Written Events

• Competitive Events Checklist for all Written Events
• Written Event Format Guidelines
• Written Statement of Assurances Form

The first page of each event must be the signed Written Statement of Assurances Form or fifteen penalty points will be assessed. This form MUST be typed. Only students that have signed the Statement of Assurances Form will be allowed to compete in that event. Even if a student’s name is typed on the form, but they fail to sign it, they will not be allowed to compete in that event, and will be dropped.

District Conference:

Preliminary competition for the Advertising Campaign, Entrepreneurship Participating, Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan, Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling Event, Professional Selling Event, and the Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan events will take place at all District Conferences. The events are to be hand-carried to the District Conference. The top two entries at each District Conference will advance to the State Career Development Conference, and will need to be submitted for the Written Event Screening.

Written Event Screening:

All written events (including the Merit Award Program and Chapter Awards Program, and all written events that competed at the district level) must be received at the Michigan DECA office by 10:00 a.m. on February 18, 2012. Entries will not be accepted after 10:30 a.m. If you are mailing the entries, they must be received by Friday, February 17, 2012 as there is no delivery service to Michigan DECA on Saturday. We recommend mailing with a return receipt or using a tracking method.

All chapter advisors with a student entering a written event, Merit Awards Project, Chapter Awards Project or written event that competed at the district level will be required to attend and assist with the Written Event Screening on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Advisors not assisting with the screening will be charged a $50.00 screening fee. Please plan on arriving between 9:30-10:00am. Chapter advisors will review the work and assign penalty points.

State Conference:

All Written Events will compete on Friday, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the State Career Development Conference. Written Event participants will have their orientation and interview on Friday. There will be one interview with one to two judges. All written event participants are required to take either the math or economics evaluation.

Participatory Written Events will compete on Friday afternoon. These events include Advertising Campaign, Entrepreneurship Participating, Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan and the Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan. There will be one interview with two judges.

The Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling Event and the Professional Selling Event will compete on Saturday afternoon.

All written events must follow the Michigan DECA Written Event Guidelines in addition to the national guidelines.