2025 The Prologue
Invictus Fides (TX) · Oct 9-11, 2025
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The Prologue Speech and Debate TournamentOctober 9-11Need help registering to judge? Please see ourRegistration Help Page! |
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TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS Important Script Submission Dates and Deadlines: Early Deadline: Wednesday, September 24 at 11:59 pm CST Need to drop an event? If you need to drop an event, please do that by Thursday, September 25th. Please note that you will not receive your registration fee refunded. If you need to drop after September 25th, please email the tournament. Beginning on September 26th, a $25 drop fee will apply. |
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PLEASE JOIN US AS AN HONORED COMMUNITY JUDGE!
No Experience Required – Training Provided 2 to 3-Hour Time Commitment Select from a variety of judging times each day. October 9-11 Tournament Location Dallas Baptist University 3000 Mountain Creek Parkway Dallas, Texas 75211
Tournament Questions?Please contact Invictus Fides at registrar@invictusfides.org.
The Prologue will feature Lincoln Douglas, Team Policy, Parliamentary Debate, and all Stoa Speech events.
Pattern A Speech Events Apologetics, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Expository, Impromptu, Persuasive Pattern B Speech Events Extemporaneous, Humorous Interpretation, Mars Hill, Open Interpretation, Original Oratory, Slam Poetry
If you would like to know more about Stoa events, please visit the Stoa website for event descriptions! |
"Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man.”
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Registration InformationRegistration Opens: Friday, September 5, 2025 @ noon CTRegistration Closes: Friday, September 12, 2025 @ 11:59 pm CTStoa membership is required in order to participate. Event FeesSpeech$30 First Speech Event $15 Each Additional Speech Students are limited to four speeches per pattern. Debate$45 – All Debate Events Junior Impromptu – $15Payment InformationRegistration Payment Due: September 12, 2025 Late Payment: Registration payments made after September 12, 2025 will incur a late fee of $25. Registration will not be complete until all fees have been paid. All unpaid registrations will be dropped on Tuesday, September 16th. Tournament Cancellations: Cancellations prior to September 12th will receive a full refund minus any processing fees. There will be NO REFUNDS after registration closes on September 12th. Event Drops Dropping Events: After September 12th, you may log in to your tournament registration and drop any event. You will not receive a refund for your dropped event registration. On September 26th, events may no longer be dropped without emailing the tournament. Drops between September 26, 2025 and the tournament end will incur a Drop Fee of $25 per event.
Spring Invictus Fides TournamentMarch 11–14, 2026
The Prologue is an official Stoa qualifying tournament hosted byInvictus Fides Speech and Debate Club. |
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Persuasive Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
TP/LD Debate
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parliamentary Debate
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Junior Speech
- Junior Impromptu Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 4:00 pm Mon 08/25/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 12:00 pm Fri 09/05/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Fri 09/12/2025 (Central)
- Late fee will be applied at 8:00 am Sat 09/13/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:59 pm Thu 09/25/2025 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 11:59 pm Fri 10/03/2025 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 8:00 pm Sat 10/11/2025 (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.