2026 ARCH Madness
ARCH St. Charles (MO) · Feb 5-7, 2026
Completed
9:10 PM Central
Payment and Fees
Payment & Fee Info
Payments:
- Payment must be made during the registration process. Registration payments will not beaccepted at the tournament. Registration will not be complete until all fees have been paid.
- Cancellations prior to tournament registration close will receive a full refund minus any processing fees. There will be NO REFUNDS after registration closes. Thank you for your understanding.
- Dropping Events: You may drop any registered events by logging in to your registration up until Jan. 27th with no penalty. Drops between January 27th and the end of the tournament will incur a Drop Fee of $20 per event.
- Late Payment: Payment is due upon registration. Payments made after January 27th will incur a late fee of $30.
Fees:
$40 per debate event
$20 First speech event
$15 each additional speech event
$15 Juniors Speech Events
$30 Junior Debate
$30 Late Payment Fee (after Jan 27th)
$20 Drop Fee (Jan 27 through end of tournament)
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.