About the challenge
Blue Wave Hackathon 2025 is the first in person, public hackathon hosted in Fairfield County in the past decade! Led by the Stem Venture Crew of Darien, with help from the Darien High School Programming Club, we are open to any middle and high schoolers who are interested in computer science and technology!
Blue Wave Hacks 2025 will be completly free and will run from 8am - 8pm on Sunday, April 27th, following a single day 10-hour hacking schedule.
Get started
Make sure you have filled out the registration form at https://forms.gle/BBgjLQWNNGXo58DF6
Requirements
What to Build
A theme will be given on competition day, and it's expected that you try your best to follow it - but other than that, you can build whatever you want! A website, game, or any other creative idea you have.
What to Submit
Please submit the code for your project, perferably on an online site such a Github, but it's also ok to provide a zip file of the full code, or provide a link to where the code can be downloaded from.
You will also submit a 2-3 minute video about your project on Devpost. In this video please:
- Show your working project
- Explain the most important parts of your code / design
- Explain your process and any challenges you overcame / new tools you learned to use
Prizes
First Place - High School
First choice from prize pool
First Place - Middle School
First choice from prize pool
Second Place - High School
Second choice from prize pool
Second Place - Middle School
Second choice from prize pool
Third Place - High School
Third choice from prize pool
Third Place - Middle School
Third choice from prize pool
Judges
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
How creative / inspired was the project? What sort of new idea did it come up with? -
Technical Ability
How complicated was the project? How difficult was it to create? -
Implimentation
Was the project able to achieve the goals it set out to? How well does it do?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager