Uno compatible board. Each winning team member will receive a prize!

Most Creative Use of Twilio
1 winner

Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using web service APIs. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe your application needs to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any one of Twilio’s APIs for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box and GameGo Console for you and each of your teammates!

Best Web Monetization Project
1 winner

Coil is all about providing better ways to access and reward the creators, publishers and platforms that you love. Coil members get to view web monetized sites while streaming micropayments directly to the website owner, or in this case, you! In turn, you can react to payments in real time by displaying a thank-you message, unlocking bonus content, features and so much more! The possibilities are endless. Build a web monetized hack using Coil for a chance to win an Anker - PowerCore Quick Charge Portable Charger, exclusive Coil pin and a $60 coil credit redemption card! Bonus points for originality and creativity!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Anuhya Challagundla

Anuhya Challagundla
MLH

Wendy Powley

Wendy Powley
Associate Professor

Judging Criteria

  • Casual Coder [Beginner-Friendly]
    For novice coders with ~1-2 years of coding experience. Little to no experience working on big-scale projects. Best project that creates a solution abiding with the case statement.
  • Excellence in Diversity [Beginner-Friendly]
    Best project that creates a positive impact for vulnerable populations, such as underrepresented minorities and local businesses.
  • Health and Education [Beginner-Friendly]
    Best project that either aids the physical or mental health of others or creates an educational experience for users.
  • Most Innovative Project [Beginner-Friendly]
    Best project that either aids the physical or mental health of others or creates an educational experience for users.
  • Best Use of Google Cloud
    Best project that makes use of one or more Google Cloud products, while creating a solution abiding with the cases statement. Products can include Gmail, Google Drive, YouTube, Firebase and Maps API, etc. Co-sponsored by Google Cloud x MLH.

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