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LUMA Hackathon: Pitch your idea, win up to $500

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Prize Pool

$250

Location

Online

Status

Upcoming

Days Left

37 days

Date Range

May 2, 2026 - May 16, 2026

Submission Period

May 02 - 16, 2026

Categories

About the Hackathon

Pitch your idea, win up to $500! (Cash + subscriptions and prizes for all!)

What is a Hackathon? A hackathon is a technical sprint. You will execute a functional project like an app, website, or software tool that solves a real world problem through code.Round 1: Project Submission Submit a 5 minute video demonstration covering:The Problem: What specific technical or social challenge are you tackling?The Build: A walkthrough of your codebase, architecture, and the stack used.The Demo: A screen share recording of the project functioning in real time.Scalability: How is this project suited to handle more data or more users?Round 2: Live Finals The top technical projects will advance to a Live Demonstration and Q&A. Finalists will run their code live for a panel of judges and defend their technical logic and architecture in a real time discussion.Prizes 1st Place: $250 cashAll Participants: Subscription bundleWho Can Participate? Any high school or middle schooler student. Teams of 1 to 5.