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Last Chance at Illinois State
General information
This is a College tournament in Illinois. View manager contact information
Hi Hello Friends,
The coaching staff at Illinois State University are pleased to invite you to attend the Last Chance AFA/NFA qualifier hosted asynchronously the week of March 2-5. The site is open on Speechwire and accepting entries. We are so glad to offer one last opportunity for nationals! Good luck to all of our unqualified entries <3
We are excited to be offering 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. Videos will be due by Monday night @ 8PM CST. You can find the tournament and invite on Speechwire.
Sincerely,
Megan Koch, Evangeline Cruz, Prem Ganesan & Nick Steinmetz
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. Competitors must be undergraduates working on their first degree. 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, March 2nd. 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 February 27. 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 $15.00 per uncovered slot (hired judges will be paid $15.00 per round). We will gladly pay any clean judges a school can provide beyond their obligation to ensure better ballots for your students. Judges who do not complete ballots on time will incur a $25 drop fee, name changes are free and encouraged!
Checks should be made payable to ISU Forensics and mailed to us at Campus Box 4480 Normal IL 61790. If you prefer to pay online with a credit card you may do so here: https://secure.touchnet.com/C20868_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1650&SINGLESTORE=true
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 February 27 @ noon
Entries and video links due Monday March 2nd 8pm
Preliminary round ballots released Monday March 2nd 9pm
Preliminary round ballots due Wednesday March 4th 4pm
Final round ballots released Wednesday March 4th 6pm (or asap)
Final round ballots due Thursday March 5th 8pm
Results posted to Speechwire ASAP
Manager contact information Megan Koch
Email address: mkoch@ilstu.edu
Phone number: 954-261-6532 Mailing address Campus Box 4480
Normal, IL 61790
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