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Please note: The One-Act Play is no longer a part of the Literary Meet.
It has it’s own registration form and fee.
RULES & INFORMATION (NEW FOR 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR)
1. Participating schools will be notified of the registration time on the day of the Meet. Any school, or individual student, that does not arrive to register on time will be disqualified. Cancellations cause tremendous disruptions in the schedule of performances and unfairly penalize students who arrive prepared to compete. The Student Activities Committee will carefully review future registra-tions of any school who registers to participate, then demonstrates a disregard for cancellations.
NOTICE: A SCHOOL THAT REGISTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MIDDLE AND/OR HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE AND CANCELS OUT OF THESE EVENTS AFTER DECEMBER 1st WILL BE FINED $100 PER EVENT. ALSO, A SCHOOL WHO REGISTERS TO ATTEND AND THEN CANCELS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL'S ATTENDANCE MUST NOTIFY THE SCISA OFFICE OF THEIR CANCELATION NO LATER THAN JANUARY 30th. FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE SCISA OFFICE OF A CANCELLATION WILL RESULT IN A $100 FINE.
2. On the day of the Literary Meet, an individual, group, or school that is a "No Show" becomes a forfeit, NOT a "Bye".
3. THE POINT SYSTEM: In order to determine the Literary Meet overall winner, five points will be earned for each First Place award, and three points earned for each Second Place award. Though no trophies are awarded beyond 2nd place, the judges will keep track of 3rd place (2 points), and 4th.
4. A timekeeper with a stop watch will be provided in each event in which there is a time limit to be observed. The timekeeper shall keep an accurate account of the time the contestant/event is consuming. The timekeeper shall not serve as judge.
5. In any event in which the contestant(s) exceed the time limit or fail to reach the minimum time, the contestant(s) shall be penal-ized two points for each fifteen second period or portion thereof.
6. All timekeepers are required to post the time allotted and time consumed on all score sheets.
7. One to three judges will be provided for all events. The judge will have a written copy of the rules concerning the judging of that event as set out in the rules of that event.
8. The presiding official or judge(s) in any event will not by word of mouth, gesture, or any other change of expression, or in any manner indicate approval or disapproval of the manner in which a contestant presents material.
9. No portion of the Meet may be video or audio taped.
10. If requested, score sheet/evaluation forms will be returned (BY MAIL) to the attending school faculty coordinator. If you wish to have evaluation forms returned, you must furnish the host school (HOLLY HILL ACADEMY) with a self addressed Priority Mail enve-lope with proper postage ($5.60) affixed.
11. Each school may have only one contestant in each division of the following:
Girls Essay, Boys Essay, Girls Oral Interpretation, Boys Poetry Recitation, Girls Poetry Recitation, Boys Oral Interpretation, Girls Ex-temporaneous Speaking, Boys Extemporaneous Speaking
12. A student is limited to participation in only one (1) event.
13. All participants will be informed at the registration tables of the starting times for the events. A student who does not arrive for his/her event at the appropriate time will not be allowed to compete.
14. At the Meet, participants will be identified by a number. All schools will be issued a school identification number prior to the meet. Name tags will be distributed at registration on the morning of the meet. Only the student's name and school ID number are permitted on the name tag.
15. CONTESTANTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CELL PHONES, LAPTOPS, OR ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC ITEMS WITH THEM WHILE PARTICIPATING IN ANY EVENT. TURN OFF ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING ANY EVENT.
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