The set will consist of 14 packets of 20/20 rounds and tiebreakers, targeting difficulty comparable to ACF Regionals (three dots). Tossups will be capped at 8 lines (after bolding) and bonuses will have no more than 8 lines of question text.
The distribution will be as follows:
4/4 Literature
- 1/1 Long Fiction
- 1/1 Poetry
- 1/1 Drama and Short Fiction
- 1/1 Misc. Lit (literary non-fiction and criticism, cross-genre, and more of the above)
- 1/1 US
- 1/1 Continental European
- 1/1 World
- 1/1 Commonwealth, Archaeology, Historiography, and Misc.
- 1/1 Biology
- 1/1 Chemistry
- 1/1 Physics
- 1/1 Other Science (Math, Computer Science, Astronomy, Earth Science, Engineering, etc)
- 1/1 Painting and Sculpture
- 1/1 Classical Music + Opera
- 1/1 Other Arts
- 1/1 Philosophy
- 1/1 Social Science
- 1/1 Religion
- 0.5/0.5 Mythology
- 0.7/0.7 Other Academic
- 0.4/0.4 Geography
- 0.4/0.4 Current Events
Justine French: Philosophy
William Golden: Other Fine Arts
Hasna Karim: Religion (excluding Judaism and Christianity), Social Science (excluding Economics)
Tim Morrison: Literature, Math
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin: Biology
Hari Parameswaran: US and European History, Painting and Sculpture
Tejas Raje: World & Other History, Geography + Current Events + Other Academic
Jonathen Settle: Chemistry, Physics, Other Science (excluding Math)
Ethan Strombeck: Auditory Fine Arts
Jon Suh: Religion (Judaism and Christianity)
Annabelle Yang: Mythology
Logistics: Aidan Leahy
The set will tentatively be available for mirrors starting in the fall of 2022, with an open playtest mirror in the late summer. We intend for the majority of mirrors to be held in September and October. At the moment, we are planning for in-person mirrors of this set, though that is of course subject to change. The mirror fee for the tournament will be $45 per team. Hosts will be expected to collect detailed stats, for which moderators will receive training to use the scoresheets and packets. More information on requesting mirrors will be announced soon.