The New Jersey Speech & Debate League (NJSDL) Online Speech Festival Series is open to all students from New Jersey public and private schools AND welcomes student entries from schools in other states as well!

These online asynchronous competitions offer middle school and high school divisions and students can enter multiple categories! Click here to learn more.

The February 2023 NJSDL Speech Festival has three special themed events celebrating Black History Month:

• Congressional Debate Authorship Challenge (View the Legislation Packet),
• Prepared Prompt (View the Prompts), and
• Original Spoken Word Poetry (Submissions Should Be Inspired by Black History Month)

Traditional speech events are offered as well as the Pro Con Challenge with any NSDA February debate topic.

Video submissions are due 2/23/23. Registration is via SpeechWire.com: https://www.speechwire.com/c-info.php?tournid=13470