National History Day

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Affiliates and nationals are linked contest sites, not one overcrowded portal. When the sending contest is on zFairs, winners keep the same login at nationals. They still finish national registration — profile, fee, store.

1
Affiliate contest

Students, teachers, judges. Paper, exhibit, performance, documentary, website. School invoices and POs are normal here.

2
Judging in the same system

Evals, schedule, paper and website lists. Nationals judging is in person; scores still live in zFairs.

3
Promote

Coordinator sends qualifiers up. Same login. No re-keyed roster.

4
Finish nationals

They complete the national site’s remaining registration. School or local NHD under an affiliate may not be on zFairs — that is fine.

The challenge

Five entry categories, each with different artifacts. Websites need a home. Incomplete lower-ladder adoption. National-specific steps after promotion.

What we use here

Linked promotion, NHD judge portal, scheduling, store, reports. When the program needed more than a contest site, we built the extra systems around it.

“zFairs is a great all-in-one platform for contest coordinators, teachers, students, judges, and volunteers… I cannot recommend zFairs highly enough.”

Alaina McNaughton, Associate Director, National History Day