Registration & Payment Deadline is September 24
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
- 10/8 Varsity & Novice Preliminary Rounds
- 10/9 Varsity & Novice Elims & Finals
- 10/9 Elementary Events
ELEMENTARY EVENTS (Grades 1 – 5)
- ESD: Smart Debate (G4-5): It is half speech time of PF debate.
- EOO or EST: Speech Block A (G1-4): Original Oratory or Storytelling
- EI: Speech Block B (G1-4): Impromptu
- Creative Writing: Creative nonfiction, short story, script, poetry. Read more and enter here
- Double-Entries must be selected from different time slots (A + B) to avoid time conflicts. Click for more instruction on kids’ speech preparation.
SECONDARY EVENTS (Grades 6 – 12)
*NO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PERMITTED IN NOVICE*
- OOO: Open Original Oratory (G6-12); click for instruction
- OES: Open Extemporaneous Speaking (G6-12); click for instruction
- NPF: Novice Public Forum (G6 with 1 year/less debate experience)
- OPF: Open Public Forum (G7-12) two high school teams in final round get TOC bids
- NCX: Novice Policy, speech times are 1/2 of OCX (G6 with 1 year/less debate experience)
- OCX: Open Policy (G7-12); two high school teams in final round get TOC bids
- Creative Writing: Creative nonfiction, short story, script, poetry. Click for more instruction
DEBATE TOPICS (NSDA September/October Topic)
- Smart Debate (same as PF topic): Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its investment in high-speed rail.
- Public Forum Debate: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its investment in high-speed rail. (TOC bid is reserved for high school students in final round.)
- Policy Debate: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity. (TOC bid is reserved for high school students in final round.)
LIMITATIONS
- Debate partner can be from a different school for the Taiwan District, but a partner must be from the same school for the U.S. NSDA.
- Double entries ONLY permitted for grade 1-4 if both entries are speech events. For all other situations, NOT permitted.
REGISTRATION METHODS
- Individual Entry Online Registration
- School Entry Online Registration
- Judge Entry Online Registration
- Registration Issues:
- Registration Fee Issues:
VENUE
- 10/8 @NTNU – Varsity & Novice Preliminary Rounds
- 10/9 @NTNU – Varsity & Novice Elims & Finals
- 10/9 @NTNU – Elementary Events