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Thank you for your interest in our ACT-SO programs! Applications are closed for 2025. Please fill out our Interest Form below for next year.
If you have questions, please email to actso@cincinnatinaacp.com or call our office at 513-281-1900.

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ACT-SO Categories

Please refer to the ACT-SO Category Descriptions and select the category or categories for which you will create a project, artwork, or performance. Remember, you can participate in up to three categories with the exception of culinary competition. Students competing in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management cannot compete in any other category. Please specify the competition, and for music competitors, indicate the instrument and/or voice (for example, soprano, drums, saxophone, etc.).
PERFORMING ARTS
  • Dance: Ballet
  • Dance: Contemporary
  • Dance: Modern
  • Dance: Traditional
  • Dramatics
  • Music: Instr. – Classical
  • Music: Instr. – Contemp.
  • Music: Vocal – Classical
  • Music: Vocal – Contemp.
  • Oratory
  • Poetry – Performance
STEM
  • Architecture
  • Biology/Microbiology
  • Chemistry/Biochemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Earth & Space Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine & Health
  • Physics
Humanities
  • Music Composition
  • Original Essay
  • Playwriting
  • Poetry – Written
  • Short Story
VISUAL ARTS
  • Drawing
  • Filmmaking
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Sculpture
BUSINESS
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Hospitality Management
CULINARY
  • Culinary Arts
All NAACP ACT-SO Contestants must declare one unit to compete with during a single cycle. Students are not permitted to split their competitions across multiple units. Any contestant violating this policy will be disqualified and prevented from participating in the competition.
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