Dates: September 25-27*

*hacking begins at 12:00 pm on September 26

Eligibility:

- 18+

- Only current students, or those who are within 1 year of their graduation, are eligible to hack as students.

- To compete as a beginner team, be prepared to explain why your team is a beginner to judges and on your Devpost submission. Beginners are classified as those with less than 2 years of coding experience. 

- Hackers are required to abide by the &hacks code of conduct.

Project and Submission Requirements: 

- Project work done at &hacks may not be submitted to other hackathons.

- If you are continuing a project started before &hacks, you must clearly state what work your team completed during &hacks in your Devpost submission. Teams that misrepresent what was completed during the hacking period will be disqualified.

- You can hack solo or in a team of up to four people.

- Each hacker may only submit one project, but a project can be submitted under any and all suitable categories.

- All code must be uploaded to a GitHub repository.

Prizes: 

- Overall Best: $500 cash

- Runner Up: $300 cash

- Gold: $300 worth of prizes (for teams of 4)

- Silver: $120 worth of prizes (for teams of 4)

- Bronze: $60 worth of prizes (for teams of 4)

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection: TBA