2026 Christmas in the Ozarks
Surgamus Speech and Debate (AR) · Dec 3-5, 2026
Tabulation Policy
Christmas in the Ozarks will adhere to Stoa's Transparent Tabulation Process. For more information about Stoa's Tabulation policies and procedures, please see the Stoa Tabulation Manual.
● In the event of an odd number of competitors in a debate event, a bye will be necessary. The bye will be randomly assigned for the first two rounds and to the low seed for the remaining preliminary rounds.
● For all debate events, the first 2 rounds will be randomly paired, employing club protection if possible. However, due to disproportionate club size, club protect may not be achievable. Rounds 3-6 will be power matched, depending on number of competitors.
● Stoa NITOC tie breakers will be used to rank teams through preliminary progression.
Surgamus Speech & Debate · Christmas in the Ozarks 2026
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Literary Interpretation Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Storytelling Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Expository Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
TP/LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Junior Speech
- Jr Bible Story Impromptu Juniors
- Jr Duo Juniors
- Jr Impromptu Juniors
- Jr Individual Interp Juniors
- Jr Platform Juniors
- Jr Platform Apol Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 5:00 pm Sun 10/25/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 9:00 am Thu 11/05/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Thu 11/12/2026 (Central)
- Late fee will be applied at 8:00 am Tue 11/24/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:00 pm Thu 11/26/2026 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 9:00 pm Sat 12/05/2026 (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.