2026 Christmas in the Ozarks
Surgamus Speech and Debate (AR) · Dec 3-5, 2026
Payment & Fees

Payments
● Payment must be made during the registration process. Registration payments will not be accepted 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 November 23 with no penalty. Drops between November 23 and the end of the tournament will incur a Drop Fee of $30 per event.
● Late Payment: Payment is due upon registration. Payments made after November 23 will incur a late fee of $30.
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Fees
| $10 | Registration Fee per family |
| $40 | per debate event |
| $35 | first speech event |
| $20 | each additional speech event |
| $20 | Juniors, flat fee |
| $30 | Late Payment Fee (after November 23) |
| $30 | Drop Fee (November 23 through end of tournament) |

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.