In order to compete at this tournament:

• You must have paid your team dues to the boosters

• Be sure you have turned in your Tournament APS Permission Packet or you will not be able to compete/attend. 

LIVE Speech & LIVE Debate

You may only single entry

Students who enter Springboards MUST provide a judge to participate.

Students must have paid team dues and turned in the APS Permission packet to participate.

Links

Student Sign Up - Due October 12

Judge Sign Up - Due October 12 - NOTE: All judges must complete the Intro to Impartial Judging Course.

Tabroom Link

Details

Debate:

• All debate will be held live on NSDA Campus - accessed through Tabroom.

• Congress, Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Big Questions, and World Schools will be offered. No double entry is permitted. 

  • • Topics are on the Tabroom page on the Right Side Menu

• Each debate event will have two divisions: an open division that anyone can enter, and a rising stars division that is limited to any middle school competitor and any high school competitor in their first year of speech and debate competition.

• Congress will do one two-hour session, and all other events will do one preset preliminary round.

Speech:

• Speech events will have two divisions: an open division that anyone can enter, and a rising stars division that is limited to any middle school competitor and any high school competitor in their first year of speech and debate competition.

• Live speech scrimmages will offer Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Program Oral Interp, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, Prose, Poetry, Mixed Extemp, and Live Duo (competitors must perform in the same physical room).

• Prose and Poetry will use a 7 minute time limit with a 30 second grace period.

• No double entry is permitted in live speech events.