2026 ARCH Madness
ARCH St. Charles (MO) · Feb 5-7, 2026
Jr. Story Reading Rules
Junior Story Reading Rules
Junior Story Reading
Description: The student will read a published book to the judges. Students are encouraged to hold it up to show pictures. Creative use of voice and facial expressions will help bring the story to life for the judges.
Junior Story Reading Presentation Rules:
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Students will introduce the Title and Author before beginning to read.
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Students will hold the book as they read.
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Students may skip pages, paragraphs, etc. in order to trim a story down to the five minute time limit.
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Students should NOT memorize the piece, but are encouraged to practice expressive reading with their voice and face conveying the message.
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Students may sit or stand to deliver their story.
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Does not need to be a picture book, although picture books are highly recommended.
Speaking Time Limit: five (5) minutes. No minimum time. No student will be penalized for going over the suggested time.
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
TP/LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Junior Speech
- Junior Apologetics Juniors
- Junior Bible Story Impromptu Juniors
- Junior Duo Interpretation Juniors
- Junior Expository Juniors
- Junior Impromptu Juniors
- Junior Individual Interpretation Juniors
- Junior Story Reading Juniors
- Juniors Platform (OO and Persuasive) Juniors
Junior Debate
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Fri 12/19/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 9:36 pm Fri 01/16/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 9:05 am Mon 01/19/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 12:00 pm Tue 01/27/2026 (Central)
- Script submission will open at 5:21 pm Wed 01/28/2026 (Central)
- Script submission will close at 5:22 pm Wed 01/28/2026 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 12:00 pm Thu 01/29/2026 (Central)
What the statuses mean
- Setup
- The tournament is still being set up.
- Open
- Registration is open — families can register for the tournament.
- Drops Only
- No new entries are allowed, but families can drop existing ones.
- Closed
- Registration is closed — no adds or drops. Contact the tournament director with questions.
- Completed
- The tournament is finished.