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National Speech Championship
General information This is a College tournament in Illinois. View manager contact information With immense appreciation, you are invited to join us in Peoria, Illinois for the National Speech Championship on March 22nd and 23rd, 2025.
This year’s tournament will take place in-person at Bradley University!
This tournament will provide an opportunity for teams of all resource levels to once again compete for a national team championship. The competition will be incredible and opportunities for both individual and team placement will abound. Thank you to the hundreds of individuals who have supported The National Speech Championship over the years by competing, coaching, running the tournament, and judging.
Please note that we will be offering debate for the first time this year.
Entry Fees There will be no charge for any entries covered by judges. Teams are asked to provide enough judges to cover their entry. Each judge will cover six entries. Hired judges will be available at a rate of $40 per uncovered entry. For uncovered entry fee purposes, each debate entry counts as four entries/slots. Please also note that there is a $10 per person campus fee this year due to costs specific to the host school. If these fees prevents any team from attending the tournament, that team may contact the tournament director, Ryan Lauth, at info@nationalspeechchampionship.com, for a fee waiver. The tournament is happy to provide this fee waiver as a means to support forensics participation around the nation. The waiver is not meant for teams with well established budgets.
Entries will be due via Speechwire.com by March 11th
Entry Limits Each team will be allowed a maximum of two entries per event. A single student may enter Duo twice if each Duo has a separate partner. A single student can be entered in each event, other than Duo, only once. There are no flight restrictions for individual students other than with debate, however judges will be asked not to wait for competitors past the beginning of the following round in order to keep the tournament on schedule. There will be no qualification process necessary for entry.
Individual Public Debate preliminary rounds will be in flights B and C. Students entered in debate may enter as many events in flight A as they choose. Students entered in debate are limited to debate and one other event (double entry) in flights B and C.
The exception to the maximum limits are Interviewing and Group Improv. Each team may enter a maximum of five entries in Interviewing and one entry for Group Improv. Points will not be awarded for Interviewing, Group Improv, or Individual Public Debate. Teams at this year's tournament will determine if IPD will score points in future years.
Novice Students in their first year of collegiate competition are allowed to be entered as novice on Speechwire. They will compete in the open division but will be eligible for novice exhibition finals only if they do not advance in that event to open elimination rounds. There will be no ranking of the novice exhibition final rounds. Instead, a moderator will run the round and offer only feedback on ballots. Novice final round competitors will be recognized during the awards ceremony. There will be no points awarded for novice final rounds.
Scoring No points will be earned in preliminary round competition. There will be two judges in each preliminary round. Elimination round placement will be determined based on each entry’s three best ranks. Only the highest placing entry from each team in each event will score points. Points will be determined by adding all of the elimination round placements along the following scale:
Quarter finals = 1point Semi finals = 2 points 6th place = 2 points 5th place = 4 points 4th place = 6 points 3rd place = 8 points 2nd place = 10 points 1st place = 12 points A student winning an event will therefore earn 15 team points. All teams will earn 20 points for attending the tournament.
Team sweepstakes tie breaks will be determined by which team has the most event 1st place finishes in finals, then 2nds, then 3rds and so on until the tie is broken.
Tournament Weekend Schedule Friday, March 21: 5:00pm-7:00pm- Early registration 7:00pm-7:30pm- Voluntary Coaches meeting
Saturday, March 22: 7:00am to 7:15am- Late Registration 8:00am- Extemp Draw 8:30am- Round 1A (Extemp, Duo, CA, Interviewing) 9:45am- Round 1B (Prose, Persuasion, Info, Program, Group Improv, IPD) 11:00am- Round 2B (Prose, Persuasion, Info, Program, Group Improv, IPD) 12:45pm- Extemp Draw 1:15pm- Round 2A (Extemp, Duo, CA, Interviewing) 2:30pm- Round 1C (Impromptu, Poetry, Drama, ADS, IPD) 3:45pm- Round 2C (Impromptu, Poetry, Drama, ADS, IPD) 5:15pm- Extemp Draw 5:30pm- A/B Quarter Finals (Extemp, Duo, CA, Prose, Persuasion, Interviewing, Group Improv)
Sunday, March 23: 8:00am- B/C Quarter Finals (Info, Program, Impromptu, Poetry, Drama, ADS, IPD) 9:15am- Extemp Draw 9:30am- A/B Semi Finals (Extemp, Duo, CA, Prose, Persuasion, Interviewing, Group Improv) 11:00am- B/C Semi-Finals (Info, Program, Impromptu, Poetry, Drama, ADS, IPD) 12:45pm- Extemp Draw 1:00pm- A/B Finals (Extemp, Duo, CA, Prose, Persuasion, Interviewing, Group Improv) 2:30pm- B/C Finals (Info, Program, Impromptu, Poetry, Drama, ADS, IPD) 4:00pm- Awards Ceremony
Event Descriptions Extemporaneous Speaking An extemporaneously delivered speech that answers a question based in current events. Students will have thirty minutes to prepare. Time signals will be provided during the speech. The maximum time limit for the speech is seven minutes.
Duo Performance A performance by two students. The students should primarily maintain off stage focus. Original commentary by the students should be provided that includes the title and author of any text used in the performance. The maximum time limit will be ten minutes.
Communication Analysis A speech that incorporates communication focused research to explore a communicative act. The maximum time limit will be ten minutes.
Prose Performance A performance of prose. Original commentary by the student should be provided that includes the title and author of any text used in the performance. The maximum time limit will be ten minutes.
Persuasive Speaking A speech designed to persuade the audience to change their attitude, beliefs, values, or behavior. The maximum time limit will be ten minutes.
Informative Speaking A speech designed to inform the audience. The maximum time limit will be ten minutes.
Program Performance A performance that incorporates multiple genres of text. Original commentary by the student should be provided that includes an argumentative justification for the collection of texts as well as the title and author of any text used in the performance. The maximum time limit will be ten minutes.
Impromptu Speaking A speech delivered after minimal preparation time. The student will have seven minutes total to prepare and speak after being given a prompt. Time signals will be provided. The maximum time limit will be seven minutes.
Poetry Performance A performance of poetry. Original commentary by the student should be provided that includes the title and author of any text used in the performance. The maximum time limit will be ten minutes.
Dramatic Performance A performance of material that was created specifically for live or broadcast presentation. Original commentary by the student should be provided that includes the title and author of any text used in the performance. The maximum time limit will be ten minutes.
After Dinner Speaking A speech designed to use humor to make a point. The maximum time limit will be ten minutes.
Interviewing Responses to typical questions posed by a judge/interviewer. The interview will be for placement in a specific organization. The maximum time limit of the interview will vary by round. Preliminary rounds will be five to ten minutes and elimination rounds will range from five to twenty minutes.
Group Improv A performance delivered after minimal preparation time. Groups will consist of 2 to 5 students. Groups will have seven minutes total to prepare and perform after being given a prompt. Time signals will be provided. The maximum time limit will be seven minutes. Prompts will vary by round.
Individual Public Debate For the 2025 tournament, we will use the rules typically used in IPDA for Individual Public Debate. Teams participating in the 2025 tournament will determine what naming conventions and rules will be used in future years.
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