Dragon Invitational
2021 — Collierville, TN/US
Prose Interpretation
Event Description:
Prose Interpretation Judging Rules and Guidelines
a. Contest requirements
1. Literature
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(a) Literature for performance will be from a published, printed prose work
— fiction or nonfiction — such as novels, essays, short stories, etc., but
not from poetry or plays.
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(b) More than one cutting may be performed. Cuttings should be related.
Transitions may be used.
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(c) Material from the Internet that is not printed and published in any other
media is prohibited.
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(d) A student may not use a cutting from a work of literature that the student
used in THSSDL competition in any previous contest year.
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(e) The original published source of any selections used must be
immediately available at the tournament, as well as a complete script of
the cutting.
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(f) The literature may not be the student's own work.
2. Time
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(a) The maximum time limit is ten (10) minutes with a 30 second “grace”
period.
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(b) The introduction to the selection is considered part of the overall time
limit.
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(c) Penalties will be imposed for exceeding the time limit.
3. Performance
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(a) Vocal, facial and bodily expressions may be used as long as they do not
call attention to the interpreter as a performer or detract from the
meaning of the material.
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(b) A manuscript must be read.
b. Judging criteria
Oral Interpretation of Prose Literature will be judged on the basis of the appropriateness of the selection to the event and to the contestant. The student’s understanding of the selection and the author, vocal and physical control, communication of meaning and how well she/he handled the manuscript will also be considered.