• Setup:

  This status is used while the tournament is still being setup.

• Open:

  This status means tournament registration is open. Families can register for the tournament.

• Drops Only:

  This status means only registration drops are allowed. There are no new entries allowed but families can drop entries.

• Closed:

  This status means registration is currently closed for the tournament. There are no adds or drops allowed. Please contact the tournament director with any questions.

• Completed:

  This status means the tournament is completed.

SCRIPT SUBMISSION

DEADLINES & TIMELINE

Feb 22 - Original Script Deadline: Saturday, February 22nd, 11:59PM EST
Feb 28 - Corrected Script Deadline: Friday, February 28th, 11:59PM EST

GETTING STARTED

1 - Watch this quick tutorial for platforms and interps and your scripts will sail through submission and be NITOC ready! Rapid Review & Approve - Read Rules on the Stoa website, including the Publications Guidelines and Plagiarism Policy - Read Script Preparation Instructions in Platform Script Submission Guidelines;   Interpretation Script Submission Guidelines 2024-2025;  Slam Poetry Script Submission Guidelines 2024-2025 - Have citations? PLATFORM: Stoa Speech Citation Tips

5 - Make sure to fill out the accompanying submission form and insert it at the front of your script

WHO NEEDS TO SUBMIT?

Competitors who are entered in the following events must submit scripts (include submission forms)
- Platform Speeches: Expository, Original Oratory, Persuasive
- Interpretive Speeches: Dramatic, Duo, Humorous, Open (each Interp category has its own form)
- Wild Card Speech: Slam Poetry

HOW TO SUBMIT

1. NAME FILES CORRECTLY: EVENT – Last Name, First Name – Title
Please use the following abbreviations for Events:
Expository – EXPOS
Original Oratory – OO
Persuasive – PERS
Dramatic Interp – DI
Duo Interp – DUO (*Include BOTH competitors names, see example below)
Humorous Interp – HI
Open Interp -OI
Slam Poetry - SP
Examples:
"PERS - Genius, Ima – Being Humble"
"DUO – Twiddle, Dee and Twiddle, Dum – Walrus and the Carpenter"

2. ONLY pdf and doc files accepted. Please compile into one file in the order listed below. Forms are found under Submission Forms on the Stoa website.
- Platforms/Slam Poetry: Form, Script, Citation Page
- Interps: Form, Typed Script, Source Script

3. Send completed, compiled script attached to email to scripts.vector@gmail.com

-ONLY SEND ONE SCRIPT PER EMAIL

-MAKE THE SUBJECT HEADING THE SAME AS THE FILE NAME
-If your file is too large, use a pdf compressor such as www.smallpdf.com

4. After you have sent an email, you should receive an email confirming your submission has been submitted. Your scripts are in queue for review. Once reviewed, you will receive an email that your script is either approved or needs correction.

5. If your script needs corrections, make the necessary correction and using the link above, noting that this is a corrected script.

QUESTIONS? Contact submissions at: scripts.vector@gmail.com

USEFUL SCRIPT TOOLS (free versions available for most tools)

https://archive.org – Internet Archive – non-profit library of millions of books, etc

http://www.easybib.com/ - Easy Bib - to help create citation pages
https://www.naps2.com/ - Not Another PDF Scanner 2 (NAPS2) - scans, arranges pages, and creates pdfs with text you can highlight
http://www.pdfsam.org/ - PDFsam Basic – download software to split, merge, and save pdf files
https://smallpdf.com/merge-pdf – SmallPDF - online application to merge files
https://www.pdfmerge.com/- Soda PDF Merge - online application to merge files
https://www.camscanner.com/ - CamScanner - turn your mobile device into a scanner