Bay Hacks

​Bay Hacks 2026 🚀 Tampa Bay's innovation-led hackathon for college students across Florida.

​Open to currently enrolled undergraduate students ONLY, bring your student ID to check in.

​We're getting Florida's most driven students into one room this September, 24 hours of building, learning, and shipping at the University of South Florida College of Engineering - Hall of Flags. Whether you're writing your very first line of code or your hundredth, this is where ideas become something real, and where you'll meet the people who'll be in your corner long after the weekend ends.

​Here's what's in store:
💡 Build alongside some of the sharpest student talent in the state
🛠️ Mentorship and workshops all weekend — including a workshop hosted by the Google Developer Groups national team
🤝 Built with our campus partners, SHPE USF and GDG USF
🏆 Prizes worth showing up for (announcing soon, and they're good)

​How the weekend runs:

• ​Friday, Sept 18, 6–6:30 PM — Check-in and networking

• ​Friday, 6:30 PM — Opening ceremony (dinner served)

• ​Friday, 7 PM — hacking officially begins ⏱️

• ​Friday 7 PM → Saturday 7 PM — hack, eat, hit the workshops, repeat

• ​Saturday, 7 PM — hacking wraps and submissions close

• ​Sunday, Sept 20 — demo expo, judging, awards, and closing ceremony 🎉

​The details:
📅 When: September 18–20, 2026
📍 Where: USF campus, Hall of Flags
🏆 Prizes: announcing soon
💻 Submissions: through Devpost. Register and submit here: https://bayhacks-2026.devpost.com/

​This event is for undergraduate students — every skill level, every major, every corner of Florida.

​Grab your spot now and you'll be the first to hear the prizes and workshop lineup. We can't wait to see what you build. 👇