East Iowa District Tournament
2025 — IA/US
East Iowa District Qualifier
for the 2025 National Tournament
IE/Debate Events
All events will be held in person.
The District IE/Debate tournament on Feb. 14-15th will host the following events at Cedar Rapids Kennedy:
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
Big Questions
NOTE: You can double-enter in any 2 events listed above. (Exceptions: Only 1 Debate event per student and students cannot double enter in both Extemp events.) Students can even enter 3 events, if one of those events is the District Congress event - hosted February 22nd 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 29-67 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, including the use of generative artificial intelligence, 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.
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