Flight Information:

Students may enter up to 3 events per flight

Flight A

Communication Analysis, Duo Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Informative Speaking, Program of Oral Interpretation, Prose Interpretation  

 

Flight B 

After Dinner Speaking, Dramatic Interpretation, Impromptu Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Poetry Interpretation

 

Tournament Schedule for BOTH days:

 8:45  a.m.         Registration 

 9:00  a.m.         Extemp Draw for Round I

 9:30  a.m.         Round I A 

10:45 a.m.         Round I B 

12:00 pm          Lunch 

12:45 p.m.         Extemp Draw for Round II 

1:00 p.m.           Round II A

2:15 p.m.           Round II B

3:30 p.m.           Extemp Draw for Finals 

3:45 p.m.           Finals for A Events

5:15 p.m.           Finals for B Events

ASAP                 Awards

Entry Deadline: 

Entries for both tournaments are due by Monday, October 26th, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. CST via SpeechWire. We encourage you to indicate that your team will be attending at your earliest convenience, to help with tournament preparation.    

Tournament Fees:

Entries are $10 per slot and $15 per uncovered slot. Fees for the tournaments will be assessed on the basis of information received as of 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28th. Any school judges dropped after 12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 30th will incur a drop fee of $100.

Judges:

One judge is required for every 6 entries. All judges are expected to be knowledgeable of current AFA-NST rules. We will be using electronic ballots, so please bring a laptop computer and charger for judging. (If you are in need of a laptop or would prefer to hand-write ballots, please contact Nathaniel Wilson.)                                

Sweepstakes:

Team and individual sweepstakes points will be awarded based on placement in final rounds (12 points for 1st place, 10 points for 2nd place, 8 points for 3rd place, 6 points for 4th place, 4 points for 5th place, 2 points for 6th place, and 1 point for 7th place and below). 

Individual sweepstakes are open to all competitors.

Tabulation:

PLEASE NOTE: Speaker points WILL NOT be used in this swing. In the unlikely situation that there is an unbreakable 3-way tie, judges may be asked to assign speaker points.

Prelims

Contestants will advance to finals based on lowest cumulative rank. Ties in rank will be broken on: head-to-head, strength of opposition, and reciprocals. 

 

Finals

Placing in final rounds will be determined by predominance of 1’s, followed by lowest cumulative rank. Ties in rank will be broken on: judges’ preference, reciprocals, and then prelim ranks. 

 

Sweepstakes

Ties in team and individual sweepstakes will be broken on the number of finals, followed by the highest number of finishes in finals (1st’s, 2nd’s, 3rd’s, etc.).

Limited Prep:

Judges will be instructed to provide 15 seconds of reading time in Impromptu (as per AFA-NST rules). Reading time will also be provided in the final rounds of impromptu, even if there is no printed text associated with the prompt. Both tournaments, prelims will consist of traditional quotations. Saturday finals, the prompt will be an object related to the tournament theme. Sunday finals, the prompt will be Halloween cards.

Health and Wellness: 

In order to help your students feel their best, we will provide complimentary breakfast and lunch for all competitors, coaches, and judges on Saturday and Sunday. Vegetarian options will be provided. 

If any students or judges need to be blocked from a person or event for any reason, do not hesitate to let us know. The Halloween Swing adheres to the AFA-NST open-door policy. Competitors and observers may leave the round as needed and shall not be penalized for exiting a round at any time. Please wait to return in between performances. Judges are encouraged to take a brief break as needed in between performances.

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