The Prize
One (1) student badge to the SXSW 2027 Innovation Conference in Austin, Texas, held March 15 - March 20, 2027. The badge covers conference access only. Travel, lodging, meals, and all other expenses are the winner’s responsibility. The prize cannot be transferred, sold, or exchanged for cash.
ENTRY DETAILS
Open to currently enrolled Texas State University students. The winner must be enrolled at the time of the conference to use a student badge.
How to Earn Entries
- ⤷ Attend 3 qualifying CSE events and you earn 1 entry.
- ⤷ Every qualifying event you attend after that earns 1 additional entry.
- ⤷ Qualifying events include Topic Tuesdays, Workshop Wednesdays, Catapult and the CSE Open House.
- ⤷ Only events held between October 28, 2026 and February 24, 2027 count.
- ⤷ Each event counts once per person.
Example: attend 3 events, get 1 entry. Attend 6 events, get 4 entries.
How Attendance Is Tracked
You must check in at each event using the provided QR code. Make sure to use always the same email. The email needs to be a TXST email. If you don’t check in, the event doesn’t count. CSE attendance records are final.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
Entry is free. No payment or purchase is required to enter or win.
THE DRAWING
One winner will be selected at random on February 25, 2027. Each entry has an equal chance of being drawn.
WINNER NOTIFICATION
The winner will be notified by Texas State email on February 25, 2027. The winner must respond to the notification email by March 2, 2027 at 5pm to confirm. If the winner doesn’t respond in time or can’t attend, a new winner will be drawn on March 3, 2027.
GENERAL TERMS
CSE reserves the right to change or cancel the raffle if needed. Any attempt to falsify attendance will result in disqualification. All decisions by CSE are final.
Questions?
Contact Quinn Valentine → quinn.valentine@txstate.edu