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2024 State Tournament Registration |
Please read the following information carefully before clicking the link at the bottom of the page to register for the state tournament, being held May 16-17, 2024, at Ashland University. Gather all of the needed information ahead of time, and be sure that you have a commitment from the school for a preferred method of payment. You may pay online with a credit card or request an invoice. Only team coaches, not parents, may register students for the tournament. After you submit your registration, you will not be able to change it. Contact your regional director to make any needed changes to contestant or judge names. Changes to residence hall and meal registrations should be directed to info@powerofthepen.org Teams must register by April 20, 2024. There are no exceptions to this deadline. Payment must be received by Power of the Pen by May 5, 2024. You will register the following:
For self-pay options for rooms or meal packages, visit our Square site! *DEADLINE TO ORDER/REFUND IS MAY 5TH VIA SQUARE
Writers Cost per writer: $95 The school must provide at least one qualified judge per grade level and at least 50% of the total number of required judges before resorting to a missing judge fee. Please be prepared to enter an email address and mobile number for every judge.
Fee per missing judge: $75 |
Student Runners and Tabroom Volunteers
Schools are welcome and encouraged to bring student volunteer runners and tabroom volunteers. Runners must attend a scheduled orientation either at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday or at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. See the State 2024 page to sign up runners and tabroom volunteers. Tabroom volunteers may serve from 10 a.m. until around 3:30 p.m. We especially need help in the tabroom after noon.
Thursday, May 16, ArrivalsTeams may check in for the residence halls and pick up meal tickets in the John C. Myers Convocation Center from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Remember to sign up for a room for everyone who plans to stay in the residence halls, including runners.
| Friday, May 17, Arrivals |
Drop Fees (Paid at the State Tournament) Contestant drop fee (collected at the state tournament): $75 per contestant Judge drop fee (collected at the state tournament): $100 per judge |
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