Project Guidelines
Rules

Project Rules

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All projects submitted to WildHacks must abide by the following rules. Failure to do so may result in disqualification from the competition at the discretion of the WildHacks executive organizers.

  • Your code in its entirety, with the exception of external libraries, must be included in a public GitHub repository. The repository must remain public after the event to be eligible for prizes.
  • Submitting your project to other hackathons is not allowed.
  • Late submissions will not be accepted. Sunday, April 6, 2025 @ 1:00pm CT is a hard deadline for submission.
  • Submitting your project that includes work done outside of the hacking period is not allowed.
  • The usage of libraries, frameworks, or open-source code in your project is allowed. However, you must credit them in the README.md file and clearly distinguish your contributions.
  • Submitting copied code will result in disqualification.
  • Teams must be composed of 1-4 individuals. Only team members listed in the project submission are eligible for prizes.
  • Each team is only allowed to submit 1 project.
  • An individual can only be on 1 team.
  • If your team advances to Round 2, all members of the group must demo to be eligible for prizes.
  • Teams can be disqualified from the competition at the discretion of the WildHacks executive organizers. Reasons might include but are not limited to breaking the rules, breaking the Code of Conduct (opens in a new tab), or other unsporting behavior.