We hope that Pearl Hacks will help women and gender non-conforming individuals of all skill levels realize their true value within tech, invigorate their educational journeys, and inspire one another to continue dreaming and achieving amazing things.
Requirements
- Max 4 people per team
- Original code/work
- Boilerplate code may be used, but you must cite your source(s)
- Eligible sources consist of code from open-source tutorials and code given to hackers through sponsor workshops
- All code and/or other materials must have been written or produced within the time frame of the hacking period
- Boilerplate code may be used, but you must cite your source(s)
- No cross-hackathon submissions allowed
- You may not submit your Pearl Hacks project to another hackathon, or vice versa!
- Late submissions will not be considered for prize judging, but may still be demo-ed at the fair
Prizes
Pearl Hacks
Members of teams who win this prize can individually choose which prize option they want. First place winners can choose between a Nintendo Switch Lite, or Beats Studio Pro Headphones. Second place winners can choose between a JBL Flip 6, or an Epomaker Mechanical Keyboard. Third place winners can choose between an Amazon Kindle, or Canon Ivy 2 Mini Photo Printer.
Appian: Best Use of Automation Hack
Winners will receive a black Nike Dri-Fit hat with the Appian logo!
Genesys: Let's Improve Customer Experience!
We are looking for an app or platform that will improve customer experiences across any fields. Some areas can be University, healthcare, consumer retail - the sky is the limit! We are looking for originality and as much completion as possible. Winners will receive Genesys Swag!
JP Morgan Chase: Best Hack for Social Good
JPMC Origaudio Swagpack with Fuji-film Instax Mini Camera. One for each winner on the team: 1 Fuji-film Instax Mini Camera, 1 Origaudio Backpack, 1 TENFOUR™ 2.0 Origaudio Power Bank, 1 JPMC Tumbler & 1 JPMC Executive Notebook
Bandwidth: Best Communication and Community Hack
How can you improve communication within your community? Get creative!
Winners will receive a Bandwidth Swag Pack & a $100 Amazon Gift Card
Fidelity Investments: Most Customer Obsessed Hack
Fidelity Investments is customer obsessed, which means we always keep the customer in mind when building products and services. We'll be rewarding our prize to the team that puts their end users first and always keeps them in mind. Winners will receive a Fidelity gift bundle!
Qorvo: Bias-Free Recruitment Tool
To help further Qorvo's commitment to STEM and DE&I, we'd like students to help design a recruitment tool that excites prospective candidates' interest in science and technology while capturing the most diverse audience possible. First place winners will receive: Meta Quest 3. Second place winners will receive: FitBit Smart Watch.
CarMax: Best Hack to Improve Retail Experience
At CarMax, customer service is our top priority, and innovation is at the heart of what we do. How can technology be used to improve customer experience in the retail industry? Winners will receive a $100 Amazon Gift card (per person).
Infosys Foundation USA: Best Use of AI
The first prize for Best Use of AI recognizes and honors those who dare to dream big, setting the standard for the next generation of AI pioneers. First place prize is for a group of 4 (50 USD per team member) Second place prize will receive an Infosys swag bag.
Capital One: Best Financial Hacks
How will you reimagine banking? Winners will receive $250 Amazon gift card.
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
Hack from Home kit
GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.
Best Use of Auth0
Wireless Headphones & Battery Pack
Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! 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? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today and use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win a pair of wireless headphones and a battery pack for you and each member of your team!
Best Use of TinyMCE
3D Printing Pen
TinyMCE is a rich-text editor that allows you to create formatted content within a hacker-friendly interface. Adding a Rich Text Editor component has never been easier! Alongside functionality like bold, italics, underlines, hyperlinks, or titles (to name a few), the editor also allows users to enable HTML tags, MarkDown or CSS. TinyMCE even gives you the ability to edit your text elements directly with no code, similar to the way you would edit a word document but with even more practical hackathon use cases.
TinyMCE also has dozens of plugins that allow developers to customize their user’s experience. From implementing accessibility checkers, autocorrect, and enhanced image editing to utilizing emoticons, adding responsive design with auto resize and even a ChatGPT AI Assistant. If your hackathon project accepts ANY type of text input, you can use TinyMCE to take it to the next level.
Signup for TinyMCE for a free trial and get started today, no credit card required! To qualify for the Best Use of TinyMCE prize category, be sure to render the editor with a Tiny Cloud account for a chance to win a 3D Printing Pen for you and each of your team members!
Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity
Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger
At Fidelity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are viewed as major keys to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to create forward-thinking financial tech that promotes equality for all people! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put financial opportunities and resources within reach for all communities, creating accessible, sustainable, and/or inclusive solutions. The team with the best hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!
Best Use of Taipy
Wireless Headphones
Taipy is a powerful yet easy to use open-source Python library for creating full stack web applications! If you’re a Python developer, this library enables you to build interactive and dynamic graphical user interfaces and support them with data-driven backends. All of these functionalities are just a pip install taipy away and can cut your development time in half! Use Taipy in your hackathon project for a chance to win a set of Wireless Headphones for you and each of your team members, as well as a chance to have your project featured on the Taipy website!
Most Creative Use of Redis Cloud
Libre Mini Computer with Redis Stack Server Pre-Installed
Redis Cloud is the easiest way to build and scale real-time applications - Period! It includes Redis Stack, adding indexing, querying, full-text search, JSON, time-series, and probabilistic data structures to the already-rich set of features of Redis.
Redis Stack works with all of your favorite programming languages and can be added to any existing application. It’s the easiest way to build real-time applications that scale and perform.
Show us how you’ve used Redis Cloud in a way that showcases your unique and specific data structure needs and each member of your team could win a personal, portable Redis Stack server IOT hardware unit to keep developing on the go. Find out why Stack Overflow Developers have voted Redis their “most loved and admired” noSQL database for years-running by rolling Redis into your MLH Hackathon project.
Sign up for your free Redis Cloud account, and head over to the MLH jump off page on Redis University for more info and docs links. Enter coupon code MLHFall2023 to claim your Redis Cloud credits and get started for free!
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Basic Submission Eligibility
Submission teams must be 1-4 people. All code submitted for judging must have been written during the hackathon.
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