PickHacks

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win an awesome Domain.com branded prize 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!<br>

Most Creative Use of GitHub

GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events &amp; learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!<br><br>

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 some awesome prizes! Get started with $50 in free credit!<br>

Best Use of MATLAB

MATLAB and Simulink are computational tools used at over 100,000 businesses, government and university sites in over 190 countries. Use MATLAB and/or Simulink exclusively or integrate them into another tool for your next hack to win an exclusive MathWorks branded Wireless YoYo Speaker! You can also claim a free MATLAB software license to get started.<br>

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!<br>

Best Beginner Hack

MLH – Most Creative Use of GitHub

Best Hardware Hack

Panera's Hack for a Healthier & Happier World

Best Women's Hack

Honeywell Data Science Challenge

J.B. Hunt Mapping API Challenge

MLH – Most Creative Use of Twilio

MLH – Best Domain Name from Domain.com

MLH – Best Sustainability Hack from Avanade

John Deere's Sustainable Agriculture Challenge

Commerce Bank Carbon Reduction Challenge

3rd Place Overall

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

1st Place Overall

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

2nd Place Overall

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

Community Vote

The winning team will receive four $50 Amazon gift cards. The hack that receives the most votes on Devpost (and hasn't won one of our other prizes) will be awarded our community vote prize. Community Vote opens on April 7th at 11:00 a.m. and closes at 1:30 p.m.