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NJSDL State Championship
General information This is a High School tournament in New Jersey. View manager contact information
Tournament Live Doc: https://njsdl.live/states REGISTRATION INFORMATION Registration and the student lounge for the tournament will be in the school's 11/12 building.
§ Procedures o The League uses Speechwire.com for tournament registration and logistics. To register, log in to your school’s account and click on “NJSDL State Championship.” o Each school may register one “free slot” contestant in each category. o Entries will be accepted with documentation of qualification at approved tournaments.
o Schools are limited to 4 Entries per Category in all events except Congressional Debate (6 are permitted). If a school has qualified more than four contestants in any given event, the coach must choose which four to register. There are no exceptions to this rule. o Bibliographic information for interpretation and public address events should also be entered at registration.
§ Deadlines o The registration deadline is Monday, March 16. After this deadline, a $10 add/drop nuisance fee will apply. All entries will be verified prior to the tournament for qualification status.
EVENT INFORMATION
STUDENT CONGRESS
§ Schools are permitted to enter six students into Congressional Debate without any qualification burden; however, schools will receive a maximum of four entry points to their base sweepstakes total, and the top four performers’ points will apply to schools’ final debate and overall sweepstakes totals. § Schools who would like to submit legislation should send them to David Marques (david.marques@northstaracademy.org) by Thursday, March 12.
LINCOLN DOUGLAS, PUBLIC FORUM, PARLIAMENTARY, AND POLICY DEBATE
§ Novice students are defined as those students in their first year of competition AND in 9th or 10th grades. § JV students are defined as students who have had one year of competition in any grade, or students in their first year of competition in 11th or 12th grade. § LD, PF, and Policy will follow the March NSDA topics. All divisions (Novice, JV, Varsity) will compete with the NSDA Varsity topics. § If entry numbers warrant, Policy and Parliamentary Debate may be collapsed into one or two divisions. § Please be reminded that the NJSDL State Tournament follows all event guidelines set forth by the National Speech and Debate Association and the National Parliamentary Debate League (for Parli Debate Only). Please review these policies prior to the state championship. You can access the specific event guidelines at www.speechanddebate.org and https://www.parliamentarydebate.org/. § Parliamentary Debate students will not be allowed to use their computers or cell phones during their debate round. Technology will be allowed in the prep room and during prep time only. Students will be given specific paper that they are allowed to use for notes, flowing, etc during each round. They will not be allowed to use a computer, the internet, cell phones, etc during the round. Students that break this rule will run the risk of disqualification. If you have a student who has a specific accommodation for technology use, please reach out to David Marques directly at david.marques@northstaracademy.org to discuss.
SPEECH
§ The events of Prose Reading and Poetry Reading have been combined into Oral Interpretation. Any entry that has qualified in either Prose or Poetry is considered qualified for this tournament. § Declamation is open only to students in grades 9 and 10. § Script approval for interpretation events: Please complete all bibliographic information for interpretation selections at Speechwire.com by the registration deadline. At the tournament, students/coaches should have a clear and clean copy of the scripts with them at all times. Original scripts will be required in the event of a protest. § Source Verification: When requested by tournament officials, access to the source material upon demand, either in electronic or print form, must be presented. Please review the most current NSDA Publication rules prior to the tournament. § Script approval for Original Oratory and Informative Speaking: Copies of all Original Oratories and Informative Speeches with secondary sources highlighted and cited will be collected at registration. For your convenience, they will be held for the District Tournament. Please include the exact number of quoted words, along with the following statement signed by student and coach (Affidavits suitable for the District Tournament are available on that tournament’s registration site): o “I hereby attest that this oratory is an original work created by the undersigned.” Script: For Original Oratory and Informative Speaking, the printed script must identify the quoted materials, state the number of quoted words, include a work cited page in APA or MLA format, and both the student and the coach must attest by signature that the oration/informative speech is the original work of the contestant. It is the responsibility of the contestant to have a script ready upon request should the speech be challenged. § Please be reminded that the NJSDL State Tournament follows all event guidelines set forth by the National Speech and Debate Association. Please review these policies prior to the state championship. You can access the specific event guidelines at www.speechanddebate.org.
JUDGE INFORMATION
§ Judges must be well-trained and qualified in order to judge the NJSDL State Championships (at least two tournaments experience). Please review the rules with your judges beforehand to ensure the best experience for our students. § PLEASE DO NOT BRING NOVICE JUDGES TO THIS IMPORTANT EVENT. JUDGES WHO DO NOT DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCY WITH THEIR ASSIGNED EVENTS WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND SCHOOLS WILL BE FINED THE DROPPED JUDGE FEE. § ALL JUDGES MUST BE AVAILABLE AND WILLING TO JUDGE FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE TOURNAMENT, including ALL SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL ROUNDS. We appreciate all coaches communicating this with their judges in order to facilitate the efficiency of schedule. § JUDGE QUOTA: o Schools must provide one qualified judge for every five IE entries or fraction thereof. o Schools must provide one qualified judge for every five Congress entries or fraction thereof. o Schools must provide one qualified judge for every two LD entries or fraction thereof. o Schools must provide one qualified judge for every two PF teams or fraction thereof. o Schools must provide one qualified judge for every two Parliamentary teams or fraction thereof. o Schools must provide one qualified judge for every two Policy teams or fraction thereof. § Student judges are only allowed to judge novice debate. Please indicate they are a student by placing "STUDENT" in the judge's name field. Schools wishing to not be judged by students in novice debate divisions may contact John Cierpial.
FEE INFORMATION
§ All entries to the State Championships are $20.00 each. In events with two students (Duo and PF, Parli and Policy), entries are $40.00 each for Duo and $45.00 for Public Forum, Policy and Parliamentary Debate entries. Lincoln Douglas entries are $30.00 each. § A $75.00 school fee will be applied to your invoice. § Schools are given the option to prepay their NJSDL dues for the coming school year (2026-27) at the State Championship. Please consider taking advantage of this convenient option. Annual dues are $175.00. § Judges who miss preliminary round judge calls will incur a fee of $50.00 each time, charged to their affiliated school. For elimination rounds, the fee increases to $75.00. § Entry drop fees are available on Speechwire. If you have any questions regarding the tournament, please contact our Tournament Director, John Cierpial (john.cierpial@gmail.com)
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