Step 3: Dates

The dates you set up on your site govern your entire hackathon. There are 3 important sets of dates which you should set as soon as they are approved. We highly recommend not selecting 12 AM as this can cause confusion for participants, try to stick to business hours. Remember: you can edit the time zone of your hackathon in the Essentials tab.


  • Submission Period. This is when your hackathon is accepting registrations and submissions. When this deadline is reached, it blocks participants from editing and submitting their submissions and blocks new registrations. Your Submission Period can be set in the Submissions tab under Edit hackathon on your manager dashboard. Note: You can launch your site before your submission period starts, but you will only be accepting registrants (not projects) until the Submission period starts.

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  • Judging Period. This is how long your Judges have to review and score all of your eligibility submissions. We recommend a Judging period of at least a week and adding a 1-day buffer before and after the Judging Period to review submissions and calculate the winner. You can set your Judging Period in the Judging tab under Edit hackathon on your manager dashboard. Note: to be able to Save your hackathon site, you may need to add temporary information to this tab.

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    See more about setting up your Judging.


  • Winner Announcement. This is the deadline you are giving yourself to announce the winners. You can set your Winner Announcement date in the Prizes tab under Edit Hackathon on your manager dashboard. Note: to be able to Save your hackathon site, you may need to add temporary information to this tab.

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    See more about setting up your Prizes.

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