Our mission is to support and nuture underrepresented genders in tech by hosting Southern California's premiere all-women, femme & non-binary hackathon. Expect a weekend full of workshops, mentorship, tech talks, social activities, food, and more! No experience necessary, you just need passion.
Resources:
Making the Most of AthenaHacks
Your Guide to Forming a Hackathon Team
Coming Up with Your First Hackathon Project Idea
How to Start (and Finish!) a Coding Side Project
Requirements
- Start and complete your hack during the 24 hours of AthenaHacks starting Saturday, March 1st and ending Sunday, March 2nd
- Make sure to create a DevPost profile for your hack and submit by 2:00 PM on Sunday, March 2nd
- Be sure to "opt-in" for the prizes your hack qualifies for
- Include screenshots, pictures, and/or videos of your hack in your Devpost submission
- Include all team discord usernames in the event that a sponsor wants to ask any follow-up questions
- Judging will be held only in-person; however, every project must have a Devpost submitted. You can include lots of pictures, explanations, and screen records in your submission and mention anything you would say at an in-person demonstration in your submission! However, you must be physically present at the judging period on Sunday afternoon to be eligible for prizes.
Prizes
Best Beginner Hack
Each member of the winning team will win a Kodak Instant Print Camera!
Athena’s Favorite Hack
Each member of the winning team will get a JBL speaker!
Best Sustainability Hack
Each member of the winning team will get a Rocketbook notebook!
[MLH] Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.
[MLH] Best Use of Streamlit
Want to take your Python skills to the next level? Streamlit is an open-source Python library that makes it easy to share and build custom web apps for machine learning, data science, and more. Instead of writing Python scripts without a UI, you can create a beautiful web app, complete with widgets and data visualizations, and deploy it for free to the Streamlit Community Cloud. You can even build a fully functional LLM-powered app with just 25 lines of code! Hack with Streamlit this weekend for your chance to win an Arduino Tiny ML Kit for you and each member of your team.
[MLH] Best .Tech Domain Name
Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!
[MLH] Best Use of Gemini API
It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project?
Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice
Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers
Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more
Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend?
[MLH] Best Use of AI powered by Reach Capital
AI has upended what we can accomplish with technology. Reach Capital invests in the next generation of founders and technical talent, and they want you to use AI to transform the future of learning, health, and work. Build a project that impacts one (or all!) of these areas for a chance to win a Logitech webcam for each member of your team and the exclusive opportunity to discuss your creation with Reach Capital’s team of expert investors. The winning team will also be considered for a grand prize — if chosen you’ll be flown out to San Francisco to meet with the Reach Capital team in person!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
AthenaHacks
USC Professors
Judging Criteria
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Social Impact
Is this a product that people will use in their daily lives? Will it improve the user’s quality of life or solve an important issue? -
Innovation & Creativity
Is this project unique and innovative? Is it a solution to a problem we have never seen before? Or a better way of doing something? -
Technical Difficulty
How difficult was it to implement this project? Are there lots of APIs and libraries and languages involved? Did they use a really cool algorithm? -
User Experience and Design
Is the hack polished? Does the project looks as great as it functions? Is it easy to use and navigate? -
Overall Impression
Can this hack succeed? Is it well thought out and executed? Does it stand out?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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