Mid-Atlantic NA Regional Contest
2026 – 2027 Regional Programming Contest
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
ICPC Mid-Atlantic North America,
welcoming teams from
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Eastern Pennsylvania
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Southern New Jersey
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Delaware
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Maryland
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The District of Columbia
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Virginia
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West Virginia
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North Carolina
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Regional Contest Director Ian Barland
2026–2027 Contest Information
The 2026 contest will be held Saturday, November 7, 2026. Updates will be posted here and announced on the ICPC-Mid-Atlantic google group.
Important Dates
- 2026-Sep-15 approximately Registration opens (team members need not be fully finalized yet)
- 2026-Oct-03 (Sat) 14:00 NAQ (optional on-line contest; details)
- TBA: Early Payment Deadline
- TBA: Late Payment Deadline
- 2026-Oct-29 (Thu) 23:59 Deadline to modify teams (re-distribute members, change division, …)
- 2026-Nov-07 (Sat) all day: Contest!
Sites
- Locations:
Sites will be finalized by Sep-01. We hope to have sites at most or all of the following recent sites:- possibly: cnu.edu: Christopher Newport University
- possibly jhu.edu: Johns Hopkins University
- possibly jmu.edu: James Madison University
- possibly liberty.edu: Liberty University
- possibly ncsu.edu: North Carolina State University
- possibly psu.edu: Penn State University at Harrisburg
- possibly swarthmore.edu: Swarthmore University — New!
- possibly vt.edu: Virginia Tech
Note that Wilkes University is not able to be a host site this year. We thank them (esp. Dr Fred Sullivan and sysadmin Jason Wagner) for their decades of service!
- Environment: Most sites will use the editors & tools as provided on this image; if not then similar tools will be provided. Contact a particular site’s director for details.
- Divisions: The top few teams from Division 1 will advance to the North American Championship. Its problems are more difficult and solutions more esoteric. Division 2 is more fundamental, and is suitable for more beginning students. D2 doesn’t require fancy algorithms but is still challenging. You can see last year’s D1 and D2, for examples.
Team Registration
- Identify a team coach who will accompany the team to the contest site.
- If the coach does not already have an ICPC account, they can create one here.
- The coach must complete the team registration procedure:
- Identify the three students who will compete. You may use any selection method you wish; however, team members must meet eligibility requirements.
- Verify the eligibility of each student. Please refer to the ICPC Team Composition Rules for complete eligibility requirements.
- Coaches may make changes to their team reservations through 2026-Oct-29 (Thu) 23:59 (e.g. swapping team members);
to request changes after that contact ian.barland@icpc.global.
Fees
- $175 entry fee per team; this includes one coach.
- $50 per additional person — co-coaches (who aren’t otherwise a primary coach), and guests.
- Within 24-48hrs after registering your team, the contest director will email the coach a QuickBooks invoice link.
Payment options include credit card, checks (must have a US 9-digit routing number), and bank transfer.
Capacity Note
Seats are allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on the coach registering at icpc.global. If your preferred site is filled, please (a) contact ian.barland@icpc.global to get on that site’s waiting-list, and (b) register for another site.
2025-26 Mid-Atlantic Regional Contest (last year)
Congratulations to all the teams participating on November 8!
Here are the scoreboards: div1, div2
You can see formerly-live commentary about the Big South conference (midatl+southeast+south regions) from ICPC Live (mirror via codeforces).
Here are the site-specific pages, with info about parking, check-in location, schedule, etc.:
Christopher Newport University, Johns Hopkins [contact da ve ho AT jhu.edu], NCSU, Virginia Tech, and Wilkes University. Please contact the site-director, for further site-specific information.
Contacts
The people listed below are responsible for the planning and conduct of the Mid-Atlantic Regional contest. If you have any questions please contact the appropriate person.
Regional Contest co-Directors: Drs Ian Barland and Maung Htay
Regional Systems Team Leader: Dr. Andrew Ray
Registration
Registration involves creating teams, paying the registration fee, and assigning students to teams (possibly in that order). See instructions.
Mission
The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is a global foundation that provides college students with an opportunity to demonstrate and sharpen their problem-solving and computing skills.
Previous Problem Sets
Info on previous Mid-Atlantic problem sets is available, as well as a collection of regional- and world-contest problem sets here.
About the Contest
The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) gives university students an opportunity to demonstrate and sharpen their problem-solving and programming skills.
Contacts
Regional Contest co-directors: Ian Barland and Maung Htay.
Regional Systems Team Leader: Andrew Ray.
Registration
Coaches should use the official Mid-Atlantic regional page once 2026–27 registration opens.
Previous Problem Sets
See the Mid-Atlantic problem-set archive and the ICPC contest archive.
