List of hackathons in Walnut Creek, United States in 2016

Rejectionathon is a one-day event that helps founders build a thicker skin and gain confidence in selling.  At Rejectionathon, you’ll be given a list of challenges that will put you just slightly out of your comfort zone.  You'll complete these with the morale support of team members who will cheer you on.   Similar to a hackathon, you'll spend the day solving fun, adrenaline-packed "hustle challenges" with a small team. More details here at rejectionathon.com

Students in California's 15th Congressional District! Sign up for the 3rd annual Congressional App Challenge! You'll participate in a two-day hackathon to build an awesome software app for your choice of mobile, tablet, or computer device. Don't know how to code? No worries! There will be workshops to teach you Java programming and other skills for developing apps in the Android environment. The CA-15 winning app will be displayed in the US Capitol Building and on the U.S House of Representatives website.

Creative students and professionals! Passionate about technology? Come participate in Mercedes-Benz Hack.SiliconValley Hackathon and collaborate to build prototype solutions that might transform the way we transport goods, equipment and people. You'll team with others to create vehicle ecosystem solutions based on cloud data and Internet of Things.

The Hack the Planet! Hardware hackathon presented by AWS + Intel is a weekend where hackers come together to try to better our planet through technology. Free hardware may be acquired by submitting a project stub on hackster explaining how you plan on using the hardware and what exactly you need. join the channel #hack4theplanet on slack.hackster.io to chat with other hackathon participants about teams and ideas.

5th-8th grade students in San Jose. Ask your parents to sign you up for the Scratch Hackathon for 5th-8th Graders, a premiere hackathon for elementary and middle school kids. You'll meet with kids like you and work in teams to compete for prizes. You don't have to be an expert Scratch coder! There are prizes for beginners and for advanced students at both the elementary and middle school levels.

Big data hackers! Come and showcase your skills at the "What the Hackathon? 3 Build an Apache Apex (native Hadoop) Big Data App". You'll collaborate with other big data techies to build a native Hadoop big data Apache Apex streaming app. You can work on your own or in teams of up to three people. Compete for prizes and build an awesome streaming app!

Emojicon is a festival for emoji lovers everywhere. Come listen to the creators speak and even suggest new emoji to members of the unicode Emoji sub committee.

Our military fights every day to protect all the people we know and love. Join the VetsinTech Fall 2016 Gala to support homeward bound veterans assimilate into the tech community. Money raised from this event will be used to help veterans get jobs, go back to school, and start their own businesses. The gala will have many ways to participate including a sponsor reception, dinner, entertainment, awards, raffles and both live and silent auctions.

Women and people of color! Come and hack for diversity at the Strideforce Hosts Hack for Diversity! You'll be part of a team — architect, business analyst, designer, developer, salesforce admin, and SME. Your challenge will be to prototype an app to help nonprofits better serve their trainees in the effort to get them employed. Collaborate with like-minded developers with aspiring developers to begin to build the application interface.

Developers, designers, project managers, or simply just a tech-head! Interested in learning about, exploring and creating VR and AR apps? AT&T Developer Program invites you to participate in the AT&T VR/AR Hackathon being held in San Francisco. Hang out with like-minded individuals and hack and build mobile apps! Compete for some great prizes as you build stunning AR and VR apps!