The KITTEN competition is for unaltered or altered, pedigreed kittens between the ages of four and eight months.

Kittens compete with other kittens of the same breed, sex and color for first, second and third place ribbons. Each color group is also awarded Best of Color and Second Best of Color, and each breed is awarded Best of Breed and Second Best of Breed.

When all kittens have been judged, the judge will call back kittens for his/her Top 10 Kitten Final. In an Allbreed ring, all kittens entered in the show compete for the finals, while in a specialty ring only the Longhair or the Shorthair kittens compete.