WilHacks 2.0 is an exciting and interactive experience where high school students will be given the opportunity to demonstrate or develop their programming skills. WilHacks is a free 27 hour event hosted by Adrian C. Wilcox High School's Programming Club. You and/or your team (up to 4 individuals) will have 27 hours to create an innovative application which will be reviewed by our judges for implementation and creativity. This hackathon is an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their programming skills in a competition format as well as have an enjoyable hacking experience. How will you make a difference?

Eligibility

If you want to participate, you must sign up for the hackathon at our website! - wil-hacks.club

WilHacks 2.0 is open to any high school student in grades 9-12 or home school equivalent. You don't need to know any coding beforehand; we will have workshops and mentors to guide you if you are a beginner. Teams can be between one and four people, but we highly encourage you to work in teams. Please note that we can only ship prizes to California residents, but students from other states are welcome!

Requirements

Only projects made during the hackathon will be eligible for prizes. Please submit your project here onto Devpost and prepare a short video about your project for the judges. In order to be eligible, you MUST be registered for the hackathon on our website: wil-hacks.club

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,560 in prizes

1st Place

Apple AirPods

2nd Place

Apple Airpods

3nd Place

Keyboard Mouse Combo

Best Beginner Hack

Google Home Mini

Crowd Favorite

Nvidia Jetson Nano 2GB

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

To Be Announced

To Be Announced

Judging Criteria

  • Originality
    Come up with a creative idea! The more creative your idea, the more points you can earn
  • Implementation
    How well did you execute the project?
  • Presentation
    How well do you and/or your team present your ideas to the judges?
  • Usefulness
    Is your project useful to somebody?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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