Among the many new things we’re doing this year is a new relationship, and two new resulting initiatives.

While we’ll announce the second of these initiatives in a week or so, we’d like to start with the first – the Major League Hacking Open Source Awards.

Our friends at Major League Hacking are recognizing open source leaders at the conference this year in October, and nominations are now open.

About the Awards

The MLH Open Source Awards are about recognizing and celebrating extraordinary achievements and contributions of individuals, teams and organizations to open source.Any individual, group, organization or initiative that has contributed to open source or worked on an open source project is eligible to be nominated for an Open Source Award. Some examples might be corporate Open Source Programs offices, independent project maintainers, or even programs or organizations that support a variety of open source projects. Nominations are unlimited and open to the general public. A panel of industry experts will choose the final winners.

Three Awards

There are three awards for which nominations are now being accepted:

• Inclusion & Diversity Award – The company / project / program doing the most to promote building a diverse, welcoming community.
• Next Generation Award – The company / project / program doing the most to attract, educate, and retain the next generation of open source citizens.
• Community Award – The company / project / program doing the most to build the broader Open Source community.

Nomination and Award Timeline

• Awards Announced & Nominations Opened: Wednesday, September 1
• Nominations Closed: Thursday, September 30th
• Selection: October 1st 
• Announcement: Monday, October 18th

How to Nominate?

We encourage any member of the All Things Open community to learn more and nominate a friend or colleague that deserves recognition. More information and forms can be found here. 

Why We Love This Relationship

As previously stated, our relationship with Major League Hacking is a new one. However, we’ve watched what they’ve done from afar for a while and we’ve been thoroughly impressed. They power the world’s largest community of early career developers learning hard and soft skills that they’ll need to get a job in the industry. Over the years, more than 500,000 technologists have gone through their programs like hackathons, workshops, conferences, and a flagship 12-week Fellowship working on Open Source! And perhaps most importantly, they’re a Certified B Corp, just like we are.