2026 The Texas Wildflower
Fortify Speech & Debate Club (TX) · Feb 12-14, 2026
Completed
6:30 PM Central
Location: First Baptist Church Justin · 402 W Eighth St · Justin, TX 76247
🌺 Welcome Judges! 🌺
Thank you for investing your time in our students. We are truly grateful for your support! Your written feedback helps our students grow in communication skills, critical thinking, and character.
Below is some helpful information to get you started:
- No experience is necessary!
- Choose Paper as your ballot preference.
- Let us know who recruited you.
- Choose the time slot(s) that best fit your availability.
- Please arrive 45 minutes before your scheduled round for judge orientation.
- All tournament attendees must park on the west side of the church and enter through the west doors only.
- Each round lasts 2–3 hours, including orientation, the speech or debate round, and completing your ballot.
- Home-cooked meals and plenty of coffee are provided as a thank-you for volunteering!
📚 Optional: Review Ahead of Time 📚
If you’d like to preview judging expectations before the tournament, the following resources are available:
- Parliamentary Debate Orientation Slides
- Team Policy Debate Orientation Slides
- Lincoln Douglas Debate Orientation Slides
- Speech Orientation Slides
- Serve as a Community Judge Video
- Stoa Event Descriptions
💬 Questions? 📧
Email us at judges@fortifyclub.org
⭐️Click the "Register Now" button below.⭐️
NOTE:
This tournament is not currently accepting community/alumni judge registration.Please contact the tournament director for more information.
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Persuasive Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Apologetics Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
Team Policy/Lincoln Douglas
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parliamentary Debate
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Junior Debate
- Junior Debate Juniors
Junior Speech
- Junior Apologetics Juniors
- Junior Bible Story Impromptu Juniors
- Junior Duo Interpretation Juniors
- Junior Expository Juniors
- Junior Interpretation Juniors
- Junior Platform Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Mon 01/05/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 12:00 pm Wed 01/07/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Wed 01/14/2026 (Central)
- Late fee will be applied at 11:59 pm Mon 01/19/2026 (Central)
- Script submission will open at 8:00 am Wed 01/21/2026 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 11:59 pm Fri 01/30/2026 (Central)
- Script submission will close at 11:59 pm Wed 02/04/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 10:00 am Thu 02/12/2026 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 8:00 pm Sat 02/14/2026 (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.