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Pop Up 7 - The Pop Up Gets Sickening
General information
This is a College tournament in Illinois. View manager contact information
Hello colleagues and friends!
February needed even more of a TWIST!!!! We heard the caw caw from the Illinois State University Grad-brids so we wanted help bring non-stop asynchronous fun!!!! Our tournament is running Feb 9-13. We will offer all 11 AFA events. Rounds will be asynchronous (please make sure your videos are set to "unlisted"). LP prompts will be released on Friday @ noon CST before the tournament starts. Videos will be due by Monday night @ 8PM CST. You can find the tournament and invite on Speechwire!
Sincerely,
Lavontae Morrow
Graduate Assistant
Center for Student Involvement
University of Illinois Chicago
RULES OF EVENTS
GENERAL: All programs and speeches must not have been used by a student in any competition (high school or college) prior to September 1, 2025. We will be following the rules and ethical standards of the AFA-NST.
ENTRIES: Each student may enter as many events as they want. Events that have 7 or fewer entries will be judged "head-to-head" by three judges. Events with 8 or more entries will be judged by two judges in "preliminary" rounds and then broken to a "head-to-head" final with at least one judge (3 if the pool allows). From prelims into the final, ties will be broken by speaker points. In "head-to-head" rounds, ties will be broken by speaker points and then by judges' preference.
Events Offered
Extemporaneous Speaking Informative Speaking
Persuasive Speaking Impromptu Speaking
Duo Interpretation Dramatic Interpretation
Prose Interpretation Communication Analysis
After Dinner Speaking Poetry Interpretation
Program Oral Interpretation
The deadline for receiving entries and videos is 8:00, Monday, Feb 9th. Entries and video links must be posted to Speechwire.
LP Events only need to provide one video for all rounds. Prompts will be posted to Speechwire by Friday Jan 30th. Impromptu videos should include prep time. Extemp should NOT include prep time.
JUDGES & FEES: Entry fees are $8 per slot.
Each school should furnish one judge for every six slots. Hired judges are available at $12.00 per uncovered slot (hired judges will be paid $12.00 per round). We will gladly pay any clean judges a school can provide beyond their obligation to ensure better ballots for your students. Judges dropped after noon on Tuesday will incur a $25 drop fee, but name changes are free and encouraged!
Online Payment Links will be sent during the week of the tournament!
AWARDS: To keep costs down, we will not be giving out trophies for finalists. Your qualification will be your award!
MODALITY: This is an asynchronous tournament. Please make sure your videos are set to be "unlisted" so they can be accessed by our judges.
SCHEDULE: All times listed are CENTRAL
LP prompts released Friday Feb 6th 12pm
Entries and video links due Monday Feb 9th 8pm
Preliminary round ballots released Monday Feb 9th 9pm (ish)
Preliminary round ballots due Wednesday Feb 11th 8pm
Final round ballots released Wednesday Feb 11th 9pm (or asap)
Final round ballots due Friday Feb 13 11am
Results posted to Speechwire ASAP
The most sickening thing all judges can do is to return the ballots before the deadline, honey! If returned after we will FORCE Prem to dab on you when we return to in person (Trust, you don’t want that dab).
Manager contact information Lavontae Morrow
Email address: lmorro3@uic.edu
Phone number: 7732889618 Mailing address None provided
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