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2026 MILLARD WEST WINTER WONDERLAND

Dear Forensics Colleague,

The Millard West Forensics Team cordially invites you to attend the 26th Annual Winter Wonderland Speech Tournament to be held on Saturday, January 31, 2026.

Please read over the invitation and call or email if you have questions: rkvanengen@mpsomaha.org (email) or 402-988-8057 (cell).

ENTRIES ARE DUE BY 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

EVENTS and RULES

We will be following NSDA rules for the following events: Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Original Oratory, Extemporaneous Speaking, Duo Interpretation, Informative Speaking, and Program Oral Interpretation.

We will be following NSAA rules for the following events: Entertainment Speaking, Interpretation of Poetry, and Oral Interpretation of Drama (we will allow for 15-minute times to accommodate all classes). For out-of-state schools, the NSAA rules can be found at http://nsaahome.org/speech/

We will follow standard Nebraska Community rules for Impromptu: 5 minutes prep and up to 5 minutes delivery. Draw will be online.

**We WILL be using online Extemp and Impromptu Draw. Please prepare your competitors for that.**

Please enter your UNIFIED students via Speechwire. We welcome ALL! They will do one round at 9:00am, and three of our judges will judge them. They will also receive a trophy at the main Award Ceremony. Please plan accordingly.

ENTRIES and FEES

Students may triple-enter. However, we will not hold a round if they are running late. We will also be recognizing Top Novice in each Individual event.

Entry fee will be $8.00 per event (Duo counts as one event).

Checks should be made payable to "Millard West Forensics" and sent to 5710 S 176th Ave, Omaha, NE 68135.

JUDGES

You must provide one qualified judge for every five (5) entries.

Any entry not covered by your judges will cost an additional $15.00 per entry.

Please try to cover as many judges as possible.

ALL JUDGES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR FINALS.

Any entry not covered by your judges will cost an additional $15.00 per entry.

If you drop entries after 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 29, you will be charged $15.00 per entry.

If you drop judges after 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 30, you will be charged $25.00 per judge.

LATE CHANGES

After the deadline, please contact Rachel VanEngen with any changes at:

402-988-8057 (cell)

**There will be NO refunds for drops after the entry deadline**

AWARDS

Trophies will be awarded to the champion in each event with medals for 2-6th place. There will also be a trophy for Top Novice in each Individual Event. Sweepstakes will be awarded to the top three teams.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS SCHEDULE

8:00am REGISTRATION

8:30 EXTEMP DRAW Round I

9:00 ROUND I

10:00 EXTEMP DRAW RD II

10:30 ROUND II

11:30 EXTEMP DRAW RD III

12:00pm ROUND III

1:30 EXTEMP DRAW Finals

2:00 Finals

**AWARDS A.S.A.P. FOLLOWING FINALS**

"Students advancing to bid rounds of this tournament will earn one official bid for the 2026 NIETOC hosted in Shakopee, MN on May 8-10th."

**We will send six competitors in all events to finals, and six to honors finals. If entries warrant, 6 competitors will advance to merit finals, and 6 competitors may advance in consolation finals in the NIETOC events only.**

**Ties in finals will be broken on the following criteria:

1 Total ranks in this round/s

2 Prelim opponents' average rank (this preferences those in more difficult sections)

3 Head-to-head in prelims (2-way ties only)

4 Reciprocals in this round/s (here a 1-2-3 combination would advance over a 2-2-2)**

We look forward to a great tournament and to seeing all of you!

Rachel VanEngen

MWF Head Coach

Rachel VanEngen
Email address: rkvanengen@mpsomaha.org
Phone number: 4029888057