Best First Hack

This prize is for teams with 2 or more first-time hackers. Each team member will receive a TechTogether Season Bucket Hat and Fellowship Interview Fast Pass.

Best BIPOC-Led Hack

This prize is for teams with 2 or more BIPOC-identifying hackers. Each team member will receive a TechTogether Season Bucket Hat and Fellowship Interview Fast Pass.

Best Smashing Stereotypes Hack

This prize is for teams with 2 or more hackers that are currently enrolled or recently graduated from a Bootcamp (or training program) or community college. Each team member will receive a TechTogether Season Bucket Hat and Fellowship Interview Fast Pass.

Best High School Hack

The best hack created by a team consisting of all high school students. Each team member will receive a TechTogether Season Water Bottle and Fellowship Interview Fast Pass.

The Prettiest Hack

This prize is for the hack with the best design and UI/UX. Each team member will receive a TechTogether Season Water Bottle and Fellowship Interview Fast Pass.

The Ultimate Failed Hack

This prize is for the team who dreamed big and failed hard. Each team member will receive a TechTogether Season Water Bottle and Fellowship Interview Fast Pass.

Most Open-minded Attendees [Optional]

This challenge is for the attendee that attends the most events during the hackathon. Events include workshops, keynotes, career fairs, and fun activities. If it is on the TechTogether schedule, then it counts towards this challenge!

The purpose of this challenge is to show our hackers that you don't need to build a project at a hackathon to participate and have fun.

Best Community Enrichment Hack

Build a solution that improves the sense of community in the neighborhood/ workplace. Each team member will receive Apple Air tags and a Fellowship Interview Fast Pass.

Best Visualization Hack

Create a visualization for your hack, whether it is a hack about social goods or any other track. Come and impress us with your data visuals! Each team member will receive a mini projector and Fellowship Interview Fast Pass.

The Spookiest Hack

Create something truly spooky this weekend in the spirit of Halloween! Build something on-theme. Each team member will receive a Bobble Head of the TechTogether Mascot, Byte and Fellowship Interview Fast Pass.

Best Use of Microsoft Cloud for Your Community (3)

LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and Xbox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass Bring your idea to life using the Microsoft Cloud - automatically build and deploy a full stack web app from a code repository, create and train a Machine Learning model, develop business applications with little to no code using Power Platform, and more! View our recommended popular solutions in the Education Hub at https://aka.ms/startedu. Build your hackathon project with the Microsoft Cloud that tackles a social impact issue of your choice, and have a chance to win a LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and an XBox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass.

Capital One's Best Financial Hack

Capital One would like to challenge everyone this weekend to create the best financial hack. Each member of the winning team will be awarded $250 Amazon gift cards.

While it's not necessary to use, Capital One also has an awesome API you can utilize for your hack this weekend!

http://api.nessieisreal.com/

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 a web service API. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe you'd like to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any Twilio API for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box & GameGo Console ! Get started with $50 in free credit

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

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 Sustainability Hack sponsored by Avanade

Avanade has put sustainable tech at the forefront of their ongoing mission! Sustainability is about conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources and focusing efforts to reduce and improve the environmental impact of technology, processes, and operations on our planet and society. For your hackathon project, we want you to make a genuine human impact using your ingenuity to address sustainability through an innovative use of technology. Demonstrate how you can create a more sustainable future and help the environment. As an added bonus, the team with the best sustainability hack will be rewarded with awesome lego sets!

State Street's Best Personal Finance Mgmt App

Create a personal finance mgmt app where they could track the money spent per week/month/year according to categories such as Food, Amazon, Rent, subscriptions etc.

State Street swag bag and a $50 gift card

Best Usage of CI/CD sponsored by CircleCI

Whether you’re looking to learn a new skill, practice coding, or hack with friends, CircleCI can help you to utilize the best development practices possible when approaching a new project, however big or small.Use CircleCI in your next hack for a chance to win an awesome prize!

PEGA - Best Inclusive Hack

Create a solution that fosters inclusion and belonging

Prize: $250 donation to Girls in Tech on your behalf