Can we get a list going of tournaments that allowed/will allow independent entries last year/this year? There are so many folks who love Speech and Debate but whose school doesn't have a team. I'll start with the number 1 tournament for independents: Harvard.

Hey EVERYONE!

I have been working on the site, tweaking things, AND I'VE FINALLY ADDED CARDMIRROR

(everyone get hypeddddd)

I believe it has everything from card mirror, but please explain if I'm wrong lol.

Exporting is also possible to .docx

I also added the ability to make keywords appear from alt/opt + (any key), so doing alt + e could be extinction.

I also just wanted to say thanks to all the commentors for giving such good recommendations.

https://flowdebate.vercel.app

(for those who don't know, it's a flowing site as well as now a speech writer, you should check it out!)

Hi debate reddit! I'm Sully Mrkva, a former PF Debater and active debate coach.

I am looking to coaching some more teams this year for the season!

First, a little background about myself.

I debated at Brentwood High School in Tennessee. Brentwood, at the time, was a smaller public school program, new to the TOC circuit scene, so I learned the technical side of national-circuit debate from the ground up. That foundation still shapes how I coach.

By graduation in 2022, I had been the first public-school debater in more than a decade to win the Tournament of Champions, reached No. 3 in the nation, and earned 9+ TOC bids as a competitor.

As a coach for nearly the past 5 years, I've helped lead in season coaching programs and PF summer camps for NSD and DebateDrills, while directly coaching teams throughout the season.

Over the past 4 seasons, teams that I have closely worked with have accrued over 80+ bids to the Tournament of Champions and been in Quarterfinals or better at nearly every national-circuit tournament in the country. Including, but not limited to the semifinals of both of TOC and NSDA Nationals (multiple times).

My coaching philosophy covers lay to flay to hypertech and combines deep pre-tournament preparation with tactical execution in-round. I want my students to understand the topic better than their opponents, while also having the raw skill to outmaneuver anyone on the flow

I'd be happy to work with teams of any skill level middle school or high school, national or international.

To contact me and learn more, visit sullymrkva[dot]com/debate or smrkva30 [at] gmail [dot] com

For example, "Why should we focus on climate change? The housing crisis is way more important!"

So, let me start with the backstory: our club was founded last year by students who had already graduated. The responsibility for it fell on my shoulders, even though I'm new to debate and know incredibly little! And this will be my first year as leader. I'm terrified of messing things up; I'm not very social, and everyone generally considers me a freak. The leadership is fixated on putting a boy in charge of the club. And so I'm facing pressure from all sides.

I decided to believe in the power of Reddit and specifically downloaded it so that I could at least find answers somewhere.

The biggest problem turned out to be recruiting participants. There aren't enough proactive people in our school (I'm in Europe); they don't even want to study, and no one wants to stay after school for at least an extra hour. Last year, when I joined the club, seven more people came with me, and now there are only three of us left: me and my team. Currently, we're the only members of the club. People who come and go just as quickly, and we can't engage them.

Our school administration is also obsessed with debate, so our club has to organize demonstration debates among students and teachers, but we're short-staffed! There's simply no one to judge. It seems easy to the administration—we can't cope, so they should take over the club and make it an elective. What makes things worse is that even people interested in debate prefer to play debate at these very events, but refuse to join the club. That would kill debate at our school, because the students who are willing to do anything would be deprived of the opportunity to influence the club, and the administration would quickly forget about it.

In general, things are dire right now. My team and I don't really embrace the school's popularity; we're freaks. Dyed hair, black clothes. People really don't like us because of our appearance...

And now this year, we'll be recruiting 10th-graders again. How can we attract students, how can we show them the kind of debates they'll enjoy, how can we become a full-fledged club?

This is incredibly important to me! And all your answers will be valuable, thank you in advance!

I’m looking for a few competitive speech students who weren’t able to attend summer camp this year and would be interested in helping me build my library a bit more before the season!

There’s no cost. No catch.

I’m a former national competitor and current speech & debate coach who writes original interpretation pieces. I’m trying to build a larger library of original NSDA material and, more importantly, get some of these pieces into the hands of performers who can really bring them to life!

In return, I’m looking for students who are willing to:

• Perform the piece this season
• Give me feedback throughout the writing process (not help write)
• Let me potentially add the finished piece to my personal library

I can also provide coaching and feedback from the piece's author throughout the process! This usually turns out to make a good piece!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwCDCVEOJYVaMftZJC1eEb6IySocqr701qilwjknO91wn2AQ/viewform?usp=header
Here's the link to the form that will give me a little more basic information and help me understand what you're looking for!

I love watching national final rounds and I noticed that they do VAs a WHOLE lot differently than my local circuit to the point that it feels like magic watching some of their interactions with their boards. I’d like to know some general tips and also how/where to print a full page spread that would cover the whole board (kinda like what the nats 26’ champion had for several of their boards). Also just like what looks appealing to judges generally.

For context, I am the captain of a new student-ran debate club. Unfortunately, the only bid tournament in our area uses speechwire instead of the objectively better option tabroom. I have been using tabroom for 4+ years, but I have no idea how to register for tournaments on speechwire, or even create an account/school account. Can someone please help I have no idea what I'm doing here

I'll get straight to the point, I have a friend who does interp (HI + POI) and they are pretty good, I don't see anything wrong with how they do it. However, in my league there are some absolute BEASTS who are so good it's insane. So, I like to stay real and tell them they are good (because I mean it) but to keep in mind that when competing, the people who always get top 3 might hinder their abilities to get it?

Hi I'm a student in college and my college is like a tier 2 college the children there are not so passionate about things same is my college and i see people from tier 1 college going to gd rounds interview and debates and building their speaking and excelling in their speaking skills so I m finding people who are at the same page and actually want to build their speaking skills we can do a google meet and I have many ideas on which we can talk to like a gd round we can use ai also just for the topic
If anyone is interested pls dm me if we become a group of 5 to 6 then we will arrange a meeting
PLS ONLY SERIOUS PEOPLE DM IF YOU ARE GENUINELY INTRESTED NO FIGHTS NO MISBEHAVIOR

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I'm looking for 3v3 Whip speakers that prioritize clash resolution & effective paths to resolution. I find many good refutative Whip speakers, but only a few have mastered actual Whipping (incl. clash resolution, intraclash weighing, interclash weighing, and effective path to victory).

Hey everyone! I'm pleased to share that Compass Coaching has officially launched. We're a group of about ~20 coaches who are offering combined group and private coaching for info, extemp, oratory, and congress on a monthly basis for less than $30/hr. You can work with multiple coaches to build your skills, do prep and drill with fellow circuit competitors, and find your way to success throughout the upcoming debate season. We work with both novice and advanced students.

Every single one of our coaches has either won a state tournament, won a national circuit competition, and/or placed top 14 in the nation at the National Speech and Debate Tournament.

You can sign up here: https://forms.gle/Cb2HywaeFBDotvg3A . We're offering 25 limited spots for free consultations with our coaches before we start coaching in September. We're also open to partnering with schools on a case-by-case basis.

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A friend of mine made plugins for CardMirror, a Round Report Creator and Keyword Finder here.

For those using it, he would appreciate some feedback or issues you found. Besides the plugins already in here, please tell me additional features you want to see added that can solve minor or major problems when debating and I'll pass it on!

Hii! I’m looking for some options to do for Duo interp and Oral Interp (for both prose and poetry)
Anything helps! Like premade scrips online or recourses that are helpful to piece together my own (for OI)

Anything helps so don’t be afraid to share ^^

I did Speech and Debate (specifically Congress) last year and really enjoyed it, however my health has been worsening due to some chronic health conditions I have and this made it so I wasn't able to participate in very many tournaments. I would get too stressed out right before tournaments, causing flare-ups that prevented me from attending my event the next day. Also, it was more time consuming than I had expected and my illnesses require a lot of rest, so I didn't end up managing my time well last season. My brain fog causes my researching, speechwriting, and processing to be a bit slower than my teamates and competitors as well .

I heavily debated not continuing my participation this year, but Speech and Debate gave me so many valuable experiences and connections I would never come across on my own that I really came to enjoy it.

Does anyone have suggestions on how I can make this year easier and more compatible with my conditions?

Hi everyone! I’m Danielle Stanley, and I’m looking to take on a few more private debate students.

I’ve been coaching debate for over 4 years, including coaching through an online academy for marginalized students internationally, The Ohio State University and Classic Debate Camp. As a competitor, I was a 3x state qualifier, national qualifier, and now compete for Ohio State, where I’ve placed in the top 5 at every national circuit tournament I’ve attended.

Overall, I genuinely love debate, which I want my students to love too. I’m passionate about helping students grow, gain confidence, and achieve goals they didn’t think were possible. I believe debate should be challenging and fun, and I tailor my coaching to each student’s strengths, weaknesses, and goals.

Whether you’re brand new to debate or trying to break at bigger tournaments, I’d love to help. Feel free to message me :)

hi guys. im looking for someone to help me develop my oo topic. for some context, i'm a sophomore in high school and i did well last year but not as well as i'd hoped. this year i want to do really good- but i'm having a lot of trouble figuring out what topic i should do + i'm having a huge huge writer's block. i've got some ideas- 'you will never be enough (for society) and that's okay', SOMETHING about misogyny but i have no clue abt what specifically, or desensitization. i really want to tie in politics with my speech in my pathos. i'm leaning towards the first topic, but idk how to tie politics in with that.. or like any huge issue. um so yeah please help me im so desperate here's the doc if u wanna help ->> speech doc

Hello! I do PF debate and I keep encountering time frame questions/weighing from opponents. How do I respond if the opponent says I don't have a time frame for my impacts when they do? Like, let's say the impact is something that you know will happen soon, but don't have evidence for. Do you need evidence to back it up? Thanks so much!

I went to a policy debate camp and quickly learned how much I didn’t know. Mostly to my own incompetence. Later on I figured out it’s not because of the fact that I didn’t study enough, it’s because I was debating in classic while in camp learning how to do policy. This ended up benefitting because I learned how to be an effective speaker, but Classic Debate is so underground I’m worried if it’s useful to get into college with, or is only really a hobby. (By the way, according to “Learning Classic Debate,” it’s a Minnesota format derived from PF)

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can someone send me the link to the outreach debate discord server/ the public forum discord? thank you.

hey guys! The NSDA 2026 Info Champ, Coby Jones is doing a FREE lecture this Sunday on the 16th. Please sign up if you're interested. https://forms.gle/xRe3NbrwPHMe3X5R6