Hacking period starts 12:00PM October 4th and ends at 12:00PM October 5th.

Submission Rules

Any violation of these rules will result in immediate disqualification of your team and project

 

  • 4 hackers maximum per team (anything less including 1 is okay but we encourage finding a full team as you can get a lot more done with 4 people!)
  • Only submit to HackUTA — projects that submit to other hackathons will be disqualified
  • All code must be uploaded BEFORE the deadline and linked to Devpost — project demos with a working product yet have no code uploaded will be disqualified
  • Public frameworks and libraries are allowed, at least 70% of code submitted should be written by your team during hacking period. 
  • Each hacker is only allowed to be a part of and create one project during this hackathon
  • There is no limit on the number of challenges you can submit to, but keep in mind that you should focus on one or a small set of challenges to maximize your chances of winning!
  • Project devpost must be submitted at midnight (11:59PM) Saturday to be eligible for judging, however you can still edit your Devpost submission until the 11:30AM hacking deadline.
    • There should be no coding or building before noon on Saturday.
    • However you can ideate beforehand with your team!
  • Judging will be in-person expo-style; you must be present at judging to qualify for a prize.
  • To stay in good standing with HackUTA and all MLH member events, all hackers must abide by the MLH Code of Conduct.