Competitions Rulebook

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MIST NJ 2026 List of Competitions
CLICK HERE: Pilot Competition Rulebook Addendum

Early Submission Info/Guide

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MIST Tournament Weekend: TBD

IMPORTANT COMPETITION INFORMATION:

• Debate preliminary rounds will be held in an online format prior to the MIST tournament weekend. Dates TBD.

• Chess, Super Smash Bros, and Fortnite will be held prior to the MIST tournament weekend. Dates TBD

• Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Brothers Flag Football, and Sisters Badminton will happen IN-PERSON prior to the MIST tournament weekend. Dates TBD

This year's Knowledge Test books (by level):

• Intermediate (Recommended for grades 8 - 10)

• The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa Ramirez

• Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption by Michael Sugich
  

• Advanced (Recommended for grades 11-12)

• The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi

• Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari’a by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im (see disclaimer)

This year’s MIST Bowl Topics:

1. The Flow of Water: Balancing Scarcity, Use, and Waste

2. Sudan Beyond the Headlines

3. Where The Lines Are Drawn: Housing and the Map of Inequality

4. Community, Direction, and Diplomacy in the Seerah

5. Current Events

This year’s Debate Topics:

1. THS adopt a wealth tax.

2. THBT the United Nations should abolish permanent membership on its Security Council.

3. THBT the benefits of the use of generative artificial intelligence in education outweigh the harms.

4. THS substantially increase its investment in nuclear energy.

5. THBT immigration should be recognized as a human right.

THS: The House should…

THBT: The House believes that…

Any Competitions related questions should be sent to mistnj.competitions@getmistified.com