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These rules and categories are based on Meridies' Kingdom Arts and Sciences Competition rules, most changes being to apply to our group challenge. Below the main rules are categories and guidelines for those categories to keep in mind when putting together your entry for submission. If you have any questions, please email me at sayyida.zada@gmail.com or call (912)674-3607 (No calls after 9pm EST, please).

General Rules for Chalice
Arts and Sciences Competition

1. Each member group shall be allowed up to five (5) entries per static arts competition, and up to five (5) entries per performing arts competition.
2. The points from a group entry score shall go to only one SCA group, which gets a single score for the entry.
3. The Champion of the Arts will be determined by the total number of points received. If there is a tie, the winner will be the one with the most top scores.
4. Static judging will be closed to both entrants and the populace.
5. Written documentation must be provided for all entries according to the guidelines of the Kingdom Arts and Sciences Office.
6. Judges will write a critique of each entry and sign the entry sheet legibly. The entry sheets will be returned to the entrants (or guardians for absentee entries) before the event is over.
7. Entries shall be judged on their own merit and not compared to any other entries.
8. There will be no time limit on the age of an entry, although an item that shows wear or is dirty will not do as well as one that looks new.
9. An entry cannot have been entered in a previous Arts and Sciences Faire.
10. Absentee entries will be accepted as long as a guardian is present to take care of the entry.
11. Entrants may not judge in any category in which they have an entry.
12. Chalice points are awarded for first (5 points), second (3 points) and third (1 point) place for both static and performing arts.
13. Performing arts entries shall be no longer than fifteen (15) minutes in total running time and introduction.

Static Arts Categories

1. Fine Arts

• Includes drawing, painting, and any sculpture whose medium is not represented in any other category.
• Work should be a recognizable period style and documented.
• Use period materials whenever feasible.

 2. Calligraphy and Illumination

• Do not enter photocopied pieces. Only originals of the calligraphy should be used with the illumination.
• Use period materials whenever feasible.
• Calligraphy should be produced by hand, not computer.

 3. Printing Sciences

• Includes printmaking, paper making, inks, paints, pigments, pens, and brushes.
• Use period materials whenever feasible.

 4. Historical Technology

• Includes experimental work in any medium. Examples include "from the ground up" projects and architectural models demonstrating period building methods. The quality of the research is the focus of the judging, not the finished product. However, if the finished product DOES turn out well, it may also be entered in an appropriate category in addition to this one .
• Extensive documentation is expected in this category.

 5. Heraldic Display

• Documentation should be geared towards period heraldry.
• The medium, techniques, etc. should also be period and documented.

 6. Brewing and Vintning

• Sanitary methods of preparation and preservation should be strictly adhered to even though they are not period.
• One bottle per entry.
• Recipes with complete ingredients/chemicals lists must be in the documentation.
• Style should be period and documented.
• Each bottle should be labeled with the mundane and SCA name of the entrant, the type of beverage (beer, wine, mead, cider), a brief description of the entry (i.e. brown ale), and for wines and meads, the sweetness level (dry, semi-sweet, sweet).

7. Cooking and Cordials

• Includes entrees, breads, desserts, subtleties, cooking aids, and flavored wines where the entrant has not made the wine.
• Though not period, entrants should strictly adhere to sanitary methods of preparation and preservation.
• Ingredient lists and recipes must be in the documentation.
• Ingredients should be consistent with the time and place of the dish.

8. Textile Arts: Application

• Includes embroidery, lace making, fabric decoration, and beadwork.
• Period materials should be used whenever possible.
• Documentation should include accurate descriptions of fiber types (i.e. silk thread on linen).

9. Textile Arts: Construction

• Includes spinning, weaving, knitting, and sprang.
• Documentation should contain accurate descriptions of fiber types used
  (i.e. wool, cotton, etc.).

10. Costume Revue

• No obvious machine stitching showing on the exterior of the garment.
• The garment should properly fit the model wearing it.
• Mundane closures (zippers, hook tape, etc.) should be avoided.

11. Costume Accessories

• Documentation should include how the accessory was worn/used in period.

12. Hairdressing and Cosmetics

• Techniques should be period and documented.
• Use period, safe materials.

13. Jewelry

• Includes enameling, casting, soldered and non-soldered construction, stone cutting and polishing.
• Techniques should be period and documented.
• Stone cuts should be consistent with the period of the overall piece.

14. Ceramics and Glass

• Techniques should be period and documented.
• No copper foil on stained glass.
• Stained glass colors should be consistent with the period of the piece.

15. Bone, Horn, and Amber

• Techniques should be period and documented.

16. Metalwork

• Includes constructed pieces, casting, chasing and repousse, cold forging and hot forging.
• Techniques should be period and documented.

17. Leatherwork

• Includes tooled work, constructed leather, and cobbling.
• Where the piece is dyed and/or painted, an attempt should be made to use pigments which approximate those used in period.
• Decorative work should be appropriate to the item on which it is displayed, and documented.

18. Armor

• Includes plate, leather, ring, and maille.
• Variances from period armor due to SCA combat regulations are allowed, but should be documented.
• The armor should be able to be set in an identifiable time and place within the SCA period.

19. Woodwork

• Includes constructed pieces, furniture, musical instruments, and treen (useful objects carved of wood, such as spoons or combs).
• No kit projects.
• Nails were not in furniture or most other small woodwork projects in period.
• Joins should be consistent throughout the piece.

20. Animal Husbandry and Horticulture

• When non-period plants and animals are used, the entrant should document the variance.

21. Candles, Soap, and Herbs (non-culinary)

• Includes cosmetics, natural dyes, and skin preparations.
• Entry complexity is based on production and/or research.
• When non-period materials are used, the documentation should explain why and document the variance.

22. Writing: Creative

• Includes poetry, prose, and musical composition that is not performed. A composition may ALSO be performed.
• No filk.
• Piece content and style should be set in a time and place within the SCA period.
• Avoid the three categories of bad SCA poetry :
1. Unicorns and rainbows
2. I love my lord/lady sooooo much
3. Meridies, right or wrong

23. Writing: Research Paper

• Papers longer than five single-sided pages must be received ahead of time.
• Start with a brief introduction, including the purpose of the paper.
• Have your paper proofread by a qualified person before submitting it.

24. Miscellaneous

• This is only to be used if the entry truly fits no other category .

Performing Arts Categories and Guidelines

1. Music

• Vocal, instrumental, or both.
• Entries in a foreign language should be shorter and a translation should be provided in your documentation.
• Do not feel obligated to fill the time. A short piece that is good is better than a long piece that is boring. Don't go over the allotted time.
• Original pieces should be set in a period style and performed in a period manner.
• Give a brief introduction explaining the piece.

 2. Dance

• See above.
• Costumes should be appropriate to performance.

 3. Dramatic Presentation

• Includes recited poetry, storytelling, theater.
• Stick to the time limit.
• Give a brief introduction explaining the piece.
• Costumes should be appropriate to the piece.