HackHERS 2022 is the seventh iteration of Rutgers University's annual, women-centric hackathon. On February 19-20, hundreds of students from colleges throughout the U.S. will virtually come together for 24 hours to turn their ideas into reality. HackHERS is organized by Rutgers Women in Computer Science.

Attendees will enjoy a weekend of awesome tech, food, swag, workshops, and mini-events while learning from distinguished speakers, inspiring mentors, and peers. Students will come together and get involved in learning, planning, and developing projects– ranging from web applications to hardware hacks–with the ultimate goal offostering growth and productivity among women who want to code. 

We want to create a space where women feel empowered to create with code and explore tech culture, and we invite everyone to help us achieve that.

*We use the inclusive definition of “women” and “female” and welcome trans women, genderqueer women, and non-binary people.

Hackers can register here.

Requirements

A valid submission is a software or hardware hack produced at HackHERS 2021, from start to finish.

Make your project, submit your hack including your entire codebase (ex. Github repository link) to Devpost and attend the HackHERS expo to show off what you built. You must submit on Devpost in order to be eligible for prizes and include a link to a video demo (maximum 3 minutes).

Remember to include all your team member names, up to 4 people.

Be sure to indicate what category you are competing for.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$679 in prizes

Best Overall Hack

Apple Watch Series 3 / LG 32' Monitor

Best First Time Hack

Backpack with USB Charging Port

Best UX/UI Hack

Mini USB Streaming Microphone

Best Failed Attempt Hack

Air Tag

Funniest Hack

Kodak Mobile Photo Mini Printer

Best Social Good Hack

Fire 8 HD Tablet

Best AI Hack

Wireless Fast Charging Station

In-Kind Sponsor Award

Fire TV Stick Lite

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

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.

PowerSquare Qi Wireless Phone Charger

Most Creative Use of Twilio

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!

Twilio Swag Box
GameGo Console

Most Creative Use of GitHub

GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events & learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!

GitHub Octocat Statue, Plushy & Sticker bundle

Best Fintech by Fiserv

Best Financial Hack by Capital One

This prize will be awarded to the best financial hack, judged by Capital One! This hack prize category is unspecific and any hack within the finance category can be submitted for this prize.

Each winning team member will receive a $250 Amazon gift card.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

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Judging Criteria

  • Application
    Does the project have any feasible application in real life? Does it seem like something that someone could use or would actually have a benefit in the real world?
  • Functionality/Quality
    Is the project free of major bugs? Does it look appealing? The UI/UX doesn’t have to be absolutely perfect, but if we're having a hard time understanding the project by looking at it, there may be a problem.
  • Creativity
    We want hackers to create a project that makes you say “wow” and tell all your friends about it. We're looking for projects that think so far outside the box that you begin to wonder why there was a box at all in the first place.
  • Technical Complexity
    In only 24 hours, hackers manage to build projects with remarkably complex infrastructures built on excitingly advanced frameworks. We hope to see projects that are really running some beautiful code or hardware under the hood.
  • Social Impact
    We're looking for hacks that seem crazy, the moonshots that seem out of this world, and the blueprints for change that will impact future generations in humanity's most pressing areas of concern in the coming years.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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