League Policies
- Registration: Junior competitors may register for a maximum of three speech events.
- Eligibility: Affiliates and Non-Qualifying Affiliates alike are welcome to participate in Junior Tournaments. The suggested age range is 7-11 years old. For questions about eligibility, contact your Regional Director.
- Events: Junior Tournaments include Apologetics, Biblical Presentation/Thematic, Duo Interpretation, Informative, Impromptu, Open Interpretation, and Persuasive. Competitors may use illustrated boards for an Informative or Persuasive speech. Juniors have their own set of Apologetics Topics.
- Judge Recruitment: Junior tournaments rely on parents, coaches, and competition age students who are not still judging or competing in the associated qualifying tournament to fill judge slots.
- Rules: There are no specific rules for Junior events. However, it may be helpful to review NCFCA’s Competition Events Rules as an educational reference.
- Speech Length: Juniors are encouraged to keep their speeches
shorter than five minutes. - Script Submission: Junior tournaments will not include any script
submission.
- Speech Length: Juniors are encouraged to keep their speeches
- Tabulation: Junior tournaments focus on offering feedback to the students in the form of completed ballots returned to students at the end of the Junior Tournament. There is no formal tabulation of Junior Events.