2025 Little Tournament on the Prairie
Prairie Fire (KS) · Feb 6-8, 2025
Completed
10:26 PM Central

Welcome Community Judges!
Please click on the Community and Alumni Judge Registration on the left to register!
Community Judge Information
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- No experience required - Training is provided
- 2-3 hour time commitment
- You select your time slot to judge according to your availability
- More about the specific events can be found HERE
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Tournament Location
Hutchinson Gospel Chapel
2005 N Hendricks
Hutchinson, KS 67502
Questions? Please contact us at LTOPKansas@gmail.com
Information for Students and Families
Registration:
Registration Opens: Wednesday, January 1st at 2:00 pm CT
Registration Closes: Tuedsay, January 7th at 11:59 pm CT
Payment:
- 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. Payments made after January 22, 2025, will incur a late fee of $25.
- 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 January 16, 2025, with no penalty. Drops between January 16 and the tournament end will incur a Drop Fee of $25 per event.
Competitor Tournament Fees:
$30 per debate event
$12 per speech event
Juniors: Flat fee of $10
Late Payment Fee (after Jan 22): $25
Drop Fee (Jan 16 through end of tournament): $25
Questions? Please contact us at LTOPKansas@gmail.com
Please see the tabs on the left for other important tournament information!
Little Tournament on the Prairie is a Stoa Nitoc-Qualifying event hosted by Prairie Fire Speech and Debate Club.
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Persuasive Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
TP/LD Debate
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli Debate
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Junior Speech
- Jr Impromptu Juniors
- Jr Interp (Duo) Juniors
- Jr Interp (HI, DI, OI) Juniors
- Jr Platform (Expos, OO, Pers) Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Wed 12/18/2024 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 2:00 pm Wed 01/01/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 12:00 am Wed 01/08/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 12:01 am Thu 01/16/2025 (Central)
- Late fee will be applied at 12:00 am Thu 01/23/2025 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 11:59 pm Tue 01/28/2025 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 pm Sat 02/08/2025 (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.