The 2024 edition of the Youth Hacking 4 Freedom competition is
about to start! Registration is now open and the contest kicks off
on 7 December! Since the start of the competition in 2021 more
than 150 teenagers have already taken part in it. Youth Hacking 4
Freedom offers young Europeans, between 14 and 18 years, the
opportunity to design and develop their own project using Free
Software, and to win more than €4000 and a weekend in Brussels.
Run by the Free Software Foundation Europe, Youth Hacking 4
Freedom [yh4f.org] is a free competition for young Europeans that
offers the chance to work on their own projects, alone or in
teams. The 6 winners will receive a cash prize ranging from 1024 €
to 4096 €. But at Youth Hacking 4 Freedom everybody is getting
something out of the competition. Participants have the chance to
meet our Free Software experts from the jury as well as other
teenagers from all over Europe and build friendships that can last
a lifetime.
“I wanted to create a privacy friendly version of ‘Kahoot!’ so students do not get tracked while using it, which I think it is really important!" -Marlon, YH4F2023 winner -
“Since I had some experience in developing software and using versioning tools like Git, I took the opportunity to practice and improve my skills even further.(...) I also learned a lot about decentralization and how to write good documentation. Lastly, I was interested in meeting other like-minded people, so I joined the Matrix channel and had a lot of fun discussing topics related to Free Software” -Konrad 2022 participant-
At Youth Hacking 4 Freedom, participants not only improve their
programming skills from beginner to advanced, but also learn how
to work on a 6-month project, developing organisation, time
management and project planning skills. It also gives them a
chance to be creative and develop something they really like, as
well as the pride of developing their own project.
You can find all the information in the YH4F media kit on our
download server: https://download.fsfe.org/YH4F/Youth%20Hacking%204%20Freedom%20-%202024.pdf
Youth Hacking 4 Freedom in a nutshell.
• Participants must be born between 1 January 2004 and 31
December 2008.
• Participation is free, but registration is mandatory.
• Registration is open throughout the coding period: https://survey.fsfe.org/index.php/658534
• The opening takes place on 7 December 2023.
• The coding period runs from 1 January to 30 June 2024.
• During the programming period, participants are free to
attend the monthly online meetings.
• The first, second and third place winners will receive
€4,096, €2,048 and €1,024 respectively. There will also be three
special prizes of €1,024. In total, around €10,000 will be
awarded.
• Each participant who submits a project will also receive a
certificate of participation and a special prize.
• The competition will be conducted remotely, except for the
award ceremony, which will take place in Brussels during a weekend
in October 2024 (to which the winners and a family member will be
invited on an all-expenses-paid basis).
For more information, please visit: https://yh4f.org
or send an email to contact@fsfe.org with YH4F in
the subject line. You can also find more information about the
successful previous editions here: https://fsfe.org/tags/tagged-yh4f.html
and the media kit: https://download.fsfe.org/YH4F/Youth%20Hacking%204%20Freedom%20-%202024.pdf