Greetings Coaches and Competitors,

 

You are invited to Logansport Jr. High School's Spooktacular Speech Tournament on Saturday, October 31st, 2026. We will be competing in person at 2901 Usher St, Logansport, IN 46947 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Since our tournament is on Halloween, we thought it would be fun to allow students the option to wear their (school appropriate) Halloween costumes to the event. 

 

 

AWARDS - Ribbons will be awarded to the top six places in each event. We will also be announcing the top 5 schools. 

 

CATEGORIES - We will be offering all Indiana Middle School Speech Events. 

 

 

DISCUSSION:

 

Round 1: Should influencers be required to clearly state when published content is an advertisement? 

 

Round 2: Should the consumption of short-form content (i.e. Tiktok, Instagram Reels) be regulated?

 

Round 3: How can the American voter best prepare themselves to vote in the current age of media?

 

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DOUBLING - Doubling is allowed in all categories with the exception of BROADCAST + EXTEMP

 

ENTRY DEADLINE, FEES, & CAPS - Entries are due on Wednesday, October 28, at 3:15 P.M. Each school is limited to 50 entries and 6 entries per category. Late additions are discouraged but may be permitted on a case-by-case basis. 

DROP DEADLINE - The drop deadline is Saturday, October 31, 2026, at 7:15 A.M., after which you will need to text directly at 317-223-9989 to make drops.

 

JUDGES - Each school is responsible for bringing one judge for every five speech entries or fraction thereof (6 entries = 2 judges) Judges need to bring a laptop for scoring. We will score online through SpeechWire.

 

SPEECHWIRE REGISTRATION & ENTRIES - Please remember that to enter students and judges in the tournament, you must first collect email addresses from them, set up SpeechWire accounts for them, and remind each of them to activate their accounts. Participants cannot share the same email address. 

 

COACHES’ & JUDGES’ MEETING - There will be a meeting for coaches and judges beginning promptly at 8:30 am in the library at the school. 

 

 

HOSPITALITY - Our Logansport families are collaborating to provide drinks, snacks, and lunch for the judges and coaches who attend our tournament.

 

CONCESSIONS - Cash-only concessions will be available all day including breakfast and lunch options. Please try to bring ones, fives, and tens to use at the concession stand! 

 

QUESTIONS - If you have any questions about this tournament,please do not hesitate to contact Jeremy at 317-223-9989 (leazenbybrucej@lcsc.k12.in.us) or Heidi at 574-601-9075 (kitchelh@lcsc.k12.in.us)

 

Drops/adds/changes need to be reported ASAP. Please include as much information/detail as possible when texting (student name, coach name, school name, category, etc.). The more information we have, the faster we can make changes.

 

Please prep your judges by sharing the Indiana MS Speech & Debate Rules with them.

 

Submit all rankings at live.speechwire.com before moving on to the next round. PLEASE include comments for every competitor. These comments can be added during the afternoon break before awards if you don’t have time to submit them before a round ends.

(vr24)