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FLORIDA FORENSIC LEAGUE, INC.

OPEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

MARCH 6-8, 2026 | Orlando, FL

(University of Central Florida)


1/25/2026: Your FFL Executive Board is constantly updating information, so please check both this site and the FFL webpage.

The Initial Registration Deadline is 5pm on Monday, February 9th. Have all of your entries in by this point so that your FFL Executive Board can evaluate and clear as many entries off of the waitlist as possible.

The Final Registration Deadline will be Friday, February 20th.

Tournament Updates


Read & Review: Invitation (Updated 1/25/2026; also available under Files for Dowmload)

Tournament Schedule (Subject To Change)

Judge Paradigms

Congressional Debate Legislation is under "Files for Download" (Updated 2/11/2025) 


DEBATE EVENT TOPIC AREAS

LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE:  Prep time is 4 minutes per debater. The tournament will use the NSDA March/April topic (announced February 1).

Resolved: TBD

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE:  Prep time is 3 minutes per team. The tournament will use the NSDA March topic (announced February 1).

Resolved: TBD

TENTATIVE TOPIC AREAS - IF ANYTHING CHANGES, WE WILL LET THE MEMBERSHIP KNOW

UNITED STATES EXTEMPORANEOUS:

Round 1 - TBD

Round 2 - TBD

Round 3 - TBD

Round 4 - TBD

Round 5 - TBD

Quarters - TBD

Semis - TBD

Finals - TBD

*The semifinal round will be specific to Florida and its major urban areas.

FOREIGN EXTEMPORANEOUS:

Round 1 - TBD

Round 2 - TBD

Round 3 - TBD

Round 4 - TBD

Round 5 - TBD

Quarters - TBD

Semis - TBD

Finals - TBD

*Speakers will draw three headlines from major international papers. They will then write their own question based on that headline.

IMPROMPTU:

Round 1 - TBD

Round 2 - TBD

Round 3 - TBD

Round 4 - TBD

Round 5 - TBD

Quarters - TBD

Semis - TBD

Finals - TBD

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE:

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE - Please vote and encourage your students to vote for the World Schools Debate - Florida Topic.  Coaches and students can vote as many times as they like.  

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE - Will have 6 preliminary rounds

Round 1 – Prepared - TBD

Round 2 - Prepared - TBD

Round 3 – Impromptu

Round 4 - Prepared - TBD

Round 5 - Impromptu

Round 6 - Impromptu

Quarters - Prepared - TBD

Semis – Impromptu

Finals – Prepared (Florida motion)

 

Manager contact information

Paul L. Gaba
Email address: paul.gaba@palmbeachschools.org
Phone number: PLS EMAIL

Mailing address

Dr. Phillips HS, Attn: Grant Chmielewski
6500 Turkey Lake Road
Orlando, FL 32819

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