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The winners will be announced on March 12.

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Prizes

What you can win and how to win them.

Main Prizes

1st Place


$4000 cash

Sennhesier HD350 Wireless Heaphones for each team member

Free Personal Branding Micro Course from HEX

2nd Place


$2000 cash

Ember Smart Mug for each team member

Free Personal Branding Micro Course from HEX

3rd Place


$1000 cash

Amazon Echo Dot with Clock for each team member

Free Personal Branding Micro Course from HEX

Judging Criteria

✨ Polish, Design, and Execution

What does the project look like? Is it intuitive, aesthetically pleasing, and accessible? And most importantly, does it actually work?

💪 Technical Difficulty

Does the hack look technically interesting or challenging? Is it simply putting a pretty frontend on an existing API or does it do something more?

💡 Originality and Creativity

How unique is the hack? Does it solve a new problem, or have a new take on an existing problem?

😲 Wow Factor

Does it spark joy? Would this be something you use and show to your friends? Yes, this is totally subjective. But that’s what makes it fun.

Category Prizes

Best Design

Awarded to the most usable and best looking user interface.


Blunt Metro Umbrella for each team member

Free Personal Branding Micro Course from HEX

Most Creative Idea

The project that has the most original idea or reinvention.


Elgato Stream Deck Mini for each team member

Free Personal Branding Micro Course from HEX

Social Impact Prize

The best idea that addresses an issue in your local community.


Frank Green Tea Set for each team member

Free Personal Branding Micro Course from HEX

First Timers Prize

The best project created by first-time hackathon participants.

To be eligible, at least 50% of your team must have not attended a hackathon.


$100 Prezzee Gift Card for each team member

Free Personal Branding Micro Course from HEX

Most Entertaining Pitch

Can you summarise your pitch in in three minutes - whilst also being engaging and entertaining?


Edifier G1000 2.0 RGB Speakers for each team member

HEX Swag Pack + Interview on their 'Friends of HEX' vodcast

Free Personal Branding Micro Course from HEX

People's Choice Award

The project that wins the hearts and votes of the people.


An Oodie for each team member

Free Personal Branding Micro Course from HEX

Best Social Media Prize

Send out the best tweet, message, photo, story or short video that sums up your experience of #UNIHACK2022.

This is an individual prize.


Fujifilm Instax Stax of Fun Bundle

Best Meme

Make the best meme during the event and post it on the UNIHACK Discord. I couldn't make it any more obvious.

This is an individual prize.


Totally a secret

Sponsor Prizes

Most Healthy Hack

We're looking for something that helps people live a healthier life. It could help people be more in control of their health. Or it could be something that improves the health systems around them.


$1000 for the entire team

Creative Data-Driven Pitch Prize

We are looking for the most compelling and quality pitch that incorporates data analytics and visualisation elements! Tell us your story, sell your idea to us and don't be afraid to get creative and incorporate digital tools and technology!


Jabra Elite 7 Pro ANC True Wireless ANC In-Ear Headphones

Corsair K65 RGB Mini 60% Mechnical Keyboard

Logitech G502 X Wired Gaming Mouse

(One item per person, subject to quantity)

Most #Human Prize

One of Xero’s core values is #Human. It's the core to the way that we work, think about our customers and treat each other. Xeros are authentic, inclusive and really care. This prize will look at your individuality, showing your authenticity and your unique attributes. It will also look at the empathy of your design, pitch and product. Is it inclusive and approachable? Are you willing to be vulnerable, share fears, failures and learnings?


1:1 personalised meeting with three different Xero staff, including:

a grad advisor to look at your resume and give you job application advice;

a grad people leader for general career coaching chat and to talk through what to expect in a grad program;

and, a senior engineer to learn more about engineering at Xero

Judges

Here to be impressed, so make an impression.

Main Prize

András Bubics

Lead Consultant

DIUS

Jeanette Cheah

CEO & Co-Founder

Hacker Exchange

Robert Koch

Cloud Architect

Amazon Web Services

Bec Martin

CTO

MailTumble

Phil Nash

Developer Advocate

Sonar

Devin Watson

Software Engineer

Atlassian

Samantha Wong

Co-founder

Pory.io

Most Creative Idea

Lauren Santarossa

Strategic Initiative Lead

IRESS

Best Design

James Dale

Founder

Friday Engineering

Social Impact Prize

Xavier Ho

Interaction Design Lecturer

Monash University

First Timers Prize

Eric Jiang

Software Engineer

Google

Sponsors

Gold


Atlassian
Carsales
Miga Health
PwC
Xero

Silver


GitHub
HEX

Partners


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