2025 The Prologue
Invictus Fides (TX) · Oct 9-11, 2025
Completed
9:44 AM Central
Mars Hill and Apologetics Topics
In order to help competitors better prepare for The Prologue, we are releasing the categories for both Apologetics and Mars Hill in advance. The categories are listed randomly and not listed in order by round.
Apologetics Categories
- Category 1
- Category 3
- Category 6
Mars Hill Categories
- Cultural Voices
- Current Film and Television (last 5 years)
- Current Music
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.