Topics and Procedures

All events will follow the rules outlined in the NSDA Unified Manual.

All events are open to the public and all observers are permitted to flow the round. Observers can be ejected from rounds if their conduct interrupts the debate, violates NSDA rules, or constititutes bullying or harrassment.

PF

- All rounds will be flip for sides using the tabroom coinflip feature. Elimination rounds will never be side locked.

- PF will debate the November/December 2026 topic.

LD

- Sides in preliminary rounds will be assigned.

- Elimination rounds will be flip for sides using the tabroom coinflip feature, unless debaters have met in preliminary rounds; in such cases, entries will be assigned the opposite side.

- LD will debate the November/December 2026 topic.

Policy

- Sides in preliminary rounds will be assigned.

- Elimination rounds will be flip for sides using the tabroom coinflip feature, unless teams have met in preliminary rounds; in such cases, entries will be assigned the opposite side.

- Policy will debate the 2026-27 NFHS topic:

Congress

- All chambers will set their own docket order.

- Recency will be randomly generated by the tabroom and shared with the parliamentarian.

- The docket will be selected from August and October UDCA legislation, with a preference for bills authored by schools attending the tournament.

Speech

- We will advance between 25-50% of the field to semifinals or finals. Events with 8 or fewer entries will not have finals.

- Note cards will be permitted in Extemporaneous Speaking and Impromptu Speaking.

Impromptu

Topic Areas:

- Proper nouns

- Emotions as nouns

- Famous quotes

Semis and finals will be a mix of the three.

National Extemporaneous Speaking

Topic Areas: TBA

Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking

Topic Areas: TBA