Are you ready to show us your full range of skills, creativity, and innovation? Harnold's Crown is the grand prize that recognizes the team that achieves excellence across all aspects of our hackathon. Whether you're a coding virtuoso, a design genius, a problem-solving wizard, or a visionary thinker, this challenge brings it all together. Your task is to create a project that excels in every dimension—implementation, design, idea, impact, and overall learning- to compete for the winning prizes.

Harnold is awarding KN85 Wireless Mechanical Keyboards as a token of his crown + MLH Winner Pins!

Do you have the gift of persuasion, the power to captivate an audience, and the ability to present your project with the charisma it deserves? If so, you may have the loudest honk! In this hackathon category, we're looking for teams who can develop innovative solutions and convey their ideas convincingly and compellingly.

For info regarding pitches: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V19li1shP5oJRn4LGRMZDp99RbRvNp6rMgZ2pUi_FJc/edit?tab=t.0

Harnold's Loudest Honk will receive portable JBL Speakers + MLH Winner Pins!

Part of what makes a hackathon project good is thinking of the end user, what kind of impact you want to drive, and how to market the product's message! This challenge judges based on the design of the hack, thinking about components, User Interface, and User Experience.

Winners of Harnold's Finest Featers will receive logitech keyboard & mouse packs + MLH Winner Pins!

New to hackathons? We’ve got the track for you! Compete against other first-timers to win a grand prize of your own. This prize also considers design, complexity, and impact. We will assess hacks on implementation, design, idea, impact, and overall learning.

The Hatchling Honors are 32 oz. Owala Free Sip & a Goose Plush + MLH Winner Pins!

Are you tired of all the serious projects and serious ideas to change the world? Then this prize is for you! Capture your best stand-up comedian skills and wit in your hack. There are no rules for this hack - don’t break the code of conduct (please).

Harnold's Dubious Delight is a superbly fluffy costume in his honor along with one of his minions that you can make your own! In other words, Harnold will bestow a goose onesie with goose slippers and a goose plush.

Harnold's Blessing comes to those who truly understand what it means to be a goose. By incorporating geese and other Harnold-like sentiments into your work, you may be able to receive Harnold's Blessing

Those bestowed with Harnold's Blessing will receive a giant goose plush!

It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project?

Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice
Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers
Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more

Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend?

Prize: Google Swag Kits

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win some amazing prizes!

Prize: Digital Gift Card

Deploy natural, human-sounding audio with ElevenLabs. Create realistic, dynamic, and emotionally expressive voices for any project, from interactive AI companions to narrated stories and voice-enabled apps. ElevenLabs will empower you to build rich, immersive experiences without the need for actors or complex audio production, using simply the power of AI.

Integrate fully autonomous audio experiences into your hack with ElevenLabs and give your project a voice, along with giving your team the chance to win some wireless earbuds!

Prize: Wireless Earbuds

The world of development is evolving fast and Solana is leading the charge with a network built to handle all of your infrastructure needs. Forget high fees and slow confirmations, it’s time to build applications that are fast, efficient, and scalable.

Harness Solana's core advantages like blazing fast execution and near-zero transaction costs to make your hackathon ideas become real world projects. With Solana, the possibilities are endless.

Create a game, social app, or consumer product that relies on instant, high-frequency transactions.
Design a sophisticated trading, lending, or decentralized exchange (DEX).
Build a prototype for supply chain, identity, or payments that can handle massive, real-world volume.

Show us how you can innovate with Solana for a chance to win some cool prizes for you and each member of your team!

Prize: Ledger Nano S Plus

Vultr empowers hackers to bring their high-performance projects to life instantly; providing everything from the speed of one-click deployment and scalable cloud compute, to specialized Vultr Cloud GPUs that can power AI-driven applications. We want you to push the limits of what can be built when infrastructure is no longer the bottleneck!

Sign up for a Vultr account today and claim your free cloud credits! Take your next hack to the cloud with Vultr for a chance to win some awesome portable screens for you and your team!

Prize: Portable Screens