A side event is a small tournament ran in conjunction with a quiz bowl tournament, usually after that "main" tournament is completed. Typically, a "side event" is partnered with an academic tournament so that it can draw in more players.
Subject tournaments are an example of a side event.
Trash tournaments sometimes have certain attributes of side events (running in the evening or on Sunday after a larger academic tournament, providing 10 or fewer rounds, being unabashedly reflective of the authors' vanity interests) but are rarely categorized as "side events" unless they are further specialized to some subdistribution of trash. Similarly, official History Bowl events are not considered "side events."
The phenomenon of side events being announced without any real plan to actually write or hold them was satirized by the holding of Tricontakaipentagon in 2013.
List of side events
Excluding regular trash tournaments.
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Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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Site(s) held
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| 2002 Summer
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Berkeley Science Masters
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| 2000 Summer
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Chicago Open Singles
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| 2001 Summer
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Herbert Spencer Singles
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| 2001 Fall
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Mark Discordia Singles
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| 2001 ?
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"Fleetwood" Mac Singles
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| 2001 Summer
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Andy Goss Trash Singles
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| 1998 Summer
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Chicago Open Singles
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| 1999 Summer
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Chicago Open Singles
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| 2012
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Mike Cheyne's Disney Packet
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| 2012
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Drew Scheeler's Community Packet
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| 2007 Fall
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The Experiment I
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| 2009 Spring
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The Experiment II
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| 2002 Spring
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Anthony de Jesus Singles
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| 1999 Spring
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Case Western Trash Singles
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| 2004 Summer
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Berkeley Movies Tournament
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| 2004 Summer
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Berkeley Science Monstrosity
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| 2004 Summer
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"Folly and Glory" Lit Singles
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| 2005 Summer
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"Jacopo Pontormo" Art Tournament
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| 2006 Fall
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Seth Teitler Myth Tournament
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| 2006 Summer
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Berkeley Science Monstrosity
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| 2006 Summer
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Chris Frankel History Doubles
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| 2007 Summer
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Bruce Arthur History Doubles
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| 2002 Spring
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"S.O.B." Singles
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| 2008 Summer
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Mike Bentley Gumpei Yokoi Memorial Tournament
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| 2008 Fall
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RMPFest I
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| 2008 Summer
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Chicago History Doubles
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| 2008 Summer
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Chicago Literature Doubles
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| 2008 Summer
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Chicago Movies Tournament
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| 2008 Summer
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Gaddis I
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| 2008 Fall
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Minnesota Impossible Speedcheck
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| 2008 Fall
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Minnesota Literature Doubles
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| 2009 Summer
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Bruce Arthur Eurofest
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| 2009 Fall
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RMPFest II
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| 2009 Fall
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Cheyne-Berry Comics Tournament
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| 2009 Summer
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Tommy Casalaspi Lit Tournament
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| 2009 Fall
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Mike Cheyne Fake Lit Tournament
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| 2009 Summer
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Chicago Literature Doubles
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| 2009 Summer
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Geography Monstrosity I
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| 2009 Spring
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Ike Jose Lit Singles
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| 2009 Summer
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Gaddis II
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| 2009 Fall
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Minnesota Guerilla Sports Tournament
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| 2009 Fall
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"KLEE" Arts Tournament
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| 2009 Fall
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Eric Mukherjee "Lederberg" Science Tournament
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| 2009 Summer
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Science Nonstrosity
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| 2010 Summer
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Bruce Arthur "Wild Kingdom" Animals Tournament
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| 2010 Spring
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"Spring Offensive" History Tournament
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| 2010 Summer
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"BELFAST" Arts Tournament
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| 2010
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Mike Bentley Eyes That Do Not See II
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| 2010
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Mike Bentley "VAIN" Video Games Tournament
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| 2010
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Mike Bentley Eyes That Do Not See I
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| 2010
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"Lully" Arts Tournament
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| 2010 Summer
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Ike Jose Lit Doubles
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| 2010 Spring
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Paul Kelson Lit Tournament
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| 2010 Spring
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Jeremy Eaton "TIDUS" Video Games Tournament
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| 2010 Summer
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Geography Monstrosity II
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| 2010 Spring
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GUERILLA I
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| 2010
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Saul Hankin Harry Potter Tournament
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| 2010
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Nathaniel Kane Game Show Tournament
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| 2010 Fall
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Maryland "PERV" Visual Trash Tournament
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| 2010 Fall
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Minnesota RPG Tournament
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| 2010 Spring
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Will Nediger "MELD" Literature Doubles
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| 2010 Summer
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Dallas Simons Classics Tournament
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