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NJSDL October Online Speech Festival

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This is a High School tournament in New Jersey.

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2025-2026 NJSDL Online Speech Festival Series
Open to High School and Middle School Students in all states.
 
All schools are invited to participate in the 2025-2026 New Jersey Speech and Debate League (NJSDL) Online Speech Festival Series.  These festivals are designed to provide students on speech and debate teams as well as students in traditional classroom environments an avenue to develop and share their public speaking and performance skills in a convenient, educational, and fun way! The NJSDL Festivals are open to students from ANY STATE and each festival will have specific themed events connected to calendar celebrations during the year.
 
VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
Teachers or coaches will upload videos of student performances to be evaluated by a selection of educators and experienced judges!  Students will receive commentary and feedback aimed at helping them improve their speaking, performance, and communication skills! Students will receive recognition for their video submissions along with feedback from the evaluators! Coaches and teachers will also receive school recognition to display in their classrooms, offices, or team trophy cases!
2025-2026 Registration & Video Deadlines
  • October 2025 NJSDL Online Speech Festival
    Registration and videos due by Sunday, 10/12/25; Preliminary Round Asynchronous Judging 10/13-10/16; Finals Round Asynchronous Judging 10/17-10/19
     
  • January 2026 NJSDL Online Speech Festival
    Registration due by Monday, 1/12/16; Synchornous on NSDA Campus 1/17/26
     
  • March 2026 NJSDL Online Speech Festival
    Registration and videos due by Sunday, 3/8/26; Preliminary Round Asynchronous Judging 3/9-3/12; Finals Round Asynchronous Judging 3/13-3/15
     
  • April 2026 NJSDL Online Speech Festival
    Registration and videos due by 4/19/26; Preliminary Round Asynchronous Judging 4/20-4/23; Finals Round Asynchronous Judging 4/24-4/26
 
SPECIAL THEMED EVENTS & NJSDL ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Each festival will have specific themed events connected to calendar celebrations during the year.
2025-2026 Themes:
  • The October 2025 NJSDL Online Speech Festival will celebrate Human Rights Day.
  • The January 2026 NJSDL Online Speech Festival will observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
  • The March 2026 NJSDL Online Speech Festival will celebrate Women's History Month.
  • The April 2026 NJSDL Online Speech Festival will celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month.
The themed events for each festival will be:

The other NJSDL events offered will be:

  • Children's Literature (MS & HS)
  • Dramatic Interpretation (MS & HS)
  • Humorous Interpretation (MS & HS)
  • Prose Interpretation (MS & HS)
  • Poetry Interpretation (MS & HS)
  • Program Oral Interpretation (MS & HS)
  • Duo Interpretation (MS & HS)
  • Original Oratory (MS & HS)
  • Informative Speaking (MS & HS)
  • Declamation (MS & HS Freshman/Sophomores)
 
About the NJSDL
The New Jersey Speech and Debate League is a volunteer, member-led, not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that exists to promote the arts of effective communication among students in public and independent schools in New Jersey. The League is registered as an incorporated non-profit entity with the State of New Jersey. The League is also affiliated with the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), the National Federation of High Schools, and works in conjunction with the New Jersey District Committee as the governing body for NSDA activity in the state. 
 
 

Manager contact information

Gary Yablon
Email address: gyablon@hudsoncharter.org
Phone number: 9734621986

Mailing address

Box #337
203 Main Street
Flemington, NJ 08822

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