Eligibility and registration

  1. You must be eligible to enter: an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at a U.S. college or university, 18 or older at the time of the hackathon. Any nationality — international students studying in the U.S. are welcome. Students enrolled at institutions outside the U.S. are not eligible this year.
  2. Register at the SASEhack Registration Form. Everyone on the team registers individually, and everyone listed on your Devpost submission must be registered. If you are not registered through that form, we may not be able to distribute prize money to you.
  3. or more members.
Your project
  1. All project code must be written during the hacking window (Friday, September 18, 5:00 PM PT to Sunday, September 20, 11:59 PM PT). You may create an empty repository ahead of time, but it must not contain project code before hacking begins. Submitting pre-written code will get you disqualified.
  2. AI-assisted development is allowed.
  3. A public GitHub repository is required, and it should include a README. Judges must be able to verify what you built. A private or missing repo can get you disqualified.

Submitting

  1. Submissions close at 11:59 PM PT on Sunday, September 20. Your code freezes at the same moment — do not push to your repository after this time. No exceptions.
  2. You may enter a maximum of two tracks. The SASEhack Pitch Competition and Best First Hack are separate opt-ins and do not count toward your two. Spirit of Charge Up is automatic and does not count either.
  3. If your team is invited to pitch in Seattle, at least one member must already hold a STEM Connect convention ticket. We do not cover travel or convention registration.

Conduct

  1. Don’t cheat, and don’t pass off someone else’s work as yours.
  2. Be kind and respectful to everyone at the event. Harassment, discrimination, and exclusionary behavior are not tolerated and can get you removed from the event.
  3. If you have to ask whether something is against the rules, it probably is. Don’t do it.
  4. By entering SASEhack, you agree to the universal Hackathon Code of Conduct.