Categories
Students Can Select Up To 3 Competitions From A Total Of 29 Offerings. The 32 ACT-SO Competitions Include:
STEM
Architecture
Biology/Microbiology
Chemistry/Biochemistry
Computer Science
Earth and Space Sciences
Engineering
Mathematics
Medicine and Health
Physics
Performing Arts
Dance – Ballet
Dance – Contemporary
Dance – Modern
Dance – Traditional
Dramatics
Music Instrumental – Classical
Music Instrumental – Contemporary
Music Vocal – Classical
Music Vocal – Contemporary
Oratory
Poetry – performance
Humanities
Music Composition
Original Essay
Playwriting
Poetry – written
Short Story
Visual Arts
Drawing
Filmmaking
Painting
Photography
Sculpture
Business
Entrepreneurship
Culinary
Culinary Arts
Local Competition Requirements
Eligibility of each contestant
- Be of African decent
- Be enrolled in grades 9-12
- Be a citizen or a legal resident of the United States
- Be an amateur (having not received wages for professional services) in any category of competition
Requirements
- A contestant may enter up to three (3) categories.
- Each contestant must submit one project per category.
- NO GROUP PROJECTS ARE ACCEPTED.
national competition requirements
NOTE: Each local ACT-SO program may only submit one entry per category at the National Competition.
- Each contestant is responsible for the transportation and storage of their projects (all projects should be easily transportable.)
- Each contestant must conform to the space requirements as dictated by each category
All National contestants must submit to their local NAACP ACT-SO the following items:
- A typed national application
- A 1 or 2 page autobiography
- A parent’s consent form
- A medical release form
- A media release form
- A photograph with name of the contestant and branch printed on the back (no larger than 5″x7″)
- A verification form for science categories
- Six copies of student’s science or humanities entries
PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
ACT-SO participants may want to consider applying for a patent or copyright to protect their work (i.e. science, humanities).
You may contact the Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Patent Office, at:
(800) 786-9199 for Patent information
or the Library of Congress at (202) 707-3000 for copyright information.