Dates and Location

- March 25-31, 2025

- Asynchronous

Events Offered

• After Dinner Speaking
• Declamation
• Duo Interpretation
• Expository Speaking
• Original Spoken Word Poetry
• Prepared Commentary
• Pro Con Challenge
• Poetry Interpretation
• Prose Interpretation
• Radio Broadcasting
• Storytelling

Entry Qualifications

All schools in Georgia are eligible to send 8th-12th grade students to the Supplemental State Championship. There is no official qualification metric to qualify for an event. For a full breakdown of eligibility rules for this tournament, you can read theConstitution & By Laws.

Judging Qualifications

Schools will owe 1 round of judging for every 1 entries.Judges must be adultsas this is a state championship event. This is your preliminary round commitment and does not include a elimination round placement. Each person can cover up to 5 preliminary rounds of judging. It is important to understand that each round of judging will require about one hour fifteen minutes of watching students and providing feedback. We recommend that each judge fulfill 2 or 3 rounds, but do not want to limit it in case you have folks who can judge more.

In an effort to produce high quality feedback, judges will have 48+ hours to adjudicate rounds from students. We ask that schools enter head coaches and qualified judges (or alumni) to help judge rounds.

If you would like to hire judging, you can hire for $20/round.

Guidelines for Canceling Divisions

The GFCA will cancel an event if there are fewer than six entries and/or fewer than three schools when registration closes.

Topics for Commentary

1. The Oscar-Worthy Overtake – Hollywood’s Race for Streaming Supremacy

2. From Red Carpets to Controversies – The Changing Face of Award Show Influence

3. The MVP Debate – What Makes an Athlete Truly Deserving of the Crown?

4. The Participation Trophy Paradox – Are We Rewarding Too Much or Too Little?

5. The Science of Success – What It Really Takes to Win at Any Level

Topic for Pro-Con Challenge

Resolved: The State of Georgia should legalize and regulate sports betting.

Deadlines

The video deadline will be Tuesday, March 25, 2025. At that time all recordings must be uploaded to Tabroom and verified independently by the coach.

Pairings will be released that evening to judges for feedback and review and due by Thursday evening. On Friday, we will release the first set of elimination rounds and by Sunday, name ten new State Champions!