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Tournaments: Speech Options
Please watch the video above to hear from alumni competitors about all of our speech categories and events.
NCFCA offers Speech and Debate competition in each tournament. Competitors may compete in both speech and debate at a tournament.
Competitors may compete in up to five individual speech events at any given tournament. (Learn more: Speech Competition Entry Limits)
We have ten different events in three categories
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Limited Prep Category |
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Interpretation Category |
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Platform Category |
Flip through the category tabs on our Speech landing page and click on individual events to see photos, resources, and explanations of each event.
Student Samples
You will find samples of student work on the NCFCA YouTube channel.
Here are a few links to get you started. (Please note that rules can change between seasons, so some of what you see in videos may be different than what our current rules allow. Always review the NCFCA rules when preparing for competition.)
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Limited Prep Examples |
Extemp (start at 1:19:00) |
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Interpretation Examples |
Digital Presentation (start at 17:20) Informative (start at 44:00) |
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Platform Examples |
Biblical Presentation (start at 1:06:00) Duo Interp (start at 1:20:00) Open Interp (start at 55:48) Oratorical Thematic (new for 2026!) |
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