SpeechWire Tournament Services - Forensics Tournament Software

Dear Iowa Speech Coaches,

2020 has certainly brought its fair share of challenges, but with a little help from SpeechWire we are able to offer a safe online tournament opportunity to our students!

You are invited to join us for STATE Individual Events 2021!

DATE: Saturday, March 13, 2021

FORMAT: IHSSA Contest Format

STRUCTURE: Triple-judged Sections; judging assignments will be released by Monday, March 8 at 8:00 p.m. Judging assignments must be completed and submitted by Saturday 3/12 at 6:00 p.m.

VIDEO SUBMISSION: Coaches will upload all student performance videos to their team SpeechWire

account. Make sure that all videos are set to public or unlisted so that judges will be able to access them!

All videos for this tournament should be recorded between 2021-03-01 and 2021-03-11.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES: Video submissions need to be uploaded by Thursday 3/11 at 10:00 p.m.

ENTRIES: ONLY students who have earned a ONE rating at Districts may be entered to perform in this STATE Contest.

JUDGES: North Scott will secure all IHSSA Certified Judges. Some judges may judge more than one event, depending on the number of entries/event. All Judges will be clean for the event, meaning they will have not judged the event at the District level.

EVENTS: All 14 IHSSA events.

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RULES: Please see your IHSSA Coaching Manual

LIMITED PREP EVENTS: All limited prep materials (Spontaneous Speaking Questions, Improvisational Acting, and Radio copy) will be sent electronically to coaches by 10:00 pm on Tuesday, 3/9. Coaches should schedule a time for speakers to prepare, record, and submit the video of their performance following

IHSSA rules and regulations. We will ask limited prep speakers and coaches to use the honor system to adhere to traditional time allotments for preparation and speaking. When recording for Radio, you do not need to include visual video, just audio.

REGISTRATION: All teams should create a SpeechWire Account, and all registrations are to be submitted via SpeechWire. Please confirm your registration by Friday 3/5 at 10:00 p.m..

ENTRY DEADLINE: Please confirm all entries by Friday 3/5 at 10:00 p.m.

Best regards,

Stacie Kintigh, Lancer Productions Director, Local Contest Manager (stacie.kintigh@northscott.org),

563.508.2673

Emily Hintze, Head Speech Coach, Local Contest Co-Manager (emily.hintze@northscott.org),

563.285.3215

Josh Tipsword, Lancer Productions Tech Director, Local Co-Manager (joshua.tipsword@northscott.org),

563.285.3257

Stacie Kintigh
Email address: stacie.kintigh@northscott.org
Phone number: 5635082673