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• Bentonville Tiger's Eye

  • Start
    26 Sep 2025
  • End
    27 Sep 2025
  • Location
    Bentonville High Schol

  You are invited to the Bentonville Tiger's Eye tournament!

  
  

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• AFGC Generation Conservation Super Regional

  • When
    01 Oct 2025
  • Location
    Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Headquarters (Little Rock)

  AGFC & ACTAA to host congressional debate as part of the inaugural Generation Conservation Competition, Oct 1 & Nov. 5-6.

  Yesterday, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) announced its first-ever Generation Conservation Education Summit, set for November 5–6, 2025.

  District administrators should have already received notice of this event via the ADE Commissioner’s Memo.

  The Generation Conservation initiative is designed to create an authentic learning environment where Arkansas teachers and K–12 students can engage directly with AGFC programs. The summit will highlight the Commission’s role in conservation statewide while offering students and educators the opportunity to compete, collaborate, and connect with conservation professionals.

  The Regional qualifying competition for NSDA-style congressional debate  will be held October 1, 2025, that will serve as preliminary rounds leading up to the statewide summit in Nov. Depending on participation, these competitions may also function as ASC qualifiers. To help ensure smooth execution and strengthen partnerships between our communities, ACTAA leadership will support all three qualifying events by assisting with planning, logistics, and competition tabulation.

  At the summit, each participating school may bring up to 24 students to compete in a variety of challenges for prizes, recognition, and potential additional funding for their school.

  To ensure participation, please note the following important deadlines:

  • August 29 – Deadline for regional and pre-competition sign-up
  • October 1 – Super Regional for Congressional Debate 
  • November 5-6 – Generation Conservation Education Summit (Hot Springs).

  Registration, competition subjects, and event details, including dates and location, are available at: www.agfc.com/education/generation-conservation/.

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• Conway Classy Classic

  • Start
    03 Oct 2025
  • End
    04 Oct 2025
  • Location
    Conway High School

  Host: Conway High School

  Type: Open Invitational

  Events Offered:

  • Debate: TBA
  • Speech: TBA

  Invitation: TBA

  Registration: TBA

  
  

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• Har-Ber Haunted Halls (Jr. High)

  • When
    18 Oct 2025
  • Location
    Central Junior High School

  Har-Ber High School will be hosting a junior high competition 10/18!

  
  

  For questions contact:

  Lauren.loehndorf@sdale.org

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• Russellville High School

  • Start
    24 Oct 2025
  • End
    25 Oct 2025
  • Location
    Russellville High School

  Russellville High school is hosting a High school and Junior High tournament

  
  

  
  

  We would like to offer World Schools Debate (WSD) at this tournament. We will not charge for this event if you bring a team. We will supplement a team if needed. 

  There will not be IPDA offered at this tournament at the high school level. 

  
  

  Contact Dustin Jackson for questions: Dustin.jackson@rsdk12.net

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• ACTAA Student Congress

  • Start
    02 Nov 2025
  • End
    04 Nov 2025

  These are the dates for ACTAA student congress.

  
  

  For questions please contact the permanent director:

  mcampbell2@episcopalcollegiate.org
  

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• AFGC Generation Conservation Summit

  • Start
    05 Nov 2025
  • End
    06 Nov 2025
  • Location
    Hot Springs Convention Center

  AGFC & ACTAA to host congressional debate as part of the inaugural Generation Conservation Competition, Sep. 10-11, Sep. 17-18, & Nov. 5-6.

  Yesterday, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) announced its first-ever Generation Conservation Education Summit, set for November 5–6, 2025.

  District administrators should have already received notice of this event via the ADE Commissioner’s Memo.

  The Generation Conservation initiative is designed to create an authentic learning environment where Arkansas teachers and K–12 students can engage directly with AGFC programs. The summit will highlight the Commission’s role in conservation statewide while offering students and educators the opportunity to compete, collaborate, and connect with conservation professionals.

  Regional qualifying competitions will be held September 10–11 and September 17–18, 2025, featuring 24 conservation-themed events — including NSDA-style congressional debate — that will serve as preliminary rounds leading up to the statewide summit in Nov. Depending on participation, these competitions may also function as ASC qualifiers. To help ensure smooth execution and strengthen partnerships between our communities, ACTAA leadership will support all three qualifying events by assisting with planning, logistics, and competition tabulation.

  At the summit, each participating school may bring up to 24 students to compete in a variety of challenges for prizes, recognition, and potential additional funding for their school.

  To ensure participation, please note the following important deadlines:

  • August 29 – Deadline for regional and pre-competition sign-up
  • September 10-11 – East (Jonesboro) and West (Springdale) regional competitions
  • September 17-18 – North (Harrison) and South (Arkadelphia) regional competitions
  • October 1 – Deadline for final on-site (Summit) competition sign-up
  • November 5-6 – Generation Conservation Education Summit (Hot Springs).

  Registration, competition subjects, and event details, including dates and location, are available at: www.agfc.com/education/generation-conservation/.

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• Pinnacle View Middle School

  • Start
    07 Nov 2025
  • End
    08 Nov 2025

  For more information contact: Dariane.Mull@lrsd.org

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• War Eagle Classic Forensics Festival 2025 Asynch/Virtual

  • Start
    02 Dec 2025
  • End
    06 Dec 2025

  Hertitage War Eagle Classic Forensics Festival (online)

  December 2-6

  Junior High and High School events

  Asynchronous (Dec-2-5) and Synchronous Online (Dec 6th)

  **This tournament has asynchronous events and live virtual events as well. Please consult tabroom for further information**

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• Mock Trial Workshop

  • When
    10 Jan 2026
  • Location
    UALR Bowen School of Law

  The Arkansas Mock Trial Committee has a tentative date set for a Mock Trial workshop. The workshop is open to all schools and will be free. 

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• Cabot Classic

  • Start
    23 Jan 2026
  • End
    24 Jan 2026
  • Location
    Cabot High School

  This is the annual Cabot Classic to be hosted on 1/23-1/24

  Events offered:

  High School Forensics and Debate:
  Forensics-HI, DI, DUO, POI, OO, INFO, EXTEMP, PRO, POE, STO, ISP, IMPV
  Debate-LD, PF, CD
  
  Middle School Forensics and Debate:
  Forensics-HI, DI, DUO, POI, OO, INFO, EXTEMP, PRO, POE, STO, ISP, IMPV
  Debate-LD, PF, CD, IPDA
  

  
  

  Note there will not be High School IPDA offered. 

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• 10th Annual Marshall Spalter Cup

  • Start
    06 Feb 2026
  • End
    07 Feb 2026
  • Location
    Har-Ber High School

  Har Ber High School is hosting their 10th annual MSC tournament! 

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• Bentonville Wild West

  • Start
    20 Feb 2026
  • End
    21 Feb 2026
  • Location
    Bentonville WEST

  Bentonville West invites you to their Wild West tournament 2/20-2/21

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• Arkansas High School Mock Trial Competition

  • Start
    27 Feb 2026
  • End
    28 Feb 2026
  • Location
    UALR Bowen School of Law

  Host: Arkansas Bar Association 

  Type: Open Invitational

  Events Offered:

  • Debate: Mock Trail
  • Speech: None

  Invitation: TBA

  Registration: TBA

  
  

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• MSM Forensics Festival

  • When
    07 Mar 2026
  • Location
    Mount St. Mary Academy

  Host: Mount St. Mary Academy 

  Type: Open Invitational

  Events Offered:

  • Debate: TBA
  • Speech: HI, DI, Duo Interp, Oratory, Informative, Impromptu, Program of Oral Interp, Prose, Poetry, Storytelling, Duet Improv, Solo and Duet Acting, Solo Musical and Duet Musical, Dramatic Song Lyric  Group Reader’s Theatre and Words & Music.

  Invitation: TBA

  Registration: TBA

  
  

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• Fayetteville's March Madness

  • Start
    13 Mar 2026
  • End
    14 Mar 2026
  • Location
    Fayetteville High School

  
  

  
  

  For questions contact:

  samantha.johnson@fayar.net
  

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• Coolidge Arkansas Open (Coolidge National Debate Tournament Series)

  • When
    14 Mar 2026
  • Location
    Rogers Heritage High School

  https://coolidgefoundation.org/debate/

  Arkansas Open at Rogers Heritage High School

  For 2025-2026, debaters will compete in four rounds in the Coolidge 1v1 “singles” debate format at each tournament in the series.

  Scholarships and bids to the Coolidge Cup National Championship are available.

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• Robinson High School Tournament

  • Start
    03 Apr 2026
  • End
    04 Apr 2026
  • Location
    21501 Cantrell Rd #10, Little Rock, AR 72223

  Robinson High School invites you to attend their Speech and Debate tournament. 

  
  

  For more information contact: Laxsonteaches@gmail.com

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• ACTAA State Tournament

  • Start
    17 Apr 2026
  • End
    18 Apr 2026
  • Location
    TBD

  This is the tentative date for ACTAA State Tournament

  Location: TBD

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