Submitting your project!

If you're done your project, here's how to submit! Please read carefuly.

Before you submit anything, you should post your project in #highway for feedback! That way, you can make your project as good as it can be before submitting

Requirements

Generally speaking, all you need is a shipped project. The following requirments are the bare minimum, but you're encouraged to go above and beyond! Add a 3D render, custom logo, and more!

Before submitting, please absolutely make sure of the following:

Your project has a journal in the gallery

YOUR PROJECT IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE:

It has a complete CAD assembly, with all components (including electronics)
You have firmware present, even if it's untested
You have sanity checked your design with someone else
(optional) you have a 3D render of your project!

YOUR GITHUB REPOSITORY CONTAINS ALL OF YOUR PROJECT FILES:

a BOM, in CSV format in the root directory, WITH LINKS
the source files for your PCB, if you have one (.kicad_pro, .kicad_sch, gerbers.zip, etc)
A .STEP file of your project's 3D CAD model (and ideally the source design file format as well - .f3d, .FCStd, etc)
ANY other files that are part of your project (firmware, libraries, references, etc)

if you're missing a .STEP file with all of your electronics and CAD, your project will not be approved

YOUR README.md FILE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:

A short description of what your project is
A couple sentences on why you made the project

PICTURES OF YOUR PROJECT
A screenshot of a full 3D model with your project
A screenshot of your PCB, if you have one
A wiring diagram, if you're doing any wiring that isn't on a PCB
A BOM in table format at the end of the README

YOUR JOURNAL.md FILE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:

Dates
Time spent per day
Pictures/videos of what you're working on
Total time spent on the project at the top of the file

YOU DO NOT HAVE:

AI Generated READMEs or Journal entries
Stolen work from other people
missing firmware/software

MISSING ANY OF THE ABOVE IS AN AUTOMATIC REJECTION. TICK THROUGH EVERY ITEM INDIVIDUALLY

Submitting

Once you are absolutely sure you have met the above requirements, post your project in #highway-pitstop! Here's what you should include:

**Name of project: **
**GitHub Repository Link: **

Description: 

(pictures of your project)

Once you're done that, fill out the following form:

https://forms.hackclub.com/highway

It'll send over your project to our queue to be approved! When we review it, you'll get a reply on your message in #highway-pitstop!

We'll try to get back to you within 3-4 weekdays.

Please do not use #highway-pitstop for anything other than submitting

Next steps

If you get approved, you'll get an HCB card grant in your email within 12 hours!

If your project was rejected, you'll be pinged in #highway-pitstop with the reason - usually it's small! Once you've made your changes, please fill out the re-review form:

https://forms.hackclub.com/highway-rereview

You may need to wait up to a week for re-review

Submitting your final physical build

Got your parts and finished assembling everything? Check out the demo instructions here!

You will not get any rewards without physically building your project, including travel stipend