2021–2022 Edition: Upcoming Gender-Focused Hackathons
Below is a comprehensive list of upcoming gender-focused hackathons! For any hackathons that I forgot to include, drop a link to your event website in the comments.
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Summer 2021 Hackathons
Superposition V Hackathon
Virtual, April 9–10th, 2021. Superposition V is the Bay Area’s oldest & largest hackathon for female and non-binary high school and college students. We aim to create a welcoming, supportive environment for all women to explore computer science and build their confidence.
VenusHacks
Virtual, April 24–25th, 2021. Planned in collaboration with WICS and Hack at UCI, VenusHacks will be UCI’s first women-centric hackathon and will take place all online.
Hydrangea Hacks
Virtual, June 18–20th, 2021. Empowering women (cis and trans), non-binary individuals, and people of marginalized genders at the Bay Area’s largest 48-hour hackathon on June 18–20, 2021.
Sego Lily Hacks
Virtual, August 6–8th, 2021. Salt Lake City’s first all-female-identifying (trans and non-binary inclusive) hackathon.
Elevate Hacks
Virtual, August 13–15th, 2021. Elevate Hacks is an international virtual hackathon for female-identifying and non-binary high school students coming from August 13th to 15th.
TechNova
Virtual, August 27–29, 2021. University of Waterloo’s First Global Women+ in Tech Hackathon. Application-based.
Fall 2021 Hackathons
TechTogether Boston
Virtual, September 10–12th, 2021. Massachusetts's largest hackathon for people of marginalized genders. We will be celebrating TechTogether Boston’s 5-year anniversary!
TechTogether New York
Virtual, October 15–17th, 2021. New York’s largest hackathon for people of marginalized genders.
TechTogether Seattle
Virtual, November 5–8th, 2021. Washington’s largest hackathon for people of marginalized genders. Sign up to get notified when registration opens.
Technica (University of Maryland)
Hybrid, November 2021. Join hackers from around the globe in the world’s largest all-women, non-binary hybrid hackathon in November 2021.
Winter 2021 Hackathons
TechTogether Atlanta
Virtual, January 28–30th, 2022. Georgia’s largest hackathon for people of marginalized genders. Sign up to get notified when registration opens.
TechTogether Miami
Virtual, February 11–13th, 2022. One of Florida’s first hackathons for people of marginalized genders. Sign up to get notified when registration opens.
TechTogether Chicago
Virtual, February 25–27th, 2022. One of Chicago’s first hackathons for people of marginalized genders. Sign up to get notified when registration opens.
Hackathons Dates TBD
TecHacks
SharkHack (Simmons Univerity)
WEHack (University of Dallas Texas)
Columbia DivHacks (Columbia University)
Creatica (New York)
RoseHack (UC Riverside)
QWERHacks (UCLA, LGBTQIA+ hackathon)
WiCHacks (RIT Women in Computing)
AthenaHacks (Southern California)
Whack (Wellesley College)
Pearl Hacks (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
HackHer413 (UMass Amherst)
High School Hackathons TBD
AIHacks (Southern California)
Superposition (Global)
PixelHacksV (Bay Area)
