Speech Contests

Speech Contests and District 26

The 2021 contests are Tall Tales and International Speech.

Click Here for Contest Documents

Speech Contests are one of the many ways toastmasters can grow and perfect both speaking and leadership skills. Contests are conducted in a safe, fair environment that encourages speaking and leadership growth.

Empower Your Speaking

Participating as a contestant in a contest can take your speaking skills up a notch and help you overcome some of those speaking fears. There are five types of Contests that require speakers:

International Speech
Table Topics
Humorous Speech
Tall Tales
Evaluation

There are additional roles at contests to practice your speaking:

Toastmaster
Chief Judge
Sergeant at Arms

Online Speech Contest Best Practices

Links to International webinar recordings are provided below, along with additional resources to help you prepare

Online Division Contests

See calendar page for more details and to register

Day	Date	Start Time	Division
Friday	03/05/21	06:00 PM	Western
Saturday	03/06/21	09:00 AM	Eastern
Saturday	03/06/21	01:00 PM	Metro
Friday	03/12/21	06:00 PM	Foothills
Saturday	03/13/21	09:00 AM	Denver
Saturday	03/13/21	01:00 PM	Southern
Saturday	03/20/21	09:00 AM	Northern
Saturday	03/20/21	01:00 PM	Urban

Contest Documents
	International Speech Contest	Tall Tales Speech Contest
Procedures for Speech Contests	Procedures for 2021 Speech Contests
Time	5-7 minutes Qualify: 4:30 min. to 7:30 max.	3-5 minutes Qualify 2:30 min. to 5:30 max.
Full Kit	1169 international speech kit zip	1169tt tall tales spchcont kit zip
Scripts	2021 Script for Division International Speech Contest	Division Tall Tales Script
Ballot	1172 Int. Speech Guide and Ballot	1181 Tall Tales Judges Ballot
Tiebreaker	1188 Int. Speech Tiebreak G. & Ballot	1181A Tall Tales Tiebreak G.& Ballot
Rulebook	1171 Speech Contest Rulebook_2020-2021
Briefing Document – Contestants, Sergeants-at-Arms, Zoom Master, Tech Assistants	2021 Division _Virtual-_Briefing-Script_Tall Tales and _International_
Briefing Document – Judges, Timer, Ballot Counters	Chief-Judges-Briefing for Division Speech Contests Judges-Email-Template (1)
Audience Participation Document	You Be the Judge
Contestant Eligibility	1183 Speaker’s Certification of Eligibility and Originality
Contestant Profile	1189 Speech Contestant Profile
Timer	1175 Time Record Sheet and Instructions for Timers
Counters	1176 Counters Tally Sheet
Judges	1170 Judges Certifications of Eligibility and Code of Ethics
Results	1168 Results Form
Winners	1182 Notification of Contest Winner
Certificates of Appreciation	Speech Contest CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
Video Release	1193 Region Quarterfinal Video Release * only for District contest, each contestant

Per Toastmasters International guidelines, the District has accepted the following:

Eight weeks prior to the area contest, if an area has four assigned clubs or fewer in good standing, districts have the option to allow two contestants from each club to compete in the area contest.

Should additional clubs charter prior to the area contest, two contestants from each club are permitted to compete.
In those divisions with four assigned areas or less, districts have the option to allow the two highest-placed available contestants from each area to compete. **applicable to Northern and Western Division only at this time**

WHQ Policy

All district-level speech contests are to be conducted only at the annual district conference. The decision to hold contests at the area and division level rests with the district executive committee. Contests must be conducted in the same manner for all areas and divisions within the district. For those districts that decide to conduct additional contests, those contests must originate at the club level and proceed through the area, division and district levels. To reiterate: district-level contests are only to be held during the annual district conference.