2025 Carry the TORCH
TORCH (VA) · Mar 29, 2025
Script Submission
Script Submission
If you are entered in one or more of these events, you MUST submit a script:
OO, Pers, OI, Duo, Slam Poetry
RAPID APPROVAL OPTION: If your script has already been approved by another Stoa tournament AND you are NOT changing your script, please send your approval email to torchscripts@gmail.com with subject line: Rapid Approval: Event - Lastname, Firstname. Use event abbrevations: OO, Pers, OI, Duo, SP. Include your scanned script and an updated submission form with tournament name: Carry the TORCH.
News Flash: Each script submitted by March 15th ahead of the deadline on March 18th, will be entered into a raffle for a gift card. We will give away THREE gift cards!
Please read the instructions from Stoa carefully and be sure to complete the form and prepare/copy the correct pages to submit with the form.
Competitors who do not submit a script will not be allowed to compete.
Initial Script Submission Opens: February 28th
Initial Script Submission Closes: March 18th by 11:59pm
Script submission corrections: Scripts must be corrected within 48 hours of notice. Please carefully monitor your email after you submit your script. You will either receive an approval email or a request for corrections. Script corrections will close on March 22nd. If your script needs corrections, your script must be corrected no later than this date. Failure to resubmit on time will result in the student being dropped from the event with no refund.
Watch the tutorial!
Just 6 minutes will save you loads of time!
Rapid Review YouTube
How to Submit Scripts Electronically: Steps 1-5
1. READ THE RULES for your speech event here.
2. READ THE SCRIPT PREP INSTRUCTIONS & OBTAIN FORMS here.
3. PREPARE your SCRIPT SUBMISSION FORM with your parent or someone at your club. This can be done online. Include initials and signatures. BE SURE "Carry the TORCH" is listed as the tournament.
4. COMBINE each speech into a single file in PDF only. Scan into a single file (you can use your phone for this!)
Suggestions for phone scanning:
Download and use a PDF phone scanner app like Adobe App. The Notes app on Iphone is also PDF converter.
Suggestions for editing and merging your documents
GeniusScan
PDFmerge
Adobe PDF Editor
Adobe Reader
5. ONLY 1 FILE PER SPEECH: PDF only. Combine files before proceeding.
NAME FILE: Event - Lastname, Firstname.pdf (from the computer before proceeding) Use event abbrevations: OO, Pers, OI, Duo, SP
5. SUBMIT SCRIPTS WITH THE SUBJECT LINE: Event abbv. (OO, Pers, OI, Duo, SP) - Lastname, Firstname to torchscripts@gmail.com
If you have script submission questions, please direct them to: Torchscripts@gmail.com
Tournament Events
Speech
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
LD Debate
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
Tournament Timetable
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 10:00 am Fri 02/14/2025 (Eastern)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:55 pm Fri 02/28/2025 (Eastern)
- Late fee will be applied at 11:55 pm Sun 03/02/2025 (Eastern)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:00 am Mon 03/10/2025 (Eastern)
- Meal registration will close at 12:00 pm Tue 03/25/2025 (Eastern)
- Community Judge registration will open at 8:00 pm Fri 03/28/2025 (Eastern)
- Community Judge registration will close at 11:00 pm Sat 03/29/2025 (Eastern)
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.