GSBHacks is a student-run hackathon for girls. We strive to give young women the experiences, connections, and resources to pursue the STEM career of their dreams. With our team of passionate high school students, we are fully committed to bridging the gender gap in STEM one student at a time.

This event is absolutely free with workshops and prizes included. We are inviting young women in middle school, high school, and college to join us for 24 hours of inspiration and creation while having the chance to develop their coding skills and network with girls with similar interests.

Requirements

  • Your project pitch and demo should be 2 to 3 minutes long.
  • You must link a code repository with your source code such as Github. 
  • Your code must be written by you.
  • Your code cannot be plagarized.
  • All coding must be done within the given timeframe.

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Prizes

$98,246 in prizes

Overall 1st Place

Lenovo Tablet
Wolfram Award
Taskade Lifetime Upgrade

Overall 2nd Place

HyperX Gaming Headset
NordVPN 3-Month Plan
Wolfram Award
Taskade Lifetime Upgrade

Overall 3rd Place

HyperX Gaming Headset
NordVPN 1-Month Plan
Wolfram Award
Taskade Lifetime Upgrade

Best Beginner Hack

Wireless Keyboard
NordVPN 6-Month Plan
Wolfram Award
Taskade Lifetime Upgrade

Best Women Empowerment Hack

AsylumConnect Prize Package
Fig Swag
Wolfram Award
Taskade Lifetime Upgrade

Best Environment Hack

Rocketbook Smart Reusable Notebook
Grassroots Ecology Prize Package
Fig Swag
Wolfram Award
Taskade Lifetime Upgrade

Best Health Hack

CVS Prize Package
Fig Swag
Wolfram Award
Taskade Lifetime Upgrade

Best Web App with Qoom challenge

1-year Pro Plan package
Invitation to Qoom Creator Group
Feature on Qoom Project Gallery

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

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Judging Criteria

  • Originality
    Does it do something entirely novel, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem?
  • Execution
    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? Does it fulfill a real need people have?
  • Presentation
    How well was the project presented? Did it make the hack more compelling? Did it give a good idea of its purpose?
  • Theme Adherence
    Does the hack adhere to the event's theme? Does it implement that theme fully or just partially?

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