This year's Hello World Hack is a 42 hour, beginner-orientated virtual hackathon. If you've never attended a hackathon, or recently picked up programming and want to get a project off the ground, this is the hackathon for you! Filled with workshops on setting up a project, building it, and testing it, awesome prizes and high-quality banter galore! The best part, it's all free!

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Prizes

3 non-cash prizes
Salt Lamp
1 winner

Amazon Echo
1 winner

Smart Light
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Bloomberg

Bloomberg

IOP

IOP

Staff

Staff

Judging Criteria

  • Best Overall
    The project that wins best overall is the one that shows the most creativity, technical skill or simply wows us.
  • Best Game
    This can be anything that can be played as a game. It can be written in any language and could use a game engine like Unity. It could also be a web project.
  • Best Web Development Project
    This can be anything that comes in the form of a website. If there’s ever been a website idea you wished existed then this is your chance to make it happen!
  • Best Project addressing a specific diversity and inclusion issue
    - An initiative, project, or hack. - In the workplace, coding sector, or any sector related to physics (i.e. business, education, academia, industry etc.) - In the spirit of inclusivity, this is open to any team interested in engaging in this area.
  • Best Social Responsibility Application
    Participants can take inspiration from https://www.bloomberg.org/ for ideas that promote philanthropy, environment conservation, diversity and labor practices, and volunteerism.

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