HackPHS hosts over 300 high school students from across New Jersey to collaborate, innovate, and create in a 24-hour, student organized hackathon based at Princeton High School. Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced hacker, hackPHS will have something for you!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,710 in prizes
First Place
1 winner

$150 Amazon gift card + MLH Fellowship Fast Track

Second Place
1 winner

Soundcore noise cancelling headphones (sponsored by Treehouse) + MLH Fellowship Fast Track

Third Place
1 winner

Wolfram Award and a $25 AoPS Gift Card + MLH Fellowship Fast Track

Best Cloud Hack
1 winner

1-year subscription to Azure RP and $1000 Digital Ocean Credit

Best Security Hack
1 winner

Yearly Centered Premium account

Best Data Visualization Hack
1 winner

Yearly Centered Premium account

Best AI for Social Good Hack
1 winner

EdTech Bundle and Expansion Pack for Leading Learners

Best Beginner Web Hack
1 winner

Yearly Centered Premium account

Best Beginner Hack
1 winner

11x17in whiteboard

Best Mesh/IOT Hack
1 winner

EdTech Bundle and Expansion Pack for Leading Learners

Best Automation Hack
1 winner

1-month Echo3d Business plan and $1000 Digital Ocean Credit

Best Domain Name from Domain.com
1 winner

Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win a Domain.com branded backpack for you and each member of your team! Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. The more creative the domain the better!

Best Use of Auth0
1 winner

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including a Camelbak tumbler, Rubiks Cube, and sticker! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Save some time on your hack and set yourself up for a big win. It doesn't take much to get started. Auth0 is free to try with up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today!

Best DeSO Hack
1 winner

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 a blockchain like Avalanche costs $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, build a hack that uses the DeSo API. While social media apps are a great fit for DeSo, you can also build financial apps, marketplaces, and more on the DeSo blockchain. To get started, sign up for a DiamondApp account, make a post tagging @deso with both your event hashtag & #MLH. The DeSo team will then send you even more $DESO coin to build your hackathon project!
On top of that, the team with the Best Use of DeSo gets $100 worth of $DESO coin & an exclusive DeSo branded tumbler!

Best Use of Velo by Wix
1 winner

We know how difficult it can be to create a phenomenal website in a short period of time, especially when it comes to hackathons. Velo by Wix cuts down your development without sacrificing on functionality! With a built-in database and fully customizable JavaScript front-end and back-end, you can develop a full-stack application directly in your browser. With Velo, all the tools you need are conveniently located in one platform! Build your hackathon project with Velo by Wix for a chance to win Wacom Drawing Tablets for you and each of your teammates.

Best Accessibility Hack sponsored by Fidelity
1 winner

Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger At Fidelity, accessibility is viewed as a major key to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to make tech more accessible! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put opportunities and resources within reach to all communities. The team with the best accessibility hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

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Judging Criteria

  • Originality
    How creative is this project? Has it been done before? What does it do differently compared to projects like it?
  • Technical Difficulty
    How challenging was this project to build? What sorts of technological knowledge and skill were required to make this project?
  • Usefulness
    Is this project useful in the real world? Does it solve a problem?
  • Completion
    Does it work? Is it a complete project? Are there major features missing from the submission?

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