Summer Make-a-Thon
Since 2016, our yearly Make-a-Thon has drawn young people from in and around Edinburgh to compete in teams to build the best project in a short time!
🏗️ The 2026 Summer Make-a-Thon is coming!
Watch this space... registration for the 2026 Prewired Summer Make-a-Thon will open soon.
What is the Summer Make-a-Thon?
Each year, usually in July, we run our Summer Make-a-Thon: a full-weekend event during which participants work in small teams to prototype a solution to a challenge over the course of two days and present their work to a panel of judges at the end.
The Make-a-Thon is open to those aged 11-18 and is a fantastic opportunity to practice working in a team, quickly scaffolding a project, and presenting in front of an audience.
Make-a-Thon and Summer Hack archive
From 2016 to 2019, we ran week-long Summer Hacks each year. After a break for COVID, we returned in 2023 with the current Make-a-Thon format. See below for impressions of the editions so far:
Hypercube supports the 2025 Prewired Summer Make-a-Thon
22/07/2025 · Our third annual Make-a-Thon was sponsored again by Hypercube! Read all about the event in their blog post.
Prewired × Hypercube Summer Make-a-Thon 2024
07/08/2024 · At the end of July, we hosted our second annual Summer Make-A-Thon, this time sponsored by Hypercube consulting.
Looking back at the Prewired Summer Make-a-Thon
09/10/2023 · For the first time since the pandemic, Prewired hosted a Summer Make-A-Thon, sponsored by Kin + Carta. Read more in India's blog post!
Prewired++ presents the Emporium of Digital Delights!
04/05/2021 · Prewired is teaming up with the Tinderbox Collective to launch The Emporium of Digital Delights, our new online summer hackathon series.
Summer Hack 2019 Report
26/07/2019 · We had an awesomely good Summer Hack 2019! It took place on July 22nd-26th 2019 at CodeBase.
Summer Hack 2018 Blog & Projects
30/08/2018 · Last week saw the return of Prewired's Summer Hack to CodeBase Edinburgh!
Summer Hack 2017 Projects
21/08/2017 · Summer Hack 2017 took place on August 7th-11th 2017 at CodeBase Edinburgh, and five teams created projects during the week.
Summer Hack 2016 Highlights
20/08/2016 · Watch this video by Product Forge for the highlights of the first Prewired Summer Hack!