2025 The Pen and The Sword
Ephesians 4:29 (AR) · Apr 25-26, 2025
Junior's Tournament
JUNIOR'S TOURNAMENT
We are very excited to offer Junior Speech Events
A Final Schedule will be determined after registration closes.
JUNIOR SPEECH EVENT
There will be 3 rounds for the Juniors in the following categories
Juniors Events
Rules
Juniors Apologetic Rules
Juniors Platform Rules
Juniors Expos Rules
Juniors Interp Rules
Juniors Bible Story Rules
Juniors Impromptu Rules
CHECK IN - FRIDAY MORNING with Seniors at 8:00am or as a Junior at 11:00am
Mandatory Check-In: Check in will be April 25th from 11:00 -11:15 (or in the morning with Senior siblings.)
Student Name Badges
Juniors and Adult name badges will be distributed at Check-In.
Topics for Junior Bible Story Impromptu:
2024-25 Bible Story Impromptu Topics
- Healing of Naaman
- Jonah
- Noah's Ark
- Christ is Born
- Jesus turns water into wine
- Jesus calms the storm
- The burning bush
- The Tomb is Empty
- Jesus walks on water
- Prodigal son
- Daniel in the lions' den
- Saul becomes Paul
Topics for Junior Apologetics:
2024-25 Apolgetics Topics
- Who is Jesus
- How does the Holy Spirit help us?
- What is creation?
- What is the fall?
- Why did Jesus have to die?
- Is Jesus the only Savior/way to heaven?
- What is grace?
- What is prayer?
- What is sin?
- What is the Bible?
- Why must Jesus be truly human and truly God?
- How many persons are there in God?
Juniors Judges
Calling All Senior Event Competitors!
Senior students, we need you to judge the Juniors Speech Events. You must have competed in at least one NITOC-modeled tournament as a Senior prior to The Pen and The Sword.
Sign-up sheets will be available throughout the tournament.
Juniors Judges need to arrive 15 minutes before each Juniors round in order to judge. At that time, they'll go through a short judges' orientation to prepare them.
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.