Event Description
The STEAM Boat will be hosting a Women in STEM Hackathon! The hackathon is open to both women and non-binary people. Contestants can submit a project that promotes women and non-binary people entering fields in STEM. This should be an app or website. For example, a project could be an app that allows for the exploration of different STEM careers based on a couple of questions that the user answers.
Submissions will be judged by women in the STEM (predominately Tech) field and winners will be awarded a certificate of achievement, a feature on the TSB’s Instagram page, and a TBD monetary prize. There will also be 4 coding workshops before and during the hackathon open for all registrants to join and learn. This hackathon is beginner-friendly :)
You MUST register for the event both on Devpost and through our registration form that is linked!
Workshop Schedule (register with hyperlinks):
February 24: Crash Course in Web Development with Mia Kotalik
March 2: App Development and Prototyping with Code Her World Team
March 3: Creating Games with JavaScript with Aisha Khan
March 9: Building a Minimum Viable Product with Susie Chen
Requirements
Main Requirement
Students should create an app or web-based application that promotes women and non-binary people entering fields in STEM. The application should be functional and not just an idea.
Additional Submission Requirements
- A 2-4 minute demo video of the application in action. We suggest uploading this to YouTube and submitting the link. Your demo should include a demo of your working submission via a step-by-step visual demo. You should explain the experience of the user during the video as well.
- A 100+ word description of how the project encourages women and nonbinary people to enter into a STEM field
Prizes
.XYZ Domian
The top ten projects will receive a free, 1 year .xyz domain that is valued at $10. We hope to see all winners use the domain to get their project live :)
Interview on TSB SIS Series
The overall event winner and popular vote winner will be given a chance to be interviewed by our team to recognize their accomplishments in this hackathon and share their passion for STEM in other ways.
Interview Cake Free Course Access
The top ten prizes and the popular vote winner will receive access to Interview Cake's coding interview prep course for 7 days
Instagram Feature: CHW
Winner will be featured on CHW's Instagram page: Winners' names, a picture of them, their project description/inspo, and their future goals.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Aisha Khan
Product Developer
Albina Peposhi
Project Manager @ AP Global
Camilla Brizzi
Software Engineer
Deyora Perera
Computer Engineering Student @UWaterloo
Esha Sehgal
CHW Co-Founder
Emma Furlong
TSB Founder
Eva Diaz
STEM Women Congress Co-Founder
Laavanya Thiagalingam
Software Engineering Student at UWaterloo
Mia Kotalik
Freelance Web Developer
Shirly Spikes
Audio Engineer
Shivika Varshney
CHW Co-Founder
Susie Chen
Co-Founder of Stealth Startup
Judging Criteria
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Hackathon Fit
Did your project answer the prompt correctly? Were all submission requirements uploaded? -
Creativity
Did your project uniquely address the project? Is it innovative and a new, uncommon idea? -
Impact
How big of a reach would your project have? Would it make a big impact on someone’s life? Would it reach a large audience? -
Practicality
How realistic is your project? Could it be implemented in the real-world? -
Polish
How well put together is your project? Did it take a lot of effort and time to create? Does it seem professional? -
Technicality
Is your project technically complex? Does it showcase a variety of skills across various languages or the languages taught in WiS workshops? Does it show skill growth? -
Submission
Does your submission include all of the required material? This is an all or nothing category so be sure to read over the requirements.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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