GFCA Varsity State

Dates

March 5-7, 2021

Synchronous Events Offered

- Dramatic Interpretation
- Extemporaneous Speaking
- Humorous Interpretation
- Impromptu Speaking
- Informative Speaking
- Lincoln Douglas Debate
- Original Oratory
- Policy Debate
- Program of Oral Interpretation
- Public Forum Debate

Asynchronous Events Offered

- Duo Interpretation

Entry Qualifications (2021 Only)

GFCA Member Schools may enter up to four debate entries and six speech entries in each event.

Judging Qualifications

- Policy — In order to be eligible to judge Policy Debate at the Varsity State Tournament, individuals must have judged at least eight (8) rounds at the high school level in Policy Debate since June of the year before the state tournament.

- LD and PF — In order to be eligible to judge Public Forum or Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the Varsity State Tournament, individuals must have judged at least (8) rounds at the high school level in that debate event in the two years before the state tournament.

- Speech — While we do not have specific round requirements for speech, please do make sure your judges are familiar with the speech events offered at the tournament.

Please ask debate judges to make sure they have an updated judge philosophy on Tabroom.com — it really helps the students that they are judging!

Other Notes

LD will be using the NSDA March/April topic. PF will be using the NSDA March topic.

Deadlines and Checklist