Best Overall (3)

The team that performs the best overall in both the Hack and Pitch categories. They have created a unique and innovative Hack, which encompasses the values presented by Tech Nova.

Best Overall, 1st Place (~$300/hacker)
Best Overall, 2nd Place (~ $200/hacker)
Best Overall, 3rd Place (~ $150/hacker)

Beginner Stream Winners (3)

The beginner team that performs the Hack category. They have created a unique and innovative Hack, which encompasses the values presented by Tech Nova.

Criteria: 3/4 members must be first-time hackers

Best Beginner Hack, 1st Place (~$300/hacker)
Best Beginner Hack, 2nd Place (~$200/hacker)
Best Beginner Hack, 3rd Place (~$150/hacker)

Best Female Empowerment & Gender-Equity Hack

Recognizes a team that creates an innovative and inclusive solution to tackle a specific goal, with the focus on Female Empowerment & Gender-Equity.

Prize: ~$125/hacker

Best Hack for Marginalized Communities

Recognizes a team that creates an inclusive and innovative solution to support marginalized communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

Prize: ~$125/hacker

Best Hack for Mental Health

Recognizes a team that creates an innovative solution with the focus on mental wellbeing and health.

Prize: ~$125/hacker

Best Design/UX

Recognizes the team which creates an accessible interface with a visually appealing flow, has conducted visible UX research, and built an interactive design.

Prize: ~$75/hacker

Best Video/Pitch

Recognizes a team that submits the best pitch/demo through the form of a 3 minute video.

Prize: ~$75/hacker

Hackers Choice

Recognizes the team that receives the most amount of votes from their peers through Likes on Devpost.

Prize: ~$75/hacker

Best hack for Accessibility by Concept (2)

Recognizes the hackathon project that enables accessibility the most innovatively
Prizes:
- $50 Etsy Gift card
- Custom Concept Hoodie & Toque/person

Best Connectivity hack by Rogers

Recognizes the hackathon project that enables connectivity the best

Prizes:
- Rogers swag package (potentially a mug and backpack)
- Guaranteed interview for a Campus role this October along.

Best hack for a Sustainable Future by Microsoft

Recognizes a team that creates the best hack for environment and health, with a focus on sustainability and future.

Prizes:
- Microsoft Surface Earbuds
- Surface Earbuds valued at $200/person

Best hack for Social Good by Cockroach Labs

Recognizes a team that creates the best social good hack.

Prizes:
- $100 Amazon Gift Cards/person
- An opportunity to be featured on our Twitch channel and a mentor conversation with our Women at Cockroach Labs ERG members

Best use of Expo

Recognizes the hackathon project that makes the best use of Expo's multi-platform tools.

Prize:
- 3 months free EAS (https://expo.dev/pricing)
- $100 Amazon gift card/person

Funniest Hack by Hudson River Trading (3)

Recognizes the team that creates the funniest hack!

Prize:
- 1st Place: $150$ Amazon gift card/person + Link to VIP swag store
- 2nd/3rd Place: Link to VIP swag store

Best Domain Registered with Domain.com

Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team.

Prize:
- Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi wireless phone charger.

Best use of Google Cloud

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: [g.co/cloud](http://g.co/cloud).

Prize:
- Each winning team member located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks and lanyards. International winners will receive a Google branded backpack.

Best Use of Jina

Jina is an open-source search framework that makes building AI-powered search applications even easier for hackers. Create search functionality that matches all kinds of data, including text, images, video & more!

Prize:
- Arduino Tiny Machine Learning Kits for you and your team!