The Northwest Master/slave Contest
Here's an opportunity to serve your community as a very special pair of ambassadors!
The Northwest regional Master/slave contest event is now accepting inquiries from prospective contestants.
This contest celebrates the Master/slave dynamic by providing positive outreach to the community at large. The purpose is education - promotion of healthy leather relationships.
To qualify, contestants must have been part of their current self-identified Master/slave relationship for at least one full year. The contest is for pairs who identify as Master/slave regardless of race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
The title holders will be expected to honor the title by helping educate the leather community as a whole about the Master/slave lifestyle. It is also expected that title holders will actively pursue fundraising for the charity of their choice as a way of giving back to the community.
The Northwest Master and slave titles are not about a particular "look," dress, body type, gender or sexual orientation. There is no required set of protocols that the winners are expected to follow. Contestants are not required to have a formal "platform." However, questions from the judges regarding any specific plans or goals the contestants might have should they win the titles are appropriate.
The Northwest Master/slave contest is one of the feeder contests to the International Master/slave contest held at South Plains Leatherfest in Dallas, Texas each February. Winners of the NWM/s contest will be expected to enter the International contest and represent the Northwest region at the South Plains Leatherfest.
The IM/s contest is organized into five regions:
A. Great Lakes
B. Northeast
C. Southeast
D. Southwest
E. Northwest (the newest region)
Contestants are Judged in Five Areas:
1) an interview with the judging panel
2) a two-minute speech (by each Master and each slave) given to a live audience
3) a brief (10 minute) educational presentation/synopsis of a seminar pertaining to M/s
4) answers to randomly selected questions given to each Master and slave on stage during the contest
5) the "M/s dynamic" observed by the judges throughout the contest weekend. (This is a subjective measure of the degree to which each competing couple models an identifiable M/s dynamic.)
Possible Points are Awarded as Follows:
- Interview with Judges (up to 150 points)
- Speech (up to 100 points)
- Presentation (up to 100 points)
- On-stage ("Pop") Question (up to 75 points)
- Master/slave Dynamic (up to 75 points)
A minimum of 70% of the possible points available are required to win, regardless of the number of contestant pairs competing. There are seven judges.
The "Olympic" scoring system is used.
The winning pair is also expected to post quarterly activity reports to the contest "owner" - smOdyssey, Inc., the entity which is responsible for travel fund disbursement to the title holders throughout their title year.
Questions? Email us at info@northwestleathercelebration.com.
Contestant applications for NWLC 2010 must be postmarked by April 15, 2010.
