2025 The Pen and The Sword
Ephesians 4:29 (AR) · Apr 25-26, 2025
Parent Judge Information

Anyone that has had any exposure to speech and debate tournaments knows
we cannot run a quality tournament without parent judges.
We have MANY judge slots to fill!
Parent/Adult Judge Tournament Attendance
THIS IS NOT A DROP OFF EVENT
Every student must have a participating parent/adult judge present at the tournament. While we understand that it is sometimes more convenient or cost-effective for families to send their students to tournaments with other families, this is not a drop-off event and no student should be on campus without a parent/adult.
Parent judging requirements:
We will be requiring parents to sign up based on the events their student signs up for. Plan to judge the number of rounds specified when you register. Please be prepared to judge a round for each event on the schedule when possible.
Parent Check-In and Judging:
We will be having parent check in along with student check in so we can go over the slots you have selected for judging. Please show up for your chosen timeslot. If we happen to have enough community judges when you arrive, we'll send you on your way :-)
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
Parli Debate
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Junior's
- Jr Apologetics Juniors
- Jr Bible Story Impromptu Juniors
- Jr Duo Juniors
- Jr Expos Juniors
- Jr Impromptu Juniors
- Jr Interpretation Juniors
- Jr Platform Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 8:00 am Tue 03/25/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 2:00 am Thu 03/27/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 12:00 pm Mon 04/07/2025 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 10:00 pm Thu 04/17/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 7:00 am Sun 04/20/2025 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 5:00 pm Sat 04/26/2025 (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.