Teams may have 1–5 students.

All participants must be currently enrolled in middle or high school.

Each participant may only join one team.

Team members must register and submit together through the Devpost platform.

The competition begins with a surprise theme announcement.

All projects must be started and completed during the event window.

Late submissions will not be accepted under any circumstances.

Projects must directly respond to the surprise theme.

You may use open-source libraries, APIs, and frameworks.

No use of previously built full projects or reused submissions is allowed.

All code, designs, and content must be your team’s original work or properly credited.