About the challenge

FemmeHacks is excited to launch our 12th annual collegiate hackathon hosted by the University of Pennsylvania's Women in Computer Science (WiCS) chapter. FemmeHacks aims to empower, educate, and inspire women and non-binary folks across the nation. After forming teams, attendees build a variety of web, mobile, and hardware applications, learn from workshops, and attend various speaker events. This year, FemmeHacks will be held in person as a one-day event! 

Get started

Visit femmehacks.io for the registration link, hackathon schedule, FAQs, and other live updates! Join us on Discord as well! 

Requirements

What to Submit

Your project must be original and should function reasonably. Please submit a draft of your project by 8PM EST on Saturday, March 28th, and the final project is due 8:30PM EST! 

All submissions must include a quick demo video as well as a brief write up to the project! The video can be uploaded to YouTube (or another platform) so that it's easily accessible via a link.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

8 non-cash prizes
Best Overall Hack
3 winners

1st Overall: AULA F75 75% Mechanical Keyboards + Featherless.ai credits worth $300 + 3 months of ElevenLabs Pro tier ($297 value/team member)
2nd Overall: Featherless.ai credits worth $150
3rd Overall: Featherless credits worth $75

Best Social Impact Hack
1 winner

Owala Water Bottles!

Best Beginner Hack
1 winner

Anker Bluetooth Speakers

Best UI/UX
1 winner

Graphic Tablets

Most Innovative Hack
1 winner

$50 Amazon Gift Cards per team member, "Still Bobbi" by Bobbi Brown, "Unstoppable Entrepreneurs" by Lori Rosenkopf

Best Use of Gemini AI
1 winner

Google TV Streamers 4K

Requirements: Use of Gemini AI and built on Google cloud

All Participants
1 winner

Free Featherless.ai inference for 1 month
1 month free of ElevenLabs Creator tier (normally $22/month)

Best Project Built with Eleven Labs
1 winner

Each team member receives 6 months of ElevenLabs Scale tier ($1980 value/team member)

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Irenka Ni

Ximing Luo

Cherilynn Chow

Amaris Chen

Anika Pawa

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Difficulty
    Is the hack technically interesting or difficult? Is it just some lipstick on an API, or were there real technical challenges to surmount? This is the most important criterion that your hack will be judged upon for the general prizes.
  • Originality
    Is the hack more than just another generic social/mobile/local app? Does it do something entirely novel, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem?
  • Polish
    Is the hack usable in its current state? Is the user experience smooth? Does everything appear to work? Is it well designed?
  • Usefulness
    Is the hack practical? Is it something people would actually use?
  • Innovative / Entrepreneurial
    Can this project be envisioned as a business? Does the project address a meaningful problem? Could this project grow beyond a hackathon prototype? Is there realistic demand for this?

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