State Contest

2025-26 cover

 

When?

StateSaturday, April 26, 2025

7:30am to 6:00pm

Where?

University of Colorado Denver, Auraria Campus

Auraria Maps

Who?

For more information on the regional contest nearest you, please visit the Contest Calendar. If you have questions please contact the state office Kelly.Cvanciger@ucdenver.edu or by phone at 303.315.1789.

Registration Fees:

Schools will be sent an invoice to pay via Eventbrite OR by check

  • ​There is a fee of $30 per participant (not per entry). See the payment sheet in the Regional Winners Packet. The fee may also be paid online through the ZFairs store tab. Please note that there are additional service charges for online payments.
  • Please mail your registration fee to National History Day in Colorado, PO Box 173364, Campus Box 182, Denver, CO 80217.
  • If paying by check as a school(no individual student checks permitted in 2025), checks must be made payable to: Regents at University of Colorado. 
  • We will never turn down an entry because of an inability to pay the fees. If this is an issue, please email Kelly.Cvanciger@ucdenver.edu.
  • We are unable to issue refunds, even in the case of overpayment or cancellation.
  • If you choose to pay online, please know that there is a service charge to EventBrite attached to each registrant.
  • Note to teachers: If your school district is paying for your students, please include a list of applicable students for payment.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: ALL NHDC Regional Contest are IN PERSON contests, therefore students are required to be in person for their interviews.

We do not offer a Zoom option at Regional Contests outside of the VIRTUAL contest. The State Contest is an IN PERSON event!

Regional Winners Packet

Important Deadlines + Info

Registration Closes April 1 at 4pm! 
  • Papers are due by April 8th at 4:00 pm via the ZFairs platform.
  • Websites will be locked on April 8th at 4pm. Please submit a correct URL in the registration form.
  • Documentaries that wish to be considered for special awards must submit their link via the registration form due April 1st at 4pm.
  • Documentary final links are due April 8th at 4pm via ZFair.
  • Exhibit, Performance, and Documentary paperwork must be submitted via Zfairs by April 8th at 4pm as one PDF document to include a Title Page, Process Paper, and Annotated Bibliography. 

State Qualifiers

National History Day 2025
June 8-12, 2025
University of MD, College Park

Who can attend? Students must compete and win at their regional competitions in order to qualify for the State Contest. Students who place first or second in each category at the State Contest qualify to compete at the National Contest. Third-place finishers serve as alternates at the National Contest if first-place or second-place finishers are not able to attend.

For more information, visit the NHD site.

           
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