East Iowa District Qualifier

for the 2018 National Tournament

Events Offered

The District tournament will host the following events:

Speech Events

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Dramatic Interpretation

Duo Interpretation

Humorous Interpretation

Informative Speaking 

International Extemporaneous Speaking

Original Oratory

Program Oral Interpretation 

Debate Events

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Policy Debate

Public Forum Debate

NOTE: You can double-enter in any 2 events listed above.  (Exception: Only 1 Debate event per student.)  This includes entering in both Extemporaneous Speaking events, a change from last year.  Students can even enter 3 events, if one of those events is the District Congress event - hosted later this year.  All students must complete a Single Entry Intent form though - the form is linked on the "Requirements" tab.  Thanks!

 (Student Congress will be hosted on a separate District tournament date.)

 Each event will use all specific “Event Rules,” as listed in the District Tournament Operations Manual.  For a full listing of event guidelines, you can read the manual via the link on the “Requirements” tab.  Here are some of the most important items, by event:

 Debate (Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, and Public Forum)

 In all rounds of Lincoln‐Douglas and Public Forum Debate, debaters must, at a minimum, orally deliver the title of the source and the author’s name. In Policy Debate, debaters must orally deliver the name of the author, title of the source (e.g., title of the book, not chapter; title of journal, not article), and complete date. Internet based sources must also include the title of the website, database, or access point, the date accessed, and the Web address. The additional citation required for online sources must appear on all evidence, but need not be read. Should two or more quotations be used from the same source, the author and title need be given orally only for the first piece of evidence from that source. Subsequently, only the author’s name is required.

 In all rounds of debate, complete citations for each piece of evidence introduced in the round must be available in the round.  There are extensive evidence rule guidelines in the District Tournament Manual, I would recommend all coaches review the guidelines prior to the tournament to ensure they are meeting stated guidelines.

Extemporaneous Speaking (Domestic and International)

 Extemporaneous Speaking contestants may make use of electronic retrieval devices to store and to retrieve their subject files at all League tournaments (district and national). Students can retrieve extemporaneous files to read, but cannot write speeches or organize their thoughts on the computers. This rule in no way prevents students from still utilizing traditional paper copy files to enable the competitor to successfully compete in Extemporaneous Speaking. The League takes no position on which form of file storage is preferable for use at League tournaments (district or national).

 Electronic retrieval devices are defined as laptop computers, netbooks, iPads, or other portable electronic retrieval equipment. Secondary devices such as flash drives or external hard drives are allowed as well. Cell phones or smart phones are prohibited from being used while preparing or before speaking at League tournaments (district or national).

Extemp Topic Areas for our District Tournament: (to be released as the tournament gets closer)

Your IX topic areas are:

Interpretation (Dramatic, Humorous, and Duo)

 Selections used in these contests must be cuttings from a single work of literature—from one short story or one play, or one novel, or one or more poems.

 Interp source material must be available at all district tournament contests in the event of a protest.  It is the affirmative duty of each coach and each student entered in Interpretation contests to determine absolutely that the cutting being performed meets all rules for material.

 A. Print Publications: The original published source of any selection used must be immediately available at the tournament as well as a complete script of the cutting used. A complete script of the cutting includes:

 1) A photocopy of every page from which any line of the cutting is taken; pages are to be in the order in which they are performed.

 2) All words used from the script should be highlighted (any words/lines not used should be left unmarked).

 3) Any word changes (to eliminate profane language) and/or additions (for transition) must be indicated clearly in ink.

 B. Digital (Online) Publications: The material the competitor performs must presently appear on the website if questions arise in competition, additionally, a printed manuscript must be available:

 1) Manuscript items to be printed directly from the screen:

             a. The first page in the website (the home page)

            b. All other linked pages needed to navigate to the literary text selected for competition    shall be printed out and the link must be highlighted in the manuscript

            c. All web pages upon which the cutting appears

 2) Each page must have printed in the header and/or footer:

             a. Date the page was printed

            b. Web address

 3) Only the printed manuscript shall be considered adequate proof of authenticity. In other words, the student or coach must provide printed pages or an identical copy for examination.

 4) The highlighted manuscript submitted for material verification will follow the same rules designated for printed publications (see section 4.A. immediately above).

 5) The website and online version of the digital publication need to be available for comparison if challenged. Online access is the fundamental responsibility of tournament officials and/or individual filing the protest.

 Original Oratory

 Oratory manuscripts must be available at all district tournament contests in the event of a protest. The orator's script must identify the quoted materials, state the number of quoted words, include a work cited page in APA or MLA format, and both the orator and the coach must attest by signature that the oration is the original work of the contestant.

 Not more than 150 words of the oration may be direct quotation from any other speech or writing and such quotations must be identified in a printed copy of the oration supplied prior to registration. Extensive paraphrasing from other sources is prohibited.