Warrior Invitational
2025 — Greer, SC/US
Prose or Poetry Interpretation
Event Description:
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This event is prose or poetry. Each competitor chooses a prose or poetry, and performs that throughout the day.
The rounds do not alternate.
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From the NSDA Unified Manual:
Prose: Prose expresses thought through language recorded in sentences and paragraphs: fiction (short stories, novels) and non-fiction (articles, essays, journals, biographies).
Poetry: Poetry is writing which expresses ideas, experience, or emotion through the creative arrangement of words according to their sound, their rhythm, their meaning. Poetry may rely on verse and stanza form.
Selections: Only published, printed works may be used, unless the works meet the Interpretation Rules for PDFs, e-books, and online material. No plays or other dramatic materials may be used. In Prose, if the source is an anthology collection of short stories or novels, each selection of literature is independent and only one selection can be used, even if it is from the same author. In Poetry, selections must be cuttings from a single source. If an anthology collection of poems is used as the single source, the cutting may incorporate multiple poems by an author or a variety of authors.
Movement: During the interpretation, the student may use their whole body, including the feet; however, they should not walk around.
Script: A script must be used, and may be used by the contestant as a prop so long as it remains in the contestant’s control at all times. Reading from a book or magazine is not permitted.
Time limit: 10 minutes, with a 30 second grace period. Presentations that exceed the grace period may not receive first place in the round. Any other penalty is at the judge’s discretion.