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Pumpkin Playground

ACM Long Beach

Themes: Design, Gaming, Web. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Oct 12 - 23, 2026.

📍 OnlineMedium
#design#gaming#web
Apply → pumpkin-playground.devpost.com
Dream Team Engineering Designathon 2026 at Dream Team Engineering
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Dream Team Engineering Designathon 2026

Dream Team Engineering

Themes: Design, Health, Open Ended. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Oct 03 - 04, 2026. Eligibility: Designathon attendees only.

📍 University of Florida - Newell HallMedium
#design#health#open ended
Apply → dte-designathon-2026.devpost.com
UIUC Product Hackathon - Hack to the Future at Product Space UIUC
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UIUC Product Hackathon - Hack to the Future

Product Space UIUC

Themes: Beginner Friendly, Design, Low/No Code. Submission window: Sep 29 - Oct 03, 2026. Eligibility: UIUC Students Only.

📍 Campus Instructional FacilityEasy
#beginner friendly#design#low/no code
Apply → product-hackathon-uiuc.devpost.com
INDUX 5.0-2026 at vikrant university, gwalior
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INDUX 5.0-2026

vikrant university, gwalior

Themes: Cybersecurity, Design, Robotic Process Automation. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Sep 22 - Oct 15, 2026.

📍 Vikrant University , GwaliorMedium
#cybersecurity#design#robotic process automation
Apply → indux-5-0-2026.devpost.com
Code Cubicle 6.0 at GEEKS ROOM
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Code Cubicle 6.0

GEEKS ROOM

Themes: AR/VR, Design, Education. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Sep 19 - 21, 2026.

📍 PAYTM OFFICE , NOIDAMedium
#ar/vr#design#education
Apply → code-cubicle-6-0.devpost.com
HackHERS 2026 at Girls Who Code Hackathon
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HackHERS 2026

Girls Who Code Hackathon

Themes: Beginner Friendly, Design, Web. Submission window: Sep 18 - 19, 2026.

📍 Georgia State University-College of LawEasy
#beginner friendly#design#web
Apply → gwc-hackhers-2026.devpost.com
STEMinate Wildcard Hack at STEMinate Texas
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STEMinate Wildcard Hack

STEMinate Texas

Themes: Beginner Friendly, Design, Open Ended. Submission window: Sep 12 - 19, 2026.

📍 OnlineEasy
#beginner friendly#design#open ended
Apply → steminate-texas-wildcard-hack.devpost.com
DFA Design Sprint (Fall 2026) at DFA Yale
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DFA Design Sprint (Fall 2026)

DFA Yale

Themes: Design. Submission window: Sep 08 - 19, 2026. Eligibility: Yale students only.

📍 OnlineMedium
#design
Apply → dfa-kickoff.devpost.com
Codebox Hacks Makeup at CodeBox
Student

Codebox Hacks Makeup

CodeBox

Themes: Design, Education, Machine Learning/AI. Submission window: Sep 07 - 09, 2026. Eligibility: Cal Poly Students.

📍 OnlineMedium
#design#education#machine learning/ai
Apply → codebox-hacks-makeup.devpost.com
SUEDE Designathon 2026 at Sydney University Experience Designers
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SUEDE Designathon 2026

Sydney University Experience Designers

Themes: Design. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Sep 04 - 06, 2026. Eligibility: SUEDE Designathon Participants Only.

📍 Wilkinson BuildingMedium
#design
Apply → suede-designathon-2026.devpost.com
Prom Virgo Challenge at Prometheus
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Prom Virgo Challenge

Prometheus

Themes: Beginner Friendly, Design, Machine Learning/AI. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Aug 31 - Sep 19, 2026.

📍 OnlineEasy
#beginner friendly#design#machine learning/ai
Apply → virgo.devpost.com
Techweek Hackathon at UPEI SMCSS & PEI IT Alliance
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Techweek Hackathon

UPEI SMCSS & PEI IT Alliance

Themes: Beginner Friendly, Design, Machine Learning/AI. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Aug 14 - 15, 2026. Eligibility: UPEI & HC students, graduates, industry devs, etc..

📍 The foundry, 2nd floorEasy
#beginner friendly#design#machine learning/ai
Apply → techweek-hackathon.devpost.com
CISSA Product-thon 2026 at CISSA
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CISSA Product-thon 2026

CISSA

Themes: Design, Mobile, Web. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Aug 14 - 17, 2026. Eligibility: People who are attending CISSA Product-thon 2026!.

📍 Parkville, AustraliaMedium
#design#mobile#web
Apply → cissa-product-thon-2026.devpost.com
Social Media Automation Hackathon at n/a
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Social Media Automation Hackathon

n/a

Themes: Beginner Friendly, Design, Productivity. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Aug 13 - 16, 2026.

📍 OnlineEasy
#beginner friendly#design#productivity
Apply → social-media-automation-hacks.devpost.com
Puff Hack Day at Puffadders Community
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Puff Hack Day

Puffadders Community

Themes: Design, Mobile, Web. Submission window: Aug 05 - 07, 2026.

📍 University of EldoretMedium
#design#mobile#web
Apply → puff-hack-day.devpost.com
Disney Streaming NYC Intern Hackathon ‘26 at Disney Streaming
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Disney Streaming NYC Intern Hackathon ‘26

Disney Streaming

Themes: Databases, Design, Productivity. Submission window: Aug 03 - 04, 2026. Eligibility: Disney Streaming NYC Interns.

📍 The Walt Disney CompanyEasy
#databases#design#productivity
Apply → disney-streaming-nyc-26.devpost.com
Steph Hack Day at Steph Community
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Steph Hack Day

Steph Community

Themes: Design, Machine Learning/AI, Web. Submission window: Jul 27 - 29, 2026.

📍 University of EldoretMedium
#design#machine learning/ai#web
Apply → steph-hack-day.devpost.com
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305 SummerCodex Edition July 2026

CAHSI at FIU

Themes: Beginner Friendly, Design, Education. Submission window: Jul 24, 2026.

📍 OnlineEasy
#beginner friendly#design#education
Apply → 305-summercodex-ed-july-2026.devpost.com
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Hackiwha3.0

Micro Club

Themes: Beginner Friendly, Design, Web. Cash prizes available. Submission window: Jul 11, 2026.

📍 USTHBEasy
#beginner friendly#design#web
Apply → hackiwha3-0.devpost.com
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M&TSI 2026

university of pennsylvania

Themes: Design, Education, IoT. Submission window: Jul 06 - 24, 2026. Eligibility: M&TSI Students only .

📍 OnlineMedium
#design#education#iot
Apply → mtsi2026.devpost.com
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AICC Student Packaging Design Competition

Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC)

A US packaging design competition with structural and graphic design categories, including an all-expenses-paid industry trip for winners.

📍 United StatesPaidMedium
#competition#packaging-design#team
Apply → aiccbox.org
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Starpack Students Competition

Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3)

A UK-based real-world metal packaging design challenge for design students, with a sponsored brief specific to metal packaging.

📍 United KingdomPaidMedium
#competition#packaging-design#student
Apply → mpma.org.uk
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Pro Carton Young Designers Award

Pro Carton

A free-to-enter packaging design award focused exclusively on cartonboard, for European design students.

📍 Europe (gala in Rome)UnpaidEasy
#award#packaging-design#student
Apply → procarton.com
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Singapore Jewellery Design Award (SJDA)

Singapore Jewellery Design Award

An international jewelry design award with a dedicated category for students and entrants with under five years of industry experience.

📍 Singapore (international entries)PaidMedium
#award#jewelry-design#student
Apply → sjda.sg
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Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize

New York Textile Month

An annual prize honoring sustainable, innovative textile design by current students or recent graduates, sponsored by the Mohawk Group.

📍 United States (international student eligibility)PaidMedium
#prize#textile-design#sustainability
Apply → textilemonth.nyc
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LAMP International Lighting Design Competition

LAMP

An independent juried competition championing emerging lighting designers across professional, student, and manufactured-product categories.

📍 Vancouver, Canada (international entries)PaidMedium
#competition#lighting-design#student
Apply → lampthecompetition.com
Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge at Stanford Center on Longevity
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Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge

Stanford Center on Longevity

A design competition for student teams proposing products or services that improve healthy aging and human longevity, judged in a final pitch round.

📍 Global (online); finals at Stanford, USAPaidHard
#competition#design#healthcare
Apply → longevity.stanford.edu
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Toyota Logistic Design Competition

Toyota

A design competition inviting student teams to propose 2D or 3D circular-economy object designs addressing transportation and material-use challenges.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium
#competition#design#sustainability
Apply → toyota-mobility.com
Samsung Solve for Tomorrow at Samsung
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Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

Samsung

A competition challenging students to design a product, app, or service idea that solves a real-world community problem, with incubation support for finalist teams.

📍 Multiple countriesPaidMedium
#competition#innovation#product-design
Apply → samsung.com
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James Dyson Award

James Dyson Foundation

An international student design-engineering award recognizing inventions that solve real problems, judged first nationally and then by James Dyson himself at the international stage.

📍 Global (submission by country)PaidMedium
#competition#design#engineering
Apply → jamesdysonaward.org
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