2025 The Prolific Prologue
NIHD (CA) · Oct 9-10, 2025
We are excited to bring you The Prolific Prologue!
October 9th - 10th, 2025
This will be a two-day, NITOC qualifying tournament offering Team Policy, Lincoln Douglas, Parliamentary Debates, and Limited Prep Speech events! We'll also have Individual Policy and Junior Speech! Come join us to start off the season in Southern California!
NOTE: There have been some complications with the judge requirements. We believe they should be primarily resolved. If for some reason they are persisting on your registration, please use the judge override code to finalize your registration. That code is: JUDGE
Location: The River Christian Reformed Church // 459 E Highland Ave, Redlands, CA 92373
Cost:
Debate: $55/event
Speech: $29/event
Junior Speech: $15/event
Drop Fee: $25 drop fee per event dropped September 28th - October 9th
Deadlines
Open Registration: September 9th at 12:00pm PST - September 23rd 11:59pm PST
Late Registration ($25 late fee): September 23rd - September 27th
Deadline to Drop with a Full Refund: September 23rd
Deadline to Drop without a fee: September 27th
Meals Deadline: September 27th
Drop Fee ($25/event): September 28th - October 1st
Schedule: We will be offering Parli Prelims and Speech on Thursday, with TP/LD and Parli Outrounds on Friday.
Judging: EACH registered family needs to have a parent judging for them every day of the tournament, judging every other round/pattern. Students will need to have their judge physically with them at check-in and for the duration of the tournament. Thank you for your assistance to keep our tournament running on time. Please plan on judging every other round, and check with the ballot push table 45-30 minutes before each round to see what the judging needs are for the upcoming round. The Ballot Push Team will be happy to see you!
Meals: You can order meals for Lunch on Thursday, Dinner on Thursday, and Lunch on Friday! Check the Meals Tab for more details. Please order by September 27th.
Payment: Registration is not complete until your fees have been paid. This can be done automatically at the end of the registration process.
Literature
Current Film and Television
Apologetics Categories:
Category 1 - The Character and Nature of God
Category 3 - Scripture
Category 5 - Christian Worldview Application
Please contact Charis Baker at nihdcamp@gmail.com if you have any questions!
Tournament Events
Limited Prep Speech
- Apologetics Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
TP/LD Debate
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli Debate
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
All
Junior Speech
- Junior Apologetics Juniors
- Junior Impromptu Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Tue 09/23/2025 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:59 pm Sat 09/27/2025 (Pacific)
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.