Team Rules

  • All members of your team must be accepted and registered as Hack the North 2025 participants.
  • Teams may have up to 4 members, all of whom must be present in person at the event.
  • You may not be a part of more than one team.
  • Each team can only submit one project.

Project Rules

  • All code for your project must be written between 12:00 AM EDT on Saturday, September 12, 2025, and 8:00 AM EDT on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
  • All design assets for your project must be created between 12:00 AM EDT on Saturday, September 12, 2025, and 8:00 AM EDT on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
  • You must submit your project at hackthenorth2025.devpost.com before 8:00 AM EDT on Sunday, September 12 to be eligible to demo your project.
  • You may and are recommended to install any necessary software in advance.
  • You may plan your project out in advance.
  • You may 3D-print parts or prepare other structural components for hardware projects in advance.
    • You may not assemble hardware projects in advance.
  • You may gather a data set to train a model in an AI project in advance.
    • You may not train a model on data for an AI project in advance.
  • Plagiarism is not tolerated and any teams with plagiarized work will be disqualified.
  • You may use any publicly available libraries/packages/design assets.
  • Please code with integrity! Final interpretation of these rules (including all rules on this page) is at the sole discretion of the Organizers, and potential violations will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Submission Rules

  • Submissions may not be submitted to multiple hackathons.
  • Submissions must include all design assets and source code created at Hack the North (e.g. via a link to your GitHub repository).

Hack the North Judging Rules

First round
  • You must be at your waiting room at your assigned time or your project will not be judged.
  • You will have five minutes to present once you're in the judging room. We recommend that you leave time at the end for judges to ask questions and/or give feedback (at the discretion of the judges).
  • Your judging pitch should be focused on a live demo of the project — not a slide show, product pitch, etc.
Second round
  • If you are selected to proceed to the second round, you must be at the Project Expo on the second floor by 12:00 PM.
  • You will still have five minutes each to demo your project to multiple judges that approach your station.
    • Once again, your judging pitch should be focused on a live demo of the project — not a slide show, product pitch, etc.
People’s Choice Award
  • All projects that opt in to any sponsor prizes must indicate them on their Devpost submission.
  • You may submit your project to multiple API prizes.
  • You may find a full list of sponsor prizes on our Devpost.
  • To ensure that your project will get judged, please fill out this interest form by 5 PM on Saturday: https://forms.gle/LsjrkqsY6DS1o2Li8

Finally, remember that your participation at the event is subject to the Hack the North Code of Conduct.