East Iowa District Qualifier

for the 2023 National Tournament

IE/Debate Events

All events will be held in person.

The District IE/Debate tournament on Feb. 10th-11th will host the following events at Waterloo West:

Speech Events

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Dramatic Interpretation

Duo Interpretation

Humorous Interpretation

Informative Speaking

International Extemporaneous Speaking

Original Oratory

Program Oral Interpretation

Debate Events

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Policy Debate

Public Forum Debate

NOTE: You can double-enter in any 2 events listed above. (Exception: Only 1 Debate event per student and you cannot double enter in both Extemp events.) Students can even enter 3 events, if one of those events is the District Congress event - hosted January 28th this year. All students who are entered in multiple events must complete a Single Entry Intent form though - the form is linked on the "NSDA Forms" tab. Thanks!

(Student Congress will be hosted on a separate District tournament date.)

Each event will use all specific “Event Rules,” as listed in the District Tournament Operations Manual. For a full listing of event guidelines, you can read the manual via the link below. Please see pages 24 – 53 for full details. Be sure you are familiar with the rules for each event. There have been some recent changes in some rules in events, so you may want to ensure that you have read through the rules in every event, which includes source material for interpretation events, and allowing internet use in debate events and extemporaneous speaking.

https://www.speechanddebate.org/wp-content/uploads/High-School-Unified-Manual-2022-2023Oct13.pdf