About the challenge

💜 Hosted by Women in Computer Science (WiCS) Club @ De Anza College

The WiCS Online Hackathon is a 1-week, fully online, low-pressure hackathon focused on helping participants start projects they’ve been putting off. This event is beginner-friendly and designed to encourage learning, experimenting, and building without the stress of traditional hackathons.

🌟 Why join?

• Casual and supportive environment

• Beginner-friendly

• Work solo or with others

• Build something you can continue after the week ends (especially for WiCS members!)

• Compete for prize money!

Note: Open to all students. Max team size of 4.

Please fill out the following registration form so that we can easily keep track of participants and join our Discord server for updates!

Requirements

What to Build

The goal is simple: Create a starter project based on one (or both) of the following tracks: Social Impact and/or Education. Whether it’s a small app, website, tool, or prototype, this hackathon is about making progress and gaining confidence—not finishing a polished product.

What to Submit

Make sure to include a link to your project's GitHub repository, along with a description of your project. Since this hackathon is fully online, we require you to include a video in your submission. You can include a demo of your project and/or a video presentation explaining your project (your idea, purpose, process, future potential, etc.).

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$300 in prizes
First Place
$150 in cash
1 winner

Second Place
$100 in cash
1 winner

Third Place
$50 in cash
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Yvette Alva-Campbell

Yvette Alva-Campbell
DA MESA Director

Chesa Francesca

Chesa Francesca
DA Faculty

John Jimenez
DA Faculty

Praneetha Kotla

Praneetha Kotla
RPA Developer

Ela Aquino
WiCS Vice President

Jasmine Tu
WiCS President

Niki Aghaei
Product Manager

Judging Criteria

  • Impact and Potential
    Does the project solve something real and have a well-defined problem? Does the project have scalability and the potential to be something bigger? Does the project demonstrate something people need/would actually use?
  • Creativity and Innovation
    Does the project provide a fresh perspective on the topic? Is the idea bold or something you never thought of?
  • User Experience and Design
    Clean UI, intuitive user flow, and well-polished user-friendly products.
  • Technical Implementation
    How far did the team push themselves technically? How clean or complex is the code?
  • Track Relevance
    How well does the project adhere to one (or both) of the following tracks: Social Impact, Education?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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