Airpods 3rd Generation and Fujifilm instax Mini 9 Instant Camera (Smokey White) and instax Film for each member!

Steelseries Apex Pro Gaming Keyboard for each member!

Mini Projector for each member!

12-month Xbox Ultimate Games Passes (for each team member)
12-month LinkedIn Learning Memberships (for each team member)
$250 in Azure Credit (for each team member)
$500 team donation to an approved charity

Criteria
1. Was the project developed using Microsoft Cloud products (Azure, LinkedIn, PowerApps, Dynamics, Github) and did it have a positive impact? (required for entry)
2. Does the project address a clear need, problem, or opportunity and is the solution clearly explained? (10 points)
3. Does the project include innovations in technical design and/or implementation of services (e.g., Cognitive Services, Bot Services, IoT Hub, Functions) and/or user experience? (20 points)
4. Does the project have a clear target market or audience? (5 points)
5. Is the project’s purpose and basic functionality easily understood? (5 points)
6. Does the project have a professional degree of production in terms of performance, user interface, visuals, and audio? (10 points)
Winner is highest total score out of 50

Wireless earbuds for each member! We're looking for a full stack application that makes use of real-time data, financial information, or the like in order to empower users by bringing transparency to the market. Examples could include a consumer product marketplace, a stock-trend visualization tool, or a sentiment analysis platform. You can use any language or framework.

Nintendo Switch for each member!

We’re looking for an engaging, entertaining game that is something that nobody has seen before! We will be evaluating the game on innovation, creativity, technical effort, and presentation. Feel free to use any language and create for any platform that you would like.

Each member will be offered an internship at Raytheon Technologies!

At Raytheon Technologies’ Cyber Offense and Defense Experts (CODEX) Division, we strive to tackle the hardest problems effecting the world today. For your hack, develop an innovative solution or proof of concept to a challenging or impactful cybersecurity problem. Ideas include, but are certainly not limited to, privacy protection, encryption, cryptography, intrusion detection, vulnerability research or reverse engineering. We’re looking for demonstrated cyber knowledge/skills and creativity.

Bluetooth speaker and chance to interview with Invoca for each member!

Build your hackathon project with React and Graphql working together! The winning team will receive a OontZ Angle 3 Bluetooth Portable Speaker!

For best “Future Energy Hack,” we are looking for a web app that leverages one, or more, publicly available energy datasets to either deliver increased transparency into energy challenges facing the world (or a community), or to identify unique opportunities for the world to leverage emerging energy technologies. You may use any language or framework, but we would like to see an app that supports robust user interaction.

“Emerging energy technologies” may range from traditional renewable energy sources (hydro, wind, & solar) to geothermal, hydrogen, carbon sequestration, or other new energy technologies.

Duke Energy Initiative has curated a wide range of energy datasets. However, datasets are not limited to only those available through the Duke Energy Initiative.

Each member will receive a fleece jacket and insulated S'well water bottle!

$250 ETH for each member!

The team with the best real life application of crypto currency within their project wins $250 in ETH.

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.

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks and lanyards. International winners will receive a Google branded backpack.

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 Grove Beginner Kit!

DeSo is the official Web3 sponsor of the MLH Hackathon League and the first Layer 1 blockchain custom-built for decentralized social media applications. While blockchains like Avalanche or Solana cost $0.50+ to store just a 200-character post, the DeSo blockchain is built with custom indexing and storage optimizations which make it 10,000X cheaper to store social content on-chain! In order to qualify for the contest, you must launch an app that writes to the DeSo blockchain and/or implements DeSo identity. While social media apps are a great fit for DeSo, you can also build financial apps, marketplaces, and more on the DeSo blockchain. For inspiration on project ideas, you can check out some of the existing 200+ apps already live on DeSo at Bithunt.com as well as our DeSo APIs. The Best Use of DeSo gets $100 worth of $DESO coin & an exclusive DeSo branded tumbler!

Have you ever wondered how professional developers from companies like Peloton & Samsung collaborate and ship code to production? For one, they use continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) platforms like CircleCI to help automate testing, versioning, deployment and so much more. Whether you’re looking to learn a new skill, practice coding, or hack with friends, CircleCI can help you to utilize the best development practices possible when approaching a new project, however big or small. Use CircleCI in your next hack for a chance to win some awesome CircleCI swag, including a branded mug, beanie, socks and stickers!

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!

Each winning team member will receive a GitHub Swag Bundle!