New York/New Jersey Inter-State Championships 2023

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This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a College tournament in New York.

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2023 New York/New Jersey Interstate Championships LP Prompts

Important Instructions:

Students doing Impromptu and Extemporaneous speaking must submit 2 videos - one for prelims, and one for the final round. LP prompts were posted Friday morning, February 24th, at 9AM E.T. All video links, along with team entries, will be due Monday, February 27th, at 9PM E.T. (Update 2/27/23: Deadline has been pushed to Monday evening at 9PM ET to accommodate those competing at in-person tournaments this past weekend.)

We follow identical asynchronous tournament procedures held by OATS (Online Asynchronous Tournament Series), where students maintain an "honor system" for recording LP events. Students must only use their allotted 30 minutes of preparation time for Extemp and only 7 minutes total for Impromptu to prep and speak. Also, video submissions for Impromptu MUST contain the speaker’s preparation upon starting the video. 

EXTEMP PROMPTS

Rounds 1 & 2 - Video 1

1. Should testing requirements for college admissions be eliminated?

2. Is the federal government mishandling the Ohio toxic train derailment?

3. What should the United States federal governement do about its current debt limit crisis?

Final Round - Video 2

1. Will anyone be held accountable for crimes against humanity in the Russo-Ukrainian War?

2. Can the UN create an effective ocean treaty?

3. How can the U.S. and China resolve their current diplomatic disputes?

IMPROMPTU PROMPTS

Rounds 1 & 2 - Video 1

“In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.” (Fran Lebowitz)

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” (Oscar Wilde)

Final Round - Video 2

“Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” (Jerry Seinfeld)

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to." (Dorothy Parker)

2023 New York - New Jersey Interstate Championships

February 27-March 2, 2023

Dear Colleagues:

I am thrilled to welcome you to the 2023 New York/New Jersey Interstate Championship Tournament! We are excited to venture into this new format. This asynchronous tournament will determine the two Interstate Oratorical Association representatives for each state! The asynchronous schedule should free up a tournament weekend for programs and help save programs some much needed travel funds.

Randy Perez

Tournament Director

Entry Rules:

1. Schools may enter students up to three events per pattern.

2. Entry fees shall be $8 per IE slot.

3. Students may enter up to 3 events per pattern. Two duos count as two events.

4. Please provide a qualified judge for every 6 slots.

5. Hired judges will be $10 for each uncovered slot.

6. 6. The deadline for entry (via Speechwire) is Monday, February 27^th, 2023 at 12pm E.T.

7. Drop fees will be assessed as follows:

Monday, February 27^th, 2023 (at 12PM E.T.):

Add/Drops at the registration deadline are assessed a $20 fee in addition to the original entry fee.

Competition Rules:

1.  Schools may enter up to six students in each event.

2.  Base entry team fees are $20 per team to help cover the cost of hired judges.

3. Please provide at least ONE qualified judge.

4. If you cannot provide a judge, a flat fee of $50 will be charged.

5.  The final round of Persuasive Speaking shall determine the 2 student representatives for the Interstate Oratorical Association contest. The top 2 students from New York and the top 2 students from New Jersey shall represent their respective states at IOA. The next two students from each state shall serve as the alternative representatives for that state. If there are not enough representatives in the final round from New York or New Jersey, we will turn to ranks in prelims to determine the representatives.

6.  Students must be entered in at least three individual events to be eligible for speaker awards.

7.  For IE school sweeps, points will be awarded based on final round placement as follows: 6^th place = 1 point; 5^th place = 2 points; 4^th place = 3 points; 3^rd place = 4 points; 2^nd place = 5 points; 1^st place = 6 points

Please note the following entry/judging deadlines:

Monday, Feb. 27^th

12pm: All entries must be received with all video links uploaded!

3:30pm: Round 1 ballots released to judges!

4pm: Round 1 speech events released.

Tuesday, Feb. 28th

2:30pm: Deadline to turn in Round 1 ballots.

4pm: Round 2 speech events released.

Wednesday, Mar. 1st

2:30pm: Round 2 ballots due!

4pm: Final rounds released.

Thursday, Mar. 2nd

2:30pm: Final ballots due

6pm: Final results announced via Speechwire & Awards

Competition Rules:

Competitors will provide videos of their performances which will be judged asynchronously.

How to provide your video?

Our individual events tournament will be conducted asynchronously. Students should record their video, then upload it to their own private (or a team) YouTube channel. Once uploaded, students can adjust the video setting to “unlisted.” This will make the video un-searchable, but still viewable to anyone with the link (url.)

We will be using AFA (NST) standards for videos. We are following identical asynchronous tournament procedures held by OATS (Online Asynchronous Tournament Series), where students maintain an "honor system" for recording LP events. 

When registering for the tournament, Speechwire will provide a space to enter a student name and event.  After inputting entries, you can provide links to videos under the “links” tab on Speechwire’s main menu.

When judges receive their dance cards / eballots, those links will be provided to them.

These links will also be provided to other competitors in the round. Due to privacy concerns, only judges and students participating in a specific round will have access to video links for that round. Please do not share these links out of respect for the performers.

The same video will be used for all rounds: 2 preliminary rounds and finals.

Manager contact information

Randy Perez
Email address: qcspeechteam@gmail.com
Phone number:

Mailing address

None provided