District and Kingdom Divisional Championship Rules

1. Contestants must be residents of the Middle Kingdom, either by physical residency or by treaty. Contestants in a district championship must physically reside within that district.
2. All of the General Rules of Participation in the Middle Kingdom Arts and Science Faire apply.
3. All entries for a Divisional Champion must be submitted at the same regional Arts and Sciences Faire within the same criteria division.
4. Divisional and Pentathlon entries may not overlap competitions.
5. Entrants may enter multiple criteria divisions, so long as the requirements for the Divisional Championship Rules are met for each criteria division
6. Scores received on a group-submitted entry may not be applied toward the championship.
7. Scores received on a mail-in category may be applied toward the championship. Mail-in entries must be submitted at least one month before the date of the dstrict faire they are to be used in or by March 1st, whichever is earlier. A mail-in entry will only be judged once and the score applied at both the district and Kingdom Faire.
8. A maximum of two (2) research papers may be used as entries within each Diivisional Championship. Research papers dedicated to a clear criteria division and category may be applied as an entry within that criteria division. General research papers will be applied within the Research criteria category, as is normally done.
9. There may be no more than 6 entries for a contestant within a criteria division for each Divisional Championship attempt.
10. The Divisional Championship will be determined as follows:
    • The contestant must have scores in three unique categories within one criteria division.
    • If an item is entered in two categories (cross entered), only 1 category may be used for scoring purposes within the Divisional Championship.
    • The highest possible cumulative combination of scores on only three categories, as specified herein, will be used to determine the Divisional Championship.
    • All entries used in a District Divisional Championship must score higher than 19 points to be eligible to participate at the Kingdom Divisional Championship.

The Middle Kingdom Arts and Sciences Faire Judging Criteria, 1998 Edition.
Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 by the Middle Kingdom of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
Individual criteria in this volume may be photocopied and
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