Welcome to the 5th Annual Charger Challenge

December 4–5, 2026
Corner Canyon High School — Draper, Utah

Tournament Information

• Debate & Congress events will be held Friday, December 4th.
• Speech events will be held Saturday, December 5th.
• Policy Debate runs both days.
• Our schedule allows students to enter multiple events both in‑person and asynchronous.
• All live speech events are UK TOC Qualifiers.
• PF & LD topics: NSDA November–December Varsity Topics.
• Elimination rounds will be held in Policy, Debate, Speech & Interp events.

Events:

Interpretation

• Dramatic Interpretation
• Humorous Interpretation
• Duo Interpretation
• Program Oral Interpretation (POI)
• Poetry & Prose
  
• Improv
  
• Character Spar
  
• Storytelling
  
  

Speech

• Informative
• Original Oratory
• Impromptu
  
• National Extemp
• International Extemp
  
• Spar

Novice Speech

• Novice Informative
• Novice Oratory
• Novice Impromptu
  
• Novice Spar
  
  

Debate

• Policy Debate (CX) — 5 Rounds + Elimination Bracket
• Public Forum (PF) — 4 Rounds + Grand Final
• Lincoln-Douglas (LD) — 4 Rounds + Grand Final
  
• Big Questions (BQ)— 4 Rounds + Grand Final
• Novice LD & Novice PF — 4 Rounds

Congress

• Varsity Congress (CON) — 2 Sessions
• Novice Congress (NCON) — 2 Sessions

Asynchronous Events

Speech

• Informative
• Oratory
• Declamation
• After Dinner Speech
  

Limited Prep

• Combined Extemp
• Pro/Con Challenge
  
  

Interpretation

• Humorous Interpretation
• Dramatic Interpretation
  
• POI
  
• DUO
• Storytelling
• Poetry
• Musical Theater

Creative / Production

• Lip Sync
• Documentary Short Film
  
• Newscaster

Awards

• Speech, PF, LD, Congress — Top 10
• Policy, Interp, BQ, Spar & Novices— Top 6
• Asynchronous — Top 3

Additional Recognition

• Top 5 Sweepstakes Teams
• Best Team Vibe Award
• Student Leadership Awards
• Many additional awards (ie best aesthetic, most unique speech, creative interp, ect)

Judging Requirements

• Speech / Congress / Asynchronous — 1 judge per 5 entries
• LD / PF — 1 judge per 2 entries
• Policy (CX) — 1 judge per 2 entries

Entry Fees

• $25 per school per day
• $5 per speech entry
• $10 per PF or Duo entry
• $20 per Policy (CX) entry

Fines

• No-show judge — $75
• Late adds/drops — $5 per entry