We hope that Pearl Hacks will help women of all ages to realize their true value, invigorate their educational journeys, and inspire each other to continue dreaming and achieving amazing things.
Come for the hacking, but we will also have yoga, dancing, wearable electronics projects, supplies for jewelry and lego masterpieces, an intro to soldering booth, healthy food and awesome swag from our sponsors!
Prizes
$6,599 in prizes
1st Place
Each member of the highest overall scoring team will be awarded an iPad Mini.
2nd Place
Each member of the highest overall scoring team will be awarded Bose wireless headphones.
3rd Place
Each member of the highest overall scoring team will be awarded 3D printing pens.
#HackHarrassment
Use your tech skills for good and hack online harassment! Build a software solution that can help reduce the frequency and/or severity of online harassment. Members of the winning team receive Hack Harassment Battery Packs!
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
Each member of the team will be awarded $250 AWS Credit by MLH.
Best Domain Name Registered with Domain.com
Each member of the team will be awarded a Domain.com swag bag by MLH.
Best Hack to Solve an Everyday Challenge
Bandwidth will award Bandwidth swag, $25 gift cards, and a Rocket Wave notebook (https://getrocketbook.com/) to the team with the best hack to solve an everyday challenge.
Most Innovative Hack for Calling or Texting Using Bandwidth API
Bandwidth will award Bandwidth swag, $25 gift cards, and a Rocket Wave notebook (https://getrocketbook.com/) to the team with the most innovative hack for calling or texting using Bandwidth API.
Most Creative Hack
CapTech will award a CapTach hat and $25 Amazon giftcards to the team with the most creative hack.
Best Use of IBM Watson APIs
IBM will award Arduino starter kits to the team with the best use of IBM Watson APIs.
Best Education-Themed Hack
Make School will award $2000 scholarships to each team member to attend Make School's Summer Academy to the team with the best education-themed hack.
Best Beginner Hack
Make School will award $2000 scholarships to each team member to attend Make School's Summer Academy to the team with the best beginner hack.
Best use of Capital One API
Capital One will award $250 Amazon gift card to each member of the team with the best use of the Capital One API.
Best Open Source Hack
RedHat will award a protoSnap Lilypad Development Kit to each member of the team with the best open source hack.
Best Mobile App
Ticketmaster will award a goodie bag filled with VR Shinecon Virtual Reality Glasses, H36 Gyro Drone, TM Swag, and a $25 TicketMaster gift card to each member of the team with the best mobile app.
Best Social Good Hack
JP Morgan will award a BOSE SoundLink Around-Ear Wireless Headphones to the team with the best social good hack.
Most UnBAElievable hack
A fun prize will be awarded to the team members with the hack that most embodies Valentine's Day!
Most "Crazy Enough It Just Might Work" Hack
Red Ventures will award Amazon Echo Dots to the team with the most "crazy enough it just might work" hack.
Best UX Design
Sentry One will award $50 to the team with the best UX design of their project.
Best Use of New Technology
Cisco will award a $500 Amazon gift card to the team with the best use of new technology.
Most Technically Challenging Hack
Fidelity will award a $50 to each member of the team with the most technically challenging hack.
Pearl Hacks Prize
Pearl Hacks will award a prize to the team with the hack that most embodies the values of Pearl Hacks.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges

TBD
Judging Criteria
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Impact
This directly derives from one of our core values. We want hackers to contribute back to the field they’re in, so that their work can better benefit the community in the future. -
Innovation
Reinventing the wheel, no matter how awesome the wheel is, is quite banal. Exploration of ideas is a value that we want all hackers to pursue. Pearl Hacks is looking for novel hacks engineered from the minds of our creative hackers. -
Technical Difficulty
Hacks can easily have a variety of ranges of difficulty. We want to reward hackers who demonstrate a large amount of technical prowess in the projects created. -
Viability
We are looking for hacks that are well-built and could easily be continued to become a viable product. The hack should be more than just a pitch. -
"It" Factor
There are certain hacks that just cause you to say “WOW.” It is up to the discretion of the judges to identify this intangible quality of a hack that just amazes people.
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