Webpage last updated: August 16, 2024
The Florida History Day state contest is held at Tallahassee State College. The Student Union is the site of student check in and the main gathering area. Paper, documentary, performance, exhibit, and website categories are judged in buildings nearby. Details about the contest will be available in March 2025. The Awards Ceremony is held at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.
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May 4: |
Registration and Exhibit Setup |
3:00–8:00 p.m. |
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May 5: |
Registration and Exhibit Setup |
7:45–8:45 a.m. |
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Competition Judging |
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. |
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May 6: |
Awards Ceremony |
9:00–11:30 a.m. |
Students advancing to the state contest must register online at FL.NHD.ORG. Please download the 2025 State Contest Registration Guidelines for important information on the registration process. Student registration must be completed online by April 1, 2025.
Check in, which is conducted by category, takes place on Sunday from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Monday from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m. Students learn their judging time and location when they register.
Exhibit, historical paper, and website judging begins at 10:00 a.m., with interviews scheduled at ten-minute intervals. Exhibit judges read process papers from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.; documentary and performance judging begins at 9:20 a.m. These categories are allowed twenty minutes to set up, present, and disassemble. Judges read process papers during the setup and interview students during the disassembly. At least one member of any group entry must be present to meet with the judges.
In addition to interviewing students, judges use the process paper and/or annotated bibliography to learn how a project was created. (See NHD Contest Rule Book, for instructions about creating these items.) In addition to uploading these documents during online registration, exhibit, performance, and documentary students should provide hard copies to during the competition.
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Exhibit: |
Students place three copies of their PP/AB (stapled together) in front of their display by 9:00 a.m. on Monday. The student should keep a spare copy. |
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Performance and Documentary: |
Students bring four copies of their PP/AB to their presentation. Judges retain one copy and return three, which students bring to the runoff presentation. |
Performances and documentaries that advance to runoffs are announced in the Student Union at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Monday. Exhibit, website, and historical paper runoffs are not posted. Judges do not interview students again during the runoff phase in any category.
The Lifetime Sports Complex is open to the public for viewing of exhibits, websites, and historical papers from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday. All exhibits must be removed between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. but not prior to 4:30 p.m.
The Awards Ceremony on Tuesday is held from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. Directions and a map will be posted in March 2025. Students who cannot be present should designate someone to accept their award in case they win. At the end of the ceremony, first- and second-place winners meet with the state coordinator to receive information about the national contest.