TEEN HACKS LONG ISLAND

Welcome to TeenHacks Long Island's January 2024 hackathon. Founded by Jeffery Yu and Wesley Pergament in 2018, our goal is to bring together the brightest students from across the northeast to build a hacker community here on Long Island.

ABOUT THE HACKATHON

Being our first in-person hackathon following the COVID-19 pandemic, we are delighted to have you as participants. Over the eight-hour hacking period, you will have access to any of our professional and peer-led workshops. 

Our challenge will provide participants of all skill levels with opportunities to develop valuable skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, and communication while gaining experience in using technology to address and solve problems. Participants will be supported by professional mentors who will provide guidance and feedback throughout the event. 

Please refer to the rules tab in the dropdown for more essential information.

Requirements

SUBMISSION RULES

All TeenHacksLI projects must be original. First line of code used in submitted project should NOT be written until 1/21 at 9:00AM. Projects will be judged on innovation, complexity, completion, and presentation. Teams can be maximum of 4 participants. All student teams must register before 12PM on 1/21 at the organizer desk. Devpost must include code via replit, github, or another repository service, along with a 2 minute video demonstration that shows off their project as a submission. Last line of code used in submitted project should be done by 5:00PM. All projects submissions on devpost are required to be complete by 1/22 5PM. No exceptions.

What to Build

Our goal is to help you build the project you want to build. Honestly, build what you believe is cool, useful, or will make people smile. Our suggestions, choose an idea that you can reasonably make a product for in the time alloted, that your whole team can contribute to in some shape or form.

What to Submit

Participants should submit their projects on devpost with the following:

  • Completely filled out devpost project description
  • 2 minute video demo of your project
  • All members of team listed along with contributions.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$10,960 in prizes
Best Project($100 Gift Card)
1 winner

$100 Gift Card per team-member.

Best Diversity & Inclusion Project($40 Gift Card)
1 winner

$40 Gift Card per team-member.

Best Aesthetics($40 Gift Card)
1 winner

$40 Gift Card per team-member.

People's Choice($20 Gift Card)
1 winner

$40 Gift Card per team-member.

Best Beginner($40 Gift Card)
1 winner

$40 Gift Card per team-member. ONLY ELIGIBLE IF 2/3rds of your team has NOT attended a hackathon before.

Best Cloud Project(AWS Credits)
1 winner

Attend the 'Scaling your Hackathon Project into a Startup' Workshop with our partners at Devtranet and Stedu Fund. Additionally, utilize Devtranet's digital scrapbook during the event. Best Cloud Project will receive $10k in AWS Credits. As an exception, you may win this category in addition to other categories.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

TeenHacksLI

TeenHacksLI
TeenHacksLI

Andrew Dass

Andrew Dass
Electrical Engineer

Shefik Macauley

Shefik Macauley
Technical Lead at NBC Sports

Kanan Mehdizade
Software Engineer at Bank of America

Harry Shin
Managing Partner at Stedu Fund

Jeffrey Yu
Tech Strategy Associate at Capitol One

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation
    Max 5 points allocated for a very unique idea, with potential for high impact towards the problem being solved.
  • Complexity
    Max 5 points allocated for a project that utilizes multiple technologies and integrates them for more functionality.
  • Presentation
    Max 5 points allocated for a project that clearly displays the purpose of the project, the code itself, and a demonstration of the project.
  • Completion
    Max 5 points allocated for a project that has all desired functionality working. Note: This criteria should be evaluated in comparison to project's presentation.
  • Design
    Exclusive to Aesthetics Track. Max 5 points allocated for a project that has a well thought design system. Flawless design in opinion of non-designers. 0 points allocated for projects outside of track.
  • Inclusion
    Exclusive to Diversity & Inclusion Track. Max 5 points allocated for a project that fully includes, engages, and empowers a marginalized group. 0 points allocated for projects outside of track.

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