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 live. Attendance is mandatory; no 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), Mixed Extemp, and Live Duo (competitors must perform in the same physical room) will be offered.
• No double entry is permitted in live speech events.