Pent Categories & Entering

You will find the 2016 Pent Categories here: Pent Categories
 

ENTERING THE PENT:
1. There are five entry levels:
Novice: This is for anyone with an AoA level Kingdom arts award or no arts award at all (Sycamore and below).
Artisan: This is for anyone who has a grant level award (Fleur, equivalent out of Kingdom awards)
Laurel: Laurels
Youth: Anyone 14 and under regardless of awards.
Group: (for households, friends or any conglomerate of people combining entries with a single theme, regardless of awards)

2. The Ultimate Pent Entry is back! Entries can be cross-entered in as many categories as you like (the two-category restriction is gone). So it will once again be possible to make one item that can be entered in 5 main categories and win the Pent. However, and this is a big one - you must bring four photos of the item, each marked clearly with the category table where the actual entry can be found, and four additional sets of documentation. You will place these on the four other category tables you are entering the object under, along with your entrant number cards (more on this later). There will be no exceptions to this rule; if you do not bring these extra sets you may not cross enter. If you can not afford to make the extra copies, please email the Pent Coordinator.

3. Documentation is being simplified, but all items must have some form of documentation. Although you can make your documentation as detailed as you like, we are encouraging the use of EZ-Doc. You still need to cover the basics in your documentation, but you do not need to fear that your entry will rise or fall solely on documentation, as judging is going to be far more dependent on the item itself.

4. The detailed judging and score sheets are going out the window, to be replaced by a much simplified and far less time-consuming scoring system, with no numerical results. We will absolutely have rubrics available for the judges who like to use them. We are going back to simple first, second and third prizes for categories. If an entrant does not want to receive judge’s comments, they will have that option. We will give entrants who do not wish to receive comments red stickers to place on their entrant number cards so that judges know not to leave them.

5. Group Entries this year must have a theme. An example might be a group of six people with an equestrian theme with the following entries: horse barding in Heraldic Display, a period veterinary kit in Animal Arts, a saddle in Leather Working, traveling food for the hunt in Cooking, a scroll for an equestrian award in Scribal Arts, and a riding outfit in Clothing.

6. On the day of the Pent, you will go to the registration table and pick up your entrant number cards. If you pre-register, we will have these ready for you. You will place your entries on the appropriate category table; tables will have separate sections for Novice, Artisan, Laurel and Youth (group entries will simply be marked with an additional group entrant card - so, for example, an entry in the artisan category might have an individual entrant card as well as a group entrant card with it). You will place your entrant number card with each entry. Documentation will stay with your entry. DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR ENTRY OR DOCUMENTATION.

7. Judges will be awarding places within each category and category level. The person with the most first place entries in at least five main categories wins the Pent. In the event of a tie, we then go down to second places, and then third, etc. Can someone game the Pent by entering the more esoteric categories and automatically getting firsts in that category? This has always been possible, even under the old scoring system, if the entries scored highly enough. But under this year's system the judges will award places according to merit, even though there will be no numerical scores. With this year's scoring, if the entry scores low, it might get a third place or no place in the category, even if it is the only entry.


8. Entries must have been completed since March 30, 2015. You may have entered them in other competitions. You may have won with them in other competitions. 

9. Someone else may bring your entry, but they must also be there to pick it up at the end, or Tiercelin gets it. Make sure they have your documentation. You may either pre-register, or they can fill out your registration form.

10.  Video, digital and photographic entries are not allowed. All work displayed must be the original item, and all performances must be done live.

4 comments:

  1. Would it be possible to request face to face judging at this year's Pent?

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    1. Hi - I wish we could, but unfortunately we are not set up for that - I'd encourage anyone who wants this to enter the A&S Faire coming up. We do ask that the judges leave their emails for follow-up conversations with entrants, though.

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  2. At this time will day-of, walk-in item entries be allowed, and if so by what time must the items be on site for entry?

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  3. Absolutely. Check the schedule tab above here, and it will give you all the details. Most of the entries are just brought the day of, no worries.

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