Winter Wonderhack is a 36 hour event where people from all different backgrounds come together, form teams around a problem or idea, and collaboratively plan, design, or code a unique solution from scratch.
Eligibility
Everybody is welcome, however, participants under the age of 18 are not allowed to stay at the venue after the hours of operation. The venue closes at 7 pm on Friday and Saturday. Team sizes can be 1-4 participants.
Requirements
Select the categories, resources and technolgies used in your submission and upload a description of the purpose and function of you project. This may be in the form of a video, presentation, images or other media. Keep it brief - e.g. limit videos to no more than three minutes - and general. Judges will be visiting your project at the expo.
Prizes
$4,810 in prizes
Wolfram Alpha Pro and Wolfram one Language access(One Year)
(12)
Each person on the top 12 teams will win this prize a $375.00 value.
Prize for best hack that helps after a disaster/loss
A $100 steam gift card, blanket, various gaming accessories , and an Auto-Owners Duffel Bag for each member of the team.
Most practical award
A $100 gift card of the winner's choice also a Google home mini.
Most creative award
A $25 gift card of their choice and Raspberry Pi 3 kit.
Most useless Award
A $25 gift card of their choice and a useless box.
Top Woman Award
A basket of items from SWE.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Register at winterwonderhack.com and on Devpost.com.
Judges
Görkem Aşılıoğlu
Computer Science Lecturer at Michigan Tech
Laura Brown
Associate Professor of Computer Science at Michigan Tech
Romana Carden
SWE
Emily Crombez
SWE
Erika Carne
SWE
Erin McLaughlin
Auto-Owners Insurance
Kyle Falk
Auto-Owners Insurance
Eric Johnson
Plexus
Andrew Prince
Plexus
Judging Criteria
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Most Useless
The opposite of the most practical. You build something useless, yet somehow still cool or clever enough to win a prize. You probably had a lot of fun at this hackathon. Sweet. -
Most Practical
For the wish-we-thought-of-that, this is so useful! -
Most Creative
For the most out of the box thinking hack! -
Best hack that helps after a disaster/loss
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Top 12 Teams
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Top Woman
For that women who really embraces the hacker ethos.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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