OrganizerHQ Tutorial

OrganizerHQ is Major League Hacking's event hosting platform. Every approved Fest must use OrganizerHQ to collect attendee registrations and check-ins. Hacktoberfest Hack Day events must also use OrganizerHQ Challenges for every project submission; an external submission page cannot replace it.

Completing your Fest application creates your event in OrganizerHQ. After approval, review the event details, add any missing venue or attendee information, publish the registration page, and test the public link before sharing it.

If you are hosting a Hacktoberfest Hack Day, you must also:

1. Confirm that the Best Open-Source AI Project challenge appears automatically on the event's Challenges page.
2. Confirm that any Hack Days partner category assigned by MLH also appears automatically. If an expected challenge is missing, contact MLH. Do not create a duplicate.
3. Use Manage Submissions to set the submission window and review every project.
4. Use the challenge filters and Mark Winner to record the open-source challenge winner and any assigned partner-category winners.
5. Keep Announce Winners private until every result is correct, then make it public to publish the project gallery before announcing results in the room.

Add an Optional Local Challenge

MLH adds the Best Open-Source AI Project challenge and any assigned partner category automatically. You may also create a separate challenge for your own community:

1. Open the public event page while signed in as a host.
2. Select Edit Event.
3. In Challenges, select + Add Challenge.
4. Complete the challenge details, then select Publish.
5. Return to the public Challenges page and confirm that the local challenge appears.

Use Add Challenge for an optional local challenge. MLH adds the Hacktoberfest and assigned partner challenges automatically.

Any prize for a local challenge is provided by the host unless your event onboarding says otherwise. If an MLH challenge is missing, contact MLH. Do not create a replacement.

Follow Project Submissions and Winner Selection for the full current workflow and screenshots.

Have any questions or run into any problems while setting up your event? Email us at [e-mail] and we will help you out.