Our current set of writers are as follows: Ethan Strombeck, Hari Parameswaran, Geoffrey Chen, Arjun Nageswaran, Jason Hong, Walter Zhang, Katherine Lei, Steven Liu, Ethan Ashbrook, Mazin Omer, Tim Morrison, Annabelle Yang, Hasna Karim, William Golden, Eve Fleisig
ESPN will consist of 14 packets of 22/22 questions. Tossups will be capped at 850 characters, while bonuses will be capped at 8 lines in Times New Roman 10 pt. Our distribution and current subject editors are as follows:
Head Editor: Ethan Strombeck
Logistics:
4/4 Science
1/1 Chem (Editor: Mazin Omer)
1/1 Bio (Editor: Geoffrey Chen)
1/1 Physics (Editor: Adam Fine)
1/1 Other Science (Editor: Geoffrey Chen, math will be separately edited by Tim Morrison)
4/4 History
0.75/0.75 American History (Editor: Walter Zhang)
1/1 European History (Editor: Gov Prabhakar)
1.5/1.5 World History (Editor: Hari Parameswaran)
0.75/0.75 Ancient/Other History (Editor: Jason Hong)
4/4 Literature
1.25/1.25 Long Fiction (Editor: Tim Morrison)
1/1 Poetry (Editor: Caroline Mao)
0.75/0.75 Drama (Editor: Tim Morrison)
1/1 Short/Other Fiction (Editor: Eve Fleisig)
3.5/3.5 Fine Arts
1/1 Painting and Sculpture (Editor: Hari Parameswaran)
1/1 Classical Music (including opera) (Editor: Eve Fleisig)
0.75/0.75 Other Auditory (Editor: Ethan Strombeck)
0.75/0.75 Other Visual (Editor: Tim Morrison, architecture will be separately edited by Ethan Strombeck)
1.5/1.5 Beliefs
0.75/0.75 Religion (Editor: Hasna Karim / Annabelle Yang)
0.75/0.75 Mythology (Editor: Hasna Karim / Annabelle Yang)
2.5/2.5 Thought
1/1 Philosophy (Editor: Tim Morrison)
1.5/1.5 Social Science (Editor: Geoffrey Chen, linguistics will be separately edited by Eve Fleisig)
2.5/2.5 Other
0.75/0.75 Geography (Editor: Noah Sheidlower)
0.75/0.75 Current Events (Editor: Walter Zhang)
1/1 Other Academic (Editor: Walter Zhang)
Some of the changes we made to the standard 20/20 in this expanded distribution include:
- Cutting from the American History distribution to include more space for World History.
- Using the extra 2/2 to dedicate 0.75/0.75 for Other Visual Arts and Other Auditory Arts, as well as an expansion to Geography, Current Events, and Other Academic.
Open Call for Editors and Writers:
At this time, there are still several open editor spots. Because of this, we are putting out an open call for writers / editors. If you would be interested in writing / editing, please fill out this form, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Applications will close on June 15th, 2023.
We are also looking for a logistics coordinator for the set, so please email [email protected] (along with the names of a few references who can vouch for you) if you are interested in that position.
The set is a little over 25% completed, and we expect to finish by March. More details regarding mirrors will be available closer to that date.
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The mirror fee will be $60 per team. All mirror requests and questions regarding the set should be emailed to [email protected] with the subject line "ESPN."