First place winner for the Healthcare & Accessibility Track will receive $200 for the entire team.

First place winner for the Sustainability & Environment Track will receive $200 for the entire team.

First place winner for the Community & Connection Track will receive $200 for the entire team.

First place winner for the Wild Card Track will receive $200 for the entire team.

The winning team will receive $100. Awarded to the team with the best project consisting of at least 2/3 first time hackers.

The winning team will receive $100.

Show us your take on cybersecurity! Build a creative security-focused hackathon project that keeps simplicity and usability at its core. To go the extra mile, play around with authentication and/or passkeys using Passage by 1Password. Submit your project for a chance to win a $100 CAD Best Buy gift card and 1 free year of 1Password, so you can do more of what you’re passionate about while streamlining your online security.
Prize: $100 CAD Best Buy gift card + 1 free year of 1Password per each team member

Awarded to the team with the most creative and inspiring project, chosen by the members of the nwHacks organizing team. The winning team will receive $100 sponsored by the nwHacks team.

Unleash the power of indoor mapping for your hackathon project with Mappedin's SDK! Dive into the world of indoor navigation and map integration to create innovative solutions. Utilize the Mappedin SDK in your project and stand a chance to win a share of $1000 in Amazon Gift Cards. But that's not all – if you sign up for our developer newsletter, you'll also get a chance to win an Anker MagSafe Battery Stand. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the cutting-edge of indoor mapping technology and win big!

1. $500 (4 x $125 - Amazon Gift Cards)
2. $300 (4 x $75 - Amazon Gift Cards)
3. $200 (4 x $50 - Amazon Gift Cards)

Each member of will be receiving a $50 Amazon Gift Card (4 x $50 Amazon Gift Cards)

More details to be announced!

Understanding Your Digital Scope for a More Sustainable Future:
The winning team will receive a $250 value prize pack with a $100 gift card to Arc'teryx, a Redbrick-branded Tofino beach towel ($150 value), Redbrick swag and other goodies, PLUS a guaranteed coffee chat with head of recruitment at Redbrick!

Carbon emissions of the digital world are often overlooked but the internet’s carbon footprint is the same as that of the aviation industry. This project is awarded to the team that best demonstrates awareness about digital carbon emissions and the impact of their project.

Read more about Redbrick’s sponsored prize, including the qualification criteria and rubric on the nwHacks prize guide: https://www.notion.so/nwplus/PUBLIC-nwHacks-2024-Prize-Guide-0c81dcbae28f4f0992cfad029c6b5151.

Leverage technology to build a more environmentally and socially sustainable future: The winning team will be awarded a $150 Amazon gift card per participant (4 x $150 Amazon Gift Cards)

At TELUS, we strive to challenge ourselves and those around us to seek innovative ways to drive positive change - from building stronger communities and helping those who need it most to ensuring equal access to technology and driving innovations in healthcare and sustainability.

In this challenge, we’re looking to leverage technology innovation to help us build stronger communities. Read more about TELUS’s sponsored prize and judging rubric on the nwHacks prize guide: https://www.notion.so/nwplus/PUBLIC-nwHacks-2024-Prize-Guide-0c81dcbae28f4f0992cfad029c6b5151

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today and use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win a pair of wireless headphones and a battery pack for you and each member of your team!

Taipy is a powerful yet easy to use open-source Python library for creating full stack web applications! If you’re a Python developer, this library enables you to build interactive and dynamic graphical user interfaces and support them with data-driven backends. All of these functionalities are just a pip install taipy away and can cut your development time in half! Use Taipy in your hackathon project for a chance to win a set of Wireless Headphones for you and each of your team members, as well as a chance to have your project featured on the Taipy website!

Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for Life to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!

TinyMCE is a rich-text editor that allows you to create formatted content within a hacker-friendly interface. Adding a Rich Text Editor component has never been easier! Alongside functionality like bold, italics, underlines, hyperlinks, or titles (to name a few), the editor also allows users to enable HTML tags, MarkDown or CSS. TinyMCE even gives you the ability to edit your text elements directly with no code, similar to the way you would edit a word document. To qualify for the Best Use of TinyMCE prize category, be sure to render the editor with a Tiny Cloud account and use at least 3 open source plugins and 2 premium plugins in your project, for a chance to win a 3D Printing Pen for you and each of your team members!