• All contests will be a 90 second meat style duck, mainstreet duck routine and goose routine in the standard calling contests formats.

• The contestant who draws #1 will call twice in round. The caller that draws #1 will be given what ever number is left from the draw after all other contestants have drawn their number. The #1 score will not count and the second score will always count.

• All contestants will blow 2 rounds with no cuts being made until round 3.

• Winners of all contests will get free entry into the open contest that follows each novice contest.

• All contest organizers must keep score using the Mike Eddy Spreadsheet.
- They must submit results to the ICA board after contest completion.
- In addition to results, list of judges must be submitted as well.

• Anyone who has won an open contest in the past 3 years that had 2 pro callers in it.
• Anyone who has ever placed top 5 in the World Duck Calling Contest In Stuttgart, Arkansas.
• Anyone who has ever placed top 5 in the World Goose Calling Contest or World Meat Duck Calling Championship in Easton, Maryland.

There are multiple ways a novice caller moves on to the pro circuit:

• If a caller wins 5 novice contests in a single calendar year.
• If a caller wins 5 total novice contests.
• If a caller makes top 5 in any of the World Championships.
• If a caller wins an open contest with 2 or more current pros competing, it shall count as 2 novice wins.

State specific contest that only allow residents of the state to compete do not count against your novice totals.