ISSDA State Speech Tournament 2025

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in Indiana.

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Student Awards

• Award Nominations for the James Hawker Mental Attitude Award are due by Wednesday, March 5 at 5:00 pm EST.

Event Information:

• Extemp Contestants who are doubled MUST go to Extemp Prep first every round. Failure to do so may result in loss of some of the student's prep time.

• Double-entered students should go to the event where they are scheduled to speak earliest first.

• Extemp Contestants are allowed to use internet during their prep time. 
  • ​A reminder on the use of Generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT). While it is allowed during prep, it cannot be used to write the speech and/or as a source. It is the duty of each coach/student to read the exact rule in the Tournament Manual.

• Broadcasting Contestants are NOT allowed to use internet during their prep time.

• EXTEMP PREP ROOM: H126/H130
• BROADCASTING HOLDING ROOM: H226/H230

Judge Requirements:

Please note: To alleviate our judge issues from the past 2-3 years, the judge requirement for each team has been increased by 1. Speechwire, however, will not show that increase, so you need to add 1 to whatever Speechwire shows you. E.g. If you have 8 entries, Speechwire will show that you owe 3 judges, when you actually owe 4. 

This increase is needed to ensure we have enough judges to run the tournament. 

• 1-3 entries =2 judge
• 4-6 entries= 3 judges
• 7-9 entries= 4 judges
• 10-12 entries=5 judges
• 13-15 entries=6 judges
• 16-18 entries=7 judges
• 19-21 entries=8 judges
• 22-24 entries=9 judges
• 25-27 entries=10 judges
• 28-30 entries=11 judges
• 31-33 entries=12 judges
• 34-36 entries=13 judges
• 37-40 entries= 14 judges

General Tournament Notes:

• Judges are required to watch the Judging Video (link to be added)  prior to Saturday, March 8. The link will be placed here by Monday evening, March 3rd.

• The judge video replaces the in-person meeting on Saturday morning. Judges will report directly to their round 1 assignment once they get notification.

• Judges will need to bring an effective laptop or tablet to use for e-balloting.

• All judges should be in their rooms, ready to start their round 1 by 7:55 am, March 8, 2025. Once both judges are present and there are speakers present, they should click "Start Round." They do NOT need to wait on all competitors. Some will be doubled. They DO need to make sure both judges are present before starting the round.

• All postings will be done electronically, so please make sure your students have active Speechwire accounts. They are also strongly encouraged to subscribe to their names via Speechwire as well. This will ensure they get a text/email with details about each scheduled round. Subscriptions should be live now.

• Resutls of rounds will be released to coaches once round 2 has all judges starting the round. This replaces the ballot room from past tournaments.

TAB ROOM: H136

OMBUDSMAN: H100 (CCA Office)

BIS: H100 (CCA Office)

Entry Fees:

• Individual Events:  $8.00/entry
• Partner Events:   $16.00/entry

Checks should be made payable to:  ISSDA

Any fines imposed because of any check returned by the bank due to insufficient funds, closed bank accounts, or any additional fines/fees, are the responsibility of the school/school corporation submitting that check in addition to the original amount for which the check was written. 

Parking and Entrance:

• Please enter through door FH19
• Parking is in the parking lot directly in front of that entrance. 

Dining:

• Fishers High School Speech Team will have a variety of food available for purchase throughout the day. Remind your students that cash will be necessary.
• PLEASE discourage your team from using food delivery services. We want to support our generous hosts so they are able to continue hosting the state tournament.

School Information

• School Maps will be available on Saturday morning.
• A judge booklet will be available on Saturday morning in front of the Tab Office that will include brief descriptions of each event.
• WIFI access will be publicized via posted signs on Saturday throughout the cafeteria and main hallway.

WIFI NETWORK: HSE-EVENT

PASSWORD: hseevent0724

Manager contact information

Jeff Stutzman
Email address: jstutzman@ihsfa.org
Phone number: 574-370-5054

Mailing address

DO NOT MAIL YOUR CHECK, BRING IT TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT at Fishers HS
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