THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE FIRST ANNUAL
AWARDS
Your entry will be amongst the best cannabis grown and will be evaluated by our
industry and cross judges.
We pride ourselves on the complete transparency of our scoring system. Participants will
have total disclosure of all scores, scoring cards and laboratory results after award
ceramony is complete.
The following rules and guidelines will be used to direct our 2015 medicinal cannabis
competition.
COMPETITION POLICIES AND GUIDELINES
The closing date for last receipt of entries is: MAY 21st-22nd, 2015 - Drop off location will
be emailed 1 week prior to closing date.
With your entry you will receive one - Sunday pass to the C2 Expo and awards ceremony.
Only Three (3) Entry’s for flower are allowed, if you think you’re the Best Take 1st, 2nd and
3rd Only one entry, per category of Concentrate and Edible, is allowed per business /
entity. We will be taking entries in the following categories:
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Flowers
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Concentrates / Hash
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Edibles
Final scores, for all categories, will be derived from two aspects. The first aspect will be the
judges’ score. This will account for 75 percent of the final total. The remaining 25 percent will
be based on the results of the laboratory testing.
Entry’s May be made at www.c2mag.com
FLOWERS
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Flowers will be given a score of 1-10 for each of the following categories:
Taste, Smell, Appearance, Effects, and Burn Quality.
Laboratory results for the entry will be given a score of 1-10 based on THC, CBD, and CBN
levels.
Each flower entry requires 13 grams. We pride ourselves on not collecting unnecessary
product.
Each judge will be given 1 gram sample for judging. The remaining 3 grams will be used for
laboratory testing.
Please separate your 13 gram entry into 13 individual bags / containers of 1 gram each.
Please do not label the smaller individual bags.
HASH AND CONCENTRATES
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Concentrates and hash will be given a score of 1-10 for each of the following categories:
Taste, Appearance, Color, Smell, Effects, and Residual levels.
Laboratory results for the entry will be given a score of 1-10 based on THC, CBD, and CBN
levels.
Each flower entry requires 13 grams. We pride ourselves on not collecting unnecessary
product.
Each judge will be given 1 gram sample for judging. The remaining 3 grams will be used for
laboratory testing.
Please separate your 13 gram entry into 13 individual bags / containers of 1 gram each.
Please do not label the smaller individual bags.
EDIBLES
Edibles will be given a score of 1 - 10 for each of the following categories:
• Taste, Effects, Visual Appeal of Edible, Visual Appeal of Packaging, and Accuracy of
Labeling.
• Please note labeling must include ingredients, proper dose/serving size, accurate cannabis
level in milligrams and company name.
• Laboratory results for the entry will be given a score of 1-10 based on THC, CBD, and CBN
levels. Entries will also have microbiological screening.
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Each judge will be given one single serving for sampling. The remaining serving will be used for
laboratory testing.
Each entry requires 7 single servings/doses. We pride ourselves on not collecting unnecessary
product.
Please separate your 7 individually labeled single servings.
Any edible requiring refrigeration or freezing must be properly packaged in a cooler or with
ice packs.
PLEASE NOTE
Participants will receive full disclosure of their scoring after the judging has closed and all
calculations are completed. This includes judge scoring and laboratory THC, CBD, CBN
and microbiological testing. We feel this is imperative in order for us to make
advancements in our field.
All entries must be submitted with a valid Michigan Medical Marihuana card.
Registration entry fee is due at the time of registration.
All entries require a completed entry form at the time of drop off.
Entries will be pre-screened at the time of the drop off. The entry will not be accepted if any
contaminants are noted. Any entry found to have been tampered with, adulterated or
doctored in anyway will also be disqualified from the judging process.
The top ten entries in each category will be tested at the laboratory. Any entry that does not
pass microbiological or contaminant testing will be disqualified.
Entries that have incidents of mold, bacteria, or pesticides as identified either by either the
competition committee or our partner lab will be automatically disqualified and the
competitors immediately notified.
We strive for absolute fairness and integrity of our competition. To ensure this C2 cannot
allow any customized container for any entry, in any category. This may include, but is not
limited to: dab dishes, blown glass jars or any personalized items. Anything that could
potentially reveal a specific participant will not be accepted. All entries must be brought in
standard containers only. All entries in non-standard containers will be asked to be
repackaged, or else will not be accepted.
To insure fair testing all entries must be submitted in a plain/standard container. I.e.
Ziploc bags, Tupperware.
Disqualification will be privately handled between C2 and competitors solely through the
phone number provided.
Regrettably, C2 cannot offer refunds; this includes the unusual event of disqualification.
We will be judging over a six-week period. Judges will meet each week to receive new
entries and discuss the previous week’s samples.
All judges’ results are final.
Entry’s May be made at www.c2mag.com
First place winners of all contest categories will receive a HIGH FIVE award.
1st prize: $1000 in your pocket!
The High Five award and its bragging rights, our prestigious first place Trophy and
Medal to show off, and a free entry into next year’s HIGH FIVE competition Plus 3
day –VIP tickets to next year’s C2 Expo.
2nd place: A second place medal
Try again next year with a free entry into next year’s HIGH FIVE competition
3 day –VIP tickets to next year’s C2 Expo.
3rd place:
A 3rd place medal
3 day –VIP tickets to next year’s C2 Expo.
High CBD Awards will be given out for each category. Only First Place wins these awards!
-Flower
-Concentrate
-Edibal
HIGH FIVE HIGH CBD Awards: Get HIGH FIVE HIGH CBD Plaque, free entry into next year’s HIGH
FIVE competition Plus 3 day –VIP tickets to next year’s C2 Expo.
The awards ceremony will be held on the closing day of the C2 Expo.
If a winner is not present, he/she will be contacted and the award mailed to the desired
location.
THE
AWARDS
Entry’s May be made at www.c2mag.com
FLOWER ENTRY FORM
Detroit, Michigan, June 12-14, 2015
Please complete this entry form and return it with 13 grams of your finest cannabis to the drop off location.
One entry form must be filled out for EACH separate entry. You may enter only three (3) times in the
Flower category. There is $ 250.00 fee, per entry, due at the time of registration.
By Checking this Box, You agree to be valid registered Michigan Medical Marihuana Card holder.
Please refer to the official rules and regulations on how to package your entry.
By entering, you are agreeing to the rules and guidelines of the competition.
Contact Name: _______________________________________ Contact Number: __________________________________
PERSON/DISPENSARY that should be recognized for cultivating this entry?
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Seed or Clone? _____________________________________________
Strain(s)? _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Genetic background? ___________________________________________________________________________________
Sativa, Indica or hybrid? ___________________________________________ Sativa / Indica entry has to be >70% dominant
Date of harvest? ___________________________________________
Entry’s May be made at www.c2mag.com
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PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR GROWING TECHNIQUES:
Growing style? ________________________________________________________________________________________
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Watering technique?____________________________________________________________________________________
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Nutrient program used (organic, synthetics, brand, etc.)_______________________________________________________
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Flowering time? _______________________________________________________________________________________
Curing process/time? ___________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Entry’s May be made at www.c2mag.com
Thank you for entering the, HIGH FIVE Medical Awards in Michigan! We appreciate
your participation and GOOD LUCK!
EDIBLE ENTRY FORM
Detroit, Michigan, June 12-14, 2015
Please complete this entry form and return it with 6 single servings of your finest edible to the drop off location.
One entry form must be filled out for EACH separate entry. You may enter only once in each category.
There is $ 250.00 fee, per entry, due at the time of drop off.
By Checking this Box, You agree to be valid registered Michigan Medical Marihuana Card holder.
Please refer to the official rules and regulations on how to package your entry.
By entering, you are agreeing to the rules and guidelines of the competition.
Contact Name: _______________________________________ Contact Number: __________________________________
PERSON/DISPENSARY that should be recognized for this entry:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Describe your edible: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Did you cultivate the cannabis used?________________ If no …..How did you obtain it? _____________________________
Strain(s) used? ________________________________________________________________________________________
Sativa, Indica or Hybrid used? _____________________________________________
Ingredients? __________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cannabis level, per single serving, in milligrams? _____________________________________________________________
Thank you for entering the, HIGH FIVE Medical Awards in Michigan! We appreciate
your participation and GOOD LUCK!
Entry’s May be made at www.c2mag.com
HASH AND CONCENTRATE ENTRY FORM
Detroit, Michigan, June 12-14, 2015
Please complete this entry form and return it with 13 grams of your finest hash/concentrate to the drop off location.
One entry form must be filled out for EACH separate entry. You may enter only once in each category.
There is $ 250.00 fee, per entry, due at the time of drop off.
By Checking this Box, You agree to be valid registered Michigan Medical Marihuana Card holder.
Please refer to the official rules and regulations on how to package your entry.
By entering, you are agreeing to the rules and guidelines of the competition.
Contact Name: _______________________________________ Contact Number: __________________________________
PERSON/DISPENSARY that should be recognized for this entry?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Seed or Clone? _______________________________ Flower or trimmings? _______________________________________
Strain(s) used? ________________________________________________________________________________________
Sativa, Indica or Hybrid? ___________________________________________ Sativa / Indica entry has to be >70% dominant
Curing process/time? ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Process of making hash? ________________________________________________________________________________
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Thank you for entering the, HIGH FIVE Medical Awards in Michigan! We appreciate
your participation and GOOD LUCK!
Entry’s May be made at www.c2mag.com
ALL ABOUT THE COMPETITION: HIGH FIVE AWARDS Rules, Regulations & FAQ - Please read the following Rules and FAQ carefully as rules are constantly
changing with new discoveries, information and technology within the cannabis industry.
How It Works 2015 Competition Categories for the HIGH FIVE Awards The Medical Cannabis competition will be in three categories; Flower, Concentrates, and Edibles. Concentrates (solvent extractions only) and Hash (all nonsolvent extractions, including water, dry siev, kiefs, etc.). are one catagory and only one entry per category, per entity. For the Flower category Entry’s may enter up to three (3) times, in any subcategory
Indica, Sativa, Hybrid. If you think you’re the best and can sweep the flower, have at it,
the best will win! We ask participants to base this on the high / stone of the entry as
Judges typically will fault a Sativa entry that smokes like an Indica (and vice-a-versa).
The Flower Competition is unique in that all sub categories of Flower will be judged
against each other for the winner. Only one will win first place for flower.
The Competition Director will use the lineages of strains provided on the entry forms as an aid
in determining if your intended category placement is correct. (Please refer to the last page for
examples of commonly miss categorized entries.)
For flowers, we require 13 grams per entry. We ask that you label your entry clearly with the name of the strain, category and company name. This should be done ONLY ONCE on the exterior of the box/ bag/ container that holds your entry individual samples should not have any labels. ***Please separate your 13-gram entry into (13) 1-gram increments. These
increments may be placed in either plastic jars or plastic bags. Please do not label
the individual jars or bags of 1-gram increments as judging is conducted blind.***
Please understand that HIGH FIVE reserves the right to change the category of entry if the entry is deemed misplaced (i.e., a contestant is entering a Haze variety into the Indica category). If the participant has already entered a product into the category the entry is being switched into, the participant must then decide which one entry to submit. Important Notes on Concentrates & Hash Categories HIGH FIVE Competitors may enter only one entry into the Concentrates and Hash
category. Also, please note these important new regulations regarding Concentrates: For Concentrates, we require 7 grams per entry. However, we now ask that all Concentrate entries come in onegram (1.0g) increments. We recommend using small glass vials for oils, liquids or any other viscous concentrates and using small plastic containers or parchment envelopes for wax or butter entries. *NEW RULE* Regarding Concentrates & Hash: All concentrate and hash entries must
Be submitted in plastic containers, small glass vials or parchment envelopes. All containers
must be unmarked. To ensure the fairness of the competition, H5 cannot allow customized
containers such as dab dishes, blown glass jars or anything else that may reveal a specific
competitor’s entry to judges. Any entries brought to registration that are not in standard plastic
or glass containers will not be accepted.
We ask that you place your 7 containers into a box or large plastic bag that is clearly labeled with the name of the product, category and company name. However, please do not label or sticker the individual jars, ONLY the bag or box you deliver them in. - ** Lastly, please be sure to see the rules below regarding disqualifications as a few
directly pertain to concentrate entries. There will be no tolerance for adulterated
concentrate products, whether by synthetic additives or organic compounds (terpenes, etc.)
derived from anything other than the original starting extract material.
Important Notes on Edibles The Edibles category is the most unique and perhaps toughest to judge. We do employ laboratory testing within the Edibles category as well, but this requires proper dosage labeling on all Edible entries so that the lab can provide our judges with cannabinoid levels for a single serving size (one person dosage). As such, here are the criteria by which Judges will be scoring Edible entries. Please take extra note of the labeling and packaging categories listed below. The following categories will be scored by Judges and account for approximately 75 percent of the final score; Food Appearance; Taste; Strength/ Effects; Product Originality; Healthiness. The following categories pertain to the products’ labels and packaging. These categories are simply scored “Yes/ No” This accounts for five percent of the final score. They are: Ingredients List; Dosage/ Serving Size; Potency Info; Clearly Marked Cannabis/ Medicine Label; Professional Packaging. NOTE: Edible entries will receive scores for both THC and CBD levels per single serving. Thus, participants MUST clearly delegate exactly how much of your product is ONE serving, Because if you do not the lab will not test your product. This score will account for
approximately 20 percent of the final score.
Lab testing of edibles is always done using an HP LC (liquid chromatography) machine. We
test for THC, CBD and THC-A, all of which are worked into the equation for the final
quantitative score. The THC-A number is used to deduce how effectively the chef was in his or
her conversion of potential THC potency. We require 7 individually packaged samples for
competitors entering the Edibles category. We ask that if you’re edible requires refrigeration
that you bring it in a cooler (which we will try to return to you, but no promises).
IMPORTANT: Please understand that the Edibles category does abide to the same “blind judging” process that the other categories do. As packaging will be judged after all
sample judging is complete. This is due specifically to fact that packaging is an important component in the scoring this category. ** Notes Regarding Disqualifications: This page must be initialed and turned in with
registration.
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HIGH FIVE reserves the right to disqualify (DQ) entries for any rules violation and in
cases where H5 deems the entry, or practices of the competitor therein, to be against the
spirit of fair competition.
Entries that have high incidents of mold, bacteria, or pesticides as identified either by
either the competition committee or our partner labs will be privately disqualified and the
competitors immediately notified.
If any entry is found to have been tampered with, adulterated or doctored in anyway
using any synthetic or artificial substances, that entry will be disqualified. This includes,
but is not limited to, any substance that did not originate from the original source
material, including additives such as terpenes or oils, even when derived from natural or
organic sources. This does NOT apply to entries in the “Edibles” category.
H5 is not out to publicly embarrass any of our competitors and these rules are solely in
place for the safety and welfare of our judges and the community at large. As such,
disqualification will not be made public and will be privately handled between H5 and
competitors.
Unfortunately, H5 does not offer refunds in the rare event of a disqualification.
* PLEASE NOTE: We realize that some companies, particularly breeders, seed companies and
dispensary chains have multiple entities under their charge. In cases where multiple entities with the same owners, or same company names, or same parent corporation have multiple stores or companies entering, there must be different entries submitted for each. H5 will not allow the same entry to be entered more than once by related entities. This rule is actually in place to protect companies from competing against themselves as well as to help ensure the fairness and integrity of the competition. HIGH FIVE Fair Competition ACT.
I the producer will not enter into the competition more than my allotted amount of entry. A total
of (3) Flower Entry’s (1) Concentrate Entry (1) Edible Entry. I will not knowingly or unknowingly
allow other entity’s to enter my products falsely in order to change the odds, in doing so I
understand that is a violation of the competition and agree to forfeiter of any prize money and or
awards received illegally and the runner up will be named victor. If by any chance the producer
breaks these codes of competition they will no longer be allowed to enter into any future HIGH
FIVE AWARD competitions ever. I the producer __________ Initial. Have read over the rules of
the competition and agree to abide by them.
***Please turn in with registration form. This page is mandatory for completion of
registration.***
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions What Are Entries Scored On? The five categories to be scored by each Judge are as follows: Aroma; Taste; Visual
Aesthetics; Stone/ High; and Burn ability/ Flush.
The three categories on the Lab side that will score are very basic and are as follows: Potency
(THC levels); Medicinal Properties (CBD levels); Cure/ Age/ Storage (CBN levels). This
scoring is based solely on lab results. Points are awarded in each category based on a scale
that gives scores of 1 through 5 for the various ranges of cannabinoid levels.
Please take note of some new additions to the scoring rules: ●
HIGH FIVE awards CBD Awards at the Medical Cannabis Competition for those
entries that test highest in CBD (cannabidiol). Because we do not have enough CBD
rich entries to award 1st, 2nd and 3rd in every category, H5 awards a CBD Award in
each of the three category types – meaning one CBD award to a flower, one to an
edible and one to a hash & concentrate. The order of those Awards will be decided by
merit at each event by the H5 staff.
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It should also be noted that the laboratory has been instructed to test for contaminants
as well. Entries bearing any amounts of mold, mildew, etc. will be automatically
disqualified (DQ). DQs will not be publicly announced, but competitors will be privately
notified of the situation. There is no refund for a DQ entry.
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Please be sure to read the above section entitled “Edibles” for information on how this
category will be judged as it varies significantly from the Cannabis and Concentrates
categories.
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Also, please be sure to read the above section entitled “Concentrates” as new
requirements have been added to that competition category.
How Many Judges Are There? There are 9 judges total. 5 for Concentrate and Edibles.
The H5 Competition Director oversees all Judges and Category Coordinators as well as the intake and processing of entries, the judging process itself, score tabulations and finalizing of winners. Who Are The Judges & How Are They Selected? All Judges are experts or professionals from Counter-Culture industries. We go to great
lengths to ensure that the Judges selected have demonstrated exceedingly high levels of
cannabis knowledge and are extremely dedicated to both the cause and the task of judging.
How Long Do Judges Have To Judge? This is perhaps the most heavily questioned aspect of the competition – the length of the judging period. Judges will have a minimum of 2 weeks to complete their judging. Who Will Be Conducting The Lab Testing?
Iron Labs LLC