MontyHacks IX, the 9th coming of MHS's annual hackathon hosted by Montgomery High School’s Computer Science club, will run on May 30, 2026! MontyHacks is a student-run hackathon targeted at high school students on the East Coast.

Our theme for this year is Media - Discover, Disrupt, Display. We will have a special prize division for the projects that best portray this theme. However, you can make ANY project you want and be eligible for overall prizes.

To ease communication please join our discord at: https://discord.gg/p4WYSqP7x

Requirements

Submit all code files for your project, as well as a short recording showing the project and explaining what it is. Recording is now mandatory for all participants.

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Prizes

4 non-cash prizes
Keychron Mechanical Keyboard
1 winner

First Place

Digi Camera
1 winner

Second Place

X-Go Speakers
1 winner

Third Place

Interview Cake Licenses
1 winner

Best Beginners Prize

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

TBD

TBD

Judging Criteria

  • Rubric

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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