HSHacks is the biggest high school hackathon in the world. 24 hours, with workshops, activities, mentors, awesome swag and anything you can think of.

Eligibility

  • Anyone in high school.
  • All must be present at HSHacks III.
  • Teams of up to 4.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$36,691 in prizes

1st Overall

- GoPro Session
- $100 in Heroku credit
- 12 month access codes to Pluralsight
- 1 year of Wolfram Development Platform
- 1 year of Wolfram Mathematica Student Edition
- 1 year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro

2nd Overall

- Google Homes
-12 month access codes to Pluralsight
- 1 year of Wolfram Development Platform
- 1 year of Wolfram Mathematica Student Edition
- 1 year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro

3rd Overall

- 12 month access codes to Pluralsight
- 1 year of Wolfram Development Platform
- 1 year of Wolfram Mathematica Student Edition
- 1 year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- GitHub octocat statues

$742 * 4

Best Beginner Hack

- $2000 scholarship to Make School Summer Academy
- 1 year of Wolfram Development Platform + 1 year of Wolfram Mathematica Student Edition + 1 year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- Amazon Echo Dots

$2,512 per person * 4

Best Web App

- 1 year of Wolfram Development Platform
- 1 year of Wolfram Mathematica Student Edition
- 1 year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- Chromecast

Best Android App

- 1 year of Wolfram Development Platform
- 1 year of Wolfram Mathematica Student Edition
- 1 year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- Exclusive Splunk t-shirts

Best iOS App

- $2000 scholarship to Make School Summer Academy
- 1 year of Wolfram Development Platform
- 1 year of Wolfram Mathematica Student Edition
- 1 year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro

Best Game

- 1 year of Wolfram Development Platform
- 1 year of Wolfram Mathematica Student Edition
- 1 year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- 1 spherical aquatic ecosystem

The Best Use of IBM APIs

- 20 hours of One on One Technical Consultation
- 120 Day of Bluemix Cloud Trial Extension
- Swag Bag for each member of the team

Prize Criteria:
- 30% Use of IBM Bluemix APIs
- 25% Technical Difficulty, working prototype
- 25% Innovative & Originality of idea

20% Ability to articulate

Best use of Redis

Adafruit Kits

.Tech Best Hack with .tech domain name

$50 Amazon Gift Vouchers for each person on the winning team

Best use of healthcare datasets

- $50 Amazon voucher per team member
- unlimited data from John Snow Labs' entire data catalog for a year
- Featured on John Snow Labs' social media
- 3 curated datasets specifically for the needs of their project, and provide free updates, for a year

#HackHarassment

Use your tech skills for good and hack online harassment! Build a software solution that can help reduce the frequency and/or severity of online harassment. Members of the winning team receive Hack Harassment Battery Packs!

Punniest Domain Name from Domain.com

Make a website and make it funny! You don't need to get DNS records setup, just proof you got a domain setup in your Domain.com account.

Domain.com Swag Bags

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

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Judges

TBD

TBD

Judging Criteria

  • Originality
    Is the hack similar to any other generic social/mobile/local app? Does it do something entirely new, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem?
  • Usefulness
    Is the hack practical? Will people use it? Does it fulfill a real need people have? Does it solve a problem?
  • Technical Difficulty
    Is the hack technically fascinating or challenging? Is it just some lipstick on an API, or were there real technical challenges to surmount?
  • Polish
    Is the hack usable as of now? Is the user experience smooth? Does everything appear to work? Is it aesthetic pleasing?

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