About the challenge

Hack like W@CC is 1-day hackathon for women and non-binary students at Georgia Tech in celebration of Women's History Month! This event creates a space for you to collaborate with other bright female and non-binary identifying students to use your technical skills outside the classroom. The theme, 'Celebrating Communities' gives you the opportunity to create any technical project/design that celebrates diversity and inclusion, such as community forums/website, data visualisations, event apps etc. Teams will consist of 2-4 people, and we will have team formation in the beginning of the event!

Event Schedule:

  • 8:00am - Check-in
  • 8:30am-9am - Team formation
  • 9:00am - Hacking begins
  • 12:30pm - Lunch
  • 5:00pm - Hacking ends and Judging begins
  • 6:30pm - Networking Dinner

 

Get started

To start, you will need to have a devpost account in order to submit your project here. Having a GitHub account also helps if creating a technical project, but is not required. 

Requirements

What to Build

  • Any technical project in the theme of 'Celebrating Communities'
  • The project could be a technical application that involves coding, a detailed prototype of a product, a design project etc. If you have questions feel free to come up to the help desk and ask!
  • Some examples of projects could include community websites, forums, event finder applications, data visualisations of our community, etc. 

What to Submit

  • You MUST submit a link to DevPost containing your project submission on this form: https://forms.office.com/r/hmzs9bGk9i.
  • At minimum your submission must include a description of your project, an explanation of how this ties into the theme of the hackathon, and at least one form of visual representation of your project (screenshots, images, videos, etc.).
  • If this project involves code, please include a link to your GitHub or source files via some other format on your DevPost page.
  • If this project involves creating a physical object, please include a video of the object on your DevPost page.
  • If this project involves a website, please include a short demo video of your webpage.

These are the requirements for your submission; feel free to include any other information that you feel would strengthen your submission and help the judges understand your project better!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$360 in prizes
1st Place Winner
1 winner

Instant camera holiday bundle that includes an instant camera, film, photo album, idea booklet etc.

2nd Place Runner-up
1 winner

3rd Place Runner-up
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Rose Arriaga

Rose Arriaga
Georgia Tech

Wei Xu

Wei Xu
Georgia Tech

Alexandra Boldyreva

Alexandra Boldyreva
Georgia Tech

Jennifer Whitlow

Jennifer Whitlow
Georgia Tech

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Skill
  • Design
  • Business Needs
  • Presentation
  • Adherence to Theme

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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