📅 Dates

  • Registration Opens: July 11th, 2025

  • Hackathon Begins: August 1st, 2025 @ 12am EDT

  • Submission Deadline: September 28th @ 10am EDT

  • Winners Announced: October 1st @ 9am EDT

✅ Eligibility

  • Open to students at High School, College, etc

  • Individuals or teams of up to 4 members

  • No prior coding experience required — beginners welcome!

  • Participants must be available for the full event duration or submission deadlines

📋 Project and Submission Requirements

  • Projects must focus on improving accessibility and inclusion

  • Can be software, hardware, or a combination

  • Must be original work created during the hackathon period

  • Submissions should include a working demo video, project description, team info

  • Submit via DEVPOST by the deadline

🎁 Prizes

  • Popular Vote (voted by participants) - $20 

  • Best Overall Hack

  • Most Inclusive Design

  • Best Beginner Project

  • Most Creative Project

  • Best Use of AI / Hardware / Voice Control

⚖️ Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Judges will evaluate projects based on:

  • Creativity and originality

  • Impact on accessibility and inclusion

  • Functionality and user experience

  • Technical complexity and effort

  • Clarity of presentation and explanation

People’s Choice is determined by popular vote from participants.