YHack Fall 2024 is a hackathon meant to facilitate collaboration and learning. We value each individual and hope to make an inclusive environment that welcomes all. Everyone deserves a chance to participate. To be eligible for judging and prizes, all rules must be abided by.

TEAM RULES

  • All members must have been accepted as participants into YHack Fall 2024.
  • Teams must be of sizes from 2-4 and you may not be in more than one team.
  • Your team may only submit 1 project, but that project can be eligible for multiple prizes/challenges.

PROJECT RULES

  • All code must be written between the start and end of the 24-hour hackathon: 10 AM EST on Saturday, October 5 and 11:30 AM EST on Sunday, October 6.
  • You must link your code in your Devpost submission.
  • Brainstorming and ideation is encouraged, but teams may not write any code before hack starts.
  • You may not crosspost to other hackathons.
  • Publicly available open-source code and libraries can be used, but must be cited in your submission. Plagiarism is not tolerated and teams found to have plagiarized work will be disqualified.

JUDGING RULES

  • Teams will be evaluated through a live-demo and presentation of the project. This presentation should describe the main features and benefits of the project. This cannot exceed 3 minutes in length.
  • Projects will be judged on how well they innovate and successfully the given problem of their track. See judging criteria in devpost.
  • Sponsor challenges will be evaluated based on how well the challenge statement is met.