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PAJCL Creative Arts Guidelines 2025-2026

PAJCL 2025-2025 Graphic Arts

Template for Project Write-Ups

Submissions must have been fully prepared by a delegate in attendance at the convention.

The theme may be Roman history or culture, mythology, relevance to and promotion of Latin, Greek, JCL, or the convention theme.

Maximum 8 minutes.

No credits or names (including students and chapters) may appear in these presentations.

You may use no more than 30 seconds of the music and lyrics from an individual musical work and proper credit must be given to music and any other media used within the video.

There are to be no group projects except in the category of Classical Video. Although students may collaborate, only 1 student may submit the project. If every student in a group registers for Classical Video, all students are expected to submit different videos. If only one video is submitted, all students except one will receive a point deduction for not submitting a project.

A translation of any Latin must be included in the video (e.g., subtitles, text/images at the end of the video).

Submissions with content that is not school appropriate will be disqualified without appeal.

Must submit a publicly accessible file and include a publicly accessible URL via the registration process shared with the sponsor. 

Must be contained in one volume/one file.

All scrapbooks must have a theme which is reflected in the cover design, page details, and embellishments.

All materials in the scrapbook must pertain to Latin, the classics, or JCL, and just not be of a secondary nature.

All scrapbook materials must pertain to the current school year, of the time period between the two state conventions.

You must cite any non-original sources such as art and music and any software package used (e.g., Shutterfly).

You may use no more than 30 seconds of the music and lyrics from an individual musical work and proper credit must be given to music and other media used.

Each chapter may only submit a scrapbook in 1 category.

Must submit a publicly accessible file and include a publicly accessible URL via the registration process shared with the sponsor. 

Submissions must have been fully prepared by a delegate in attendance at the convention.

Must be a digital piece of art on a classical theme, including but not limited to the promotion of JCL and/or the Classics; it may be artistic and/or promotional in nature.

Must be original in concept and execution. The piece should be digitally drawn or composed.

Submission may be any size and in any medium and may have horizontal or vertical orientation; however, it must be created and submitted as a digital file (JPG, TIFF, PDF, GIF, or PNG).

The digital copy of the art which is submitted should have the highest resolution possible (ideally no less than 300 dpi. A resolution of 600 dpi or higher is even better).

The artwork, in its entirety, must be a single work of original digital material. By entering this contest, you represent, acknowledge, and warrant that the submitted artwork is an original work created solely by the entrant, that the creation does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the image.

No AI-generated materials are permitted.

Submissions with content that is not school appropriate will be disqualified without appeal.

Should you want your art displayed you may, in addition to online submission, print out your art for display in the project area, though only your digital file will be judged.

Must submit a publicly accessible file and include a publicly accessible URL via the registration process shared with the sponsor. 

Submissions must have been fully prepared by a delegate in attendance at the convention.

Submissions must be original, student-created and based on a classical theme, mythology, or literature.

Submissions must show the building and include a guided tour.

Maximum 5 minutes.

No credits or names (including students and chapters) may appear in these presentations.

No AI-generated materials are permitted.

Submissions with content that is not school appropriate will be disqualified without appeal.

Must submit a publicly accessible file and include a publicly accessible URL via the registration process shared with the sponsor. 

Description and Rules

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Track and Field:

• Boys 100

• Boys 200

• Boys 400

• Boys 800

• Boys 1600

• Girls 100

• Girls 200

• Girls 400

• Girls 800

• Girls 1600

• Boys 400 Relay

• Girls 400 Relay

• Co-Ed 400 Relay

Pool Noodle Javelin:

• Boys

• Girls

Rubber Chicken Toss:

• Boys

• Girls

Friscus Throw:

• Boys

• Girls

During the convention, a roll call of chapters in attendance is conducted. Each chapter creatively presents the number of delegates, chaperones, and sponsors it has brought in the form of a song, skit, or cheer, with a time limit of 90 seconds. Sponsors, chaperones, former members, current state officers, and persons running for state office may not be among the delegates presenting their chapter’s roll call. The roll call presentation is included in the scoring of the delegate spirit contest.

Saturday Convention Theme: Fantastic Classical Beasts. Get creative with costumes, props, songs, and chants!

Sunday Convention Theme: "Concordia parvae res crescunt." In harmony, small things grow. Sallust, Bellum Iurgurthinum 10.6.

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Originality & Creativity

0 to 5: Delivery            

0 to 5: Overall entertainment

0 to 5: Included number of delegates and adults at convention

0 to 5: Sponsors, chaperones, or a person running for office did not perform in the skit

0 to 5: Stayed within time limit