Work with other campers to showcase your skills, create sick projects, and learn new tech using Twitter API!
#BattleOfTheCamps is a weekend virtual hackathon taking place Friday, July 31st to Sunday, August 2nd.
THE RUNDOWN
FRIDAY 07/31
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
#BattleOfTheCamps KickOff
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
#Hacking101
SATURDAY 08/1
11:30AM - 12:00PM ET
DAY 2 Kickoff
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
iOS workshop
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Data Ninja Bootcamp
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET
Fun with the Hype Team!
SUNDAY 08/2
12:00 PM ET
Submissions Due! (mandatory)
12:15 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
DAY 3 Kickoff (mandatory)
1:00 PM ET - 4:30 PM ET
Team Presentations
5:00 PM ET - 5:30 PM ET
#BattleOfTheCamps Closing Ceremony
Eligibility
Participants: Students from all of our Spring Camps will be invited to participate and will be placed on teams of up to 7.
Prizes
$1,575 in prizes
First Place Overall
We are awarding up to $700 in team prizes to stores of your choosing for 1st place.
Second Place Overall
We are awarding up to $525 in team prizes to stores of your choosing for 2nd place.
Third Place Overall
We are awarding up to $350 in team prizes to stores of your choosing for 3rd place.
Fourth Place Overall
We are awarding Special Twitter swag for 4th place.
Category - Twitter for Everyone
Help us take action to make Twitter a more accessible and inclusive service. We’re in this together! Winning team will be awarded Twitter swag.
Category - Hack for Good
Do you believe that Twitter can change the world? #HackForGood to make the world a better place. Winning team will be awarded Twitter swag.
Category - Anything goes!
In this category, anything goes! The weirder the better. Tweets from Mars? Is that a tweet in the sky? Drop your wacky, but brilliant projects here! Winning team will be awarded Twitter swag.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Frederik
Sr. Software Engineer / Twitter
Justine
Software Engineer / Twitter
Mike
Sr. Software Engineer / Twitter
Alex
Application Security Engineer / Twitter
Anya
Security Engineer / Twitter
Gerard
Software Engineer / Twitter
Max
Software Engineer / Twitter
Nithi
Software Engineer / Twitter
Suhem
Sr. Developer Advocate
Judging Criteria
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Creative/innovative
Is this project unique and innovative? Is it a solution or creation we have never seen before? A better way of doing something? How unique is the submission? How much are you pushing your imagination? -
Practical/realistic
Can your solution be utilized in real life by Twitter? Is your solution practical? Can your project be implemented to its entirety? -
Embodies Twitter Principle
How well does your project embody our Twitter principles? #health, #trust, #straightforward, #purpose, #fast, #free, #fun -
For Bonus Points: WOW Factor (NOT part of criteria)
Bonus points will be considered for unique, impressive, and creative project features.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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