2026 The Texas Escalade
Invictus Fides (TX) · Mar 11-14, 2026
Script Submission
Important Dates and Deadlines
Script Submission Opens: Monday, February 2 at 8:00 am CST
Early Deadline: Wednesday, February 18 at 11:59 pm CST
Regular Deadline: Sunday, February 22 at 11:59 pm CST
Corrections Deadline: Thursday, March 5 at 11:59 pm CST
Students must submit all scripts by February 22nd to avoid being dropped from an event and charged drop fees. You will receive a confirmation email once your script has been received and approved. Please save a copy of this confirmation email on your phone or print it out to have with you at Check-in.
Early Script Submission Prize Drawing! Each script submitted by February 18th is worth one entry into a drawing. Two winners will be chosen.
Buffalo Stampede Competitors-Escalade is accepting Buffalo script approvals, if your script is unchanged. Please submit your approved script through StoaHub with attached approval email. We will need a copy of all scripts, not just the approval email.
Submitting Through StoaHub
- Only family admins can submit scripts in StoaHub. Admin roles can be edited under My Family/Roles
- Combine each speech into a single PDF file (Tip: A PDF phone scanner app works great)
- Name the file correctly: Last Name, First Name - Event.pdf
- Under "Actions" below, click "Choose File" to upload your script
- Your script will be approved or returned with revision requests through the StoaHub chat
- Please make any required updates and resubmit promptly
Note that StoaHub only allows for a script that is 10mb or smaller. If you have a script that needs to be a smaller file size, you can use Small PDF or Compress2Go to compress your PDF.
Resources
Interp Script Submission Guidelines
Platform Script Submission Guidelines
Slam Poetry Script Submission Guidelines
NITOC Source Evaluation (for Interps & Platforms)
Rapid Review & Approve Video
Upload Scripts
No Script Submission Entries Found
Your family does not have any entries registered for this tournament that require script submissions. Please contact the tournament directors with any questions.
Script Revision Submissions
No Script Revisions Needed
Your family does not have any entries that currently need script revisions. If you believe this is an error, please contact the tournament directors.
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Persuasive Qual
TP/LD Debate
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parliamentary Debate
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Juniors
- Junior Debate Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Wed 01/14/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 12:07 pm Mon 02/02/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Tue 02/10/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:59 pm Mon 02/23/2026 (Central)
- Script submission will close at 11:59 pm Fri 02/27/2026 (Central)
- Script submission will open at 8:00 pm Sun 03/01/2026 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 8:00 pm Sat 03/14/2026 (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.