Event Details

Debate

• All debate events will be held live on NSDA Campus.
• Congress, Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Big Questions, and World Schools will be offered. No double entry is permitted.
• Each debate event will have two divisions
• • Open division: any student in grades 6 - 12 may enter as they wish.
  • Rising Stars division: limited to middle school competitors and high school competitors in their first year of speech and debate competition. 
• Congress will do one three-hour session, and all other events will do one preset preliminary round. 

Speech

• Each speech event will have two divisions
• Open division: any student in grades 6 - 12 may enter as they wish.
• Rising Stars division: limited to middle school competitors and high school competitors in their first year of speech and debate competition. 
• All speech will be held asynchronously. Only recordings will be accepted. 
• Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Program Oral Interp, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking (visual aids optional), Prose (7 minute time limit), Poetry (7 minute time limit), Original Spoken Word Poetry, Pro Con Challenge, and Storytelling will be offered.
• Unlimited double entry is permitted in live speech events. Students may also enter one debate event.
• Students will not attend the round, but they will have the ability to view the other performances of students in their round through Tabroom.com.
• Judges must judge their round in the given 1.5 hour window found on the schedule.
• Pro Con Challenge: Students select this scrimmage's topic for CX, LD, or PF or a piece of legislation in the Congressional Debate Docket and write a 3-5 minute affirmative speech and a 3-5 minute negative speech on that topic. They will be presented within one recording that is a maximum of 10:30 long. This event allows students to explore debate topics in a new and exciting way while showing off their writing, research, and delivery skills. Find topics for this scrimmage here.