TeenHacks LI is Long Island’s premier high school 24-hour hackathon, by students, for students. Founded by Jeffrey Yu and Wesley Pergament, we are all about bringing together the brightest students across the tri-state area to engage in “collaborative coding.” We hope to build a hacker community here on Long Island, with an emphasis placed on innovation and entrepreneurship.

Eligibility

  • Must be in high school
    • email us about excpetions
    • older students are welcome to sign up as mentors/judges
  • Teams of any size, but only teams of 2-4 will be eligible for prize

Requirements

Sumissions will be used in the judging process (especially for special award prizes), so please be as thorough as possible. We suggest having pictures, screen captures, etc. to compliment word descriptions. 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

First Place

Bose SoundTouch 10 Wireless Speakers
Sketch - digital design toolkit Licences

Second Place

Rleron 25000mAh Portable Charger Battery Packs
Backpacks
Sketch - digital design toolkit Licences

Third Place

Wyze Cams

Best Hardware Hack

3Doodler 3D Pens

Best Beginner Hack

ThinkFun Boardgames
Logitech Graphic Mice

People's Choice Award

Laptop Cases
BIG Bags of Chips (if ukuk)

Best Doer-Maker App

Awarded to the most creative, out-of-the-box project. Presented by NYIT.
$500 scholarships to NYIT

Best UI/UX

Presented by NYIT.
Bluetooth keyboards ideal for tablets and smartphones

Best use of Google Cloud Platform

Google Home Minis for each team member

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Raspberry Pi & PiHut Essential Kit for each team member

Best IoT Hack Using a Qualcomm Device

410C Dragonboard for each team member

Snap Kit Prize

Use Snap Kit's web or mobile SDK in your hack. Each winning team member will receive a Casio Calculator Watch.

Best use of Transposit

Use the Transposit Platform in your web or mobile hacks. Each winning team member will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

Apply here: teenhacksli.com

Judges

NYIT Staff

NYIT Staff

THLI Staff

THLI Staff

Sponsors

Sponsors

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
  • Technical Difficulty
  • Polish

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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Hackathon sponsors

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