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• NSDA Districts

  • Start
    30 Jan 2026
  • End
    31 Jan 2026
  • Location
    Bentonville High School

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• 10th Annual Marshall Spalter Cup

  • Start
    06 Feb 2026
  • End
    07 Feb 2026
  • Location
    Har-Ber High School

  Har Ber High School is hosting their 10th annual MSC tournament! 

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• MSM Forensics Festival

  • When
    07 Feb 2026
  • Location
    Mount St. Mary Academy

  Host: Mount St. Mary Academy 

  Type: Open Invitational

  Events Offered:

  • Debate: TBA
  • Speech: HI, DI, Duo Interp, Oratory, Informative, Impromptu, Program of Oral Interp, Prose, Poetry, Storytelling, Duet Improv, Solo and Duet Acting, Solo Musical and Duet Musical, Dramatic Song Lyric  Group Reader’s Theatre and Words & Music.

  Invitation: TBA

  Registration: TBA

  
  

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• Coolidge Arkansas Open (Coolidge National Debate Tournament Series)

  • When
    14 Feb 2026
  • Location
    Rogers Heritage High School

  https://coolidgefoundation.org/debate/

  Arkansas Open at Rogers Heritage High School

  For 2025-2026, debaters will compete in four rounds in the Coolidge 1v1 “singles” debate format at each tournament in the series.

  Scholarships and bids to the Coolidge Cup National Championship are available.

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• Bentonville Wild West

  • Start
    20 Feb 2026
  • End
    21 Feb 2026
  • Location
    Bentonville WEST

  Bentonville West invites you to their Wild West tournament 2/20-2/21

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• Arkansas High School Mock Trial Competition

  • Start
    27 Feb 2026
  • End
    28 Feb 2026
  • Location
    UALR Bowen School of Law

  Host: Arkansas Bar Association 

  Type: Open Invitational

  Events Offered:

  • Debate: Mock Trail
  • Speech: None

  Invitation: TBA

  Registration: TBA

  
  

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• Fayetteville's March Madness

  • Start
    06 Mar 2026
  • End
    07 Mar 2026
  • Location
    Fayetteville High School

  
  

  
  

  For questions contact:

  samantha.johnson@fayar.net
  

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• River Bandit Speech Invitational

  • Start
    16 Mar 2026
  • End
    20 Mar 2026
  • Location
    Online

  Host: University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville 
  

  Type: Open Invitational

  Events Offered:

  Speech: 

  • Informative Speaking
  • Original Oratory
  • Humorous Interpretation
  • Dramatic Interpretation
  • Program Oral Interpretation
  • Song Lyric Interpretation
  • Prose
  • Poetry 
  • Storytelling
  • Duo Interpretation

  Invitation: 2026 UACCB River Bandit Invitational - Google Docs

  Registration: https://riverbandit.tabroom.com/

  
  

  
  

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• Robinson High School Tournament

  • Start
    03 Apr 2026
  • End
    04 Apr 2026
  • Location
    21501 Cantrell Rd #10, Little Rock, AR 72223

  Robinson High School invites you to attend their Speech and Debate tournament. 

  
  

  For more information contact: Laxsonteaches@gmail.com

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• Arkansas Forensics & Debate State Championship Tournament

  • Start
    17 Apr 2026
  • End
    18 Apr 2026
  • Location
    TBD

  Host: ACTAA ASC Committee

  Location: TBA

  Type: ACTAA-Qualifiers 

  Events Offered:

  Speech: 

  • Dramatic Interpretation (DI)
  • Humorous Interpretation (HI)
  • Original Oratory (OO)
  • International Extemporaneous Speaking (IX)
  • Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking (DX)
  • Informative Speaking (IF)
  • Program of Oral Interpretation (POI)
  • Duo Interpretation (DUO)
  • Poetry (PO)
  • Prose (PR)
  • Impromptu Speaking (IM)
  • Improvised Duet Acting (IDA)
  • Storytelling (ST)
  • Dramatic Song Lyric (DSL)
  • Solo Acting (SA)
  • Duet Acting (DA)
  • Solo Musical (SM)
  • Duet Musical (DM)

  Debate:

  • Novice Policy Debate 

  • Varsity Policy Debate 

  • Novice Public Forum Debate 

  • Varsity Public Forum Debate 

  • Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate 

  • Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate 

  • Novice IPDA 

  • Varsity IPDA 

  • Congressional Debate 

  • Big Questions Debate 

  • World Schools Debate

  
  

  Invitation: TBA

  Registration: TBA

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