Policy debate competitions

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Part of the series Policy Debate

Organization
Policy debate competitions Inter-Collegiate policy debate
Format
Structure of policy debate · Resolution Constructive · Rebuttal · Prep Time Evidence · Flow
Participants
Affirmative · Negative · Judge
Types of Arguments
Stock Issues · Case· Disadvantage Counterplan · Kritik Impact calculus · Topicality
Argumentative Concepts
Offense · Defense · Turn · Drop

There are several venues of competition for policy debate.

1 Tournaments
2 Championships
- 2.1 High school
- 2.2 College
3 Institutes
4 External links

[edit] Tournaments

Most high school debaters debate in local tournaments in their city, state or nearby states. Hundreds of such tournaments are held at high schools throughout the US each weekend during the debate season.

A small subset of high school debaters, mostly from elite public and private schools, travel around the country to tournaments in what is called the 'national circuit.' Major national circuit tournaments include the Glenbrooks at Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South High Schools in the North Shore area of Chicago, the Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University, and the St. Mark's Heart of Texas Invitational at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas.

[edit] Championships

[edit] High school

The high school debate tournament generally considered to be the national circuit championship is the Tournament of Champions held at the University of Kentucky.
For non-national circuit debaters the national championship is generally considered to be the national tournament of their sponsoring organization, either
- the National Speech and Debate Tournament of the National Forensic League or
- the Grand National Tournament of the National Catholic Forensic League or the NCFCA.
The largest high school debate tournament by entry is the Harvard Invitational at Harvard University.

[edit] College

There is no single unified national championship in college debate; the National Debate Tournament (NDT), the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) and the American Debate Association (ADA) all host national tournaments. The NDT is one of the most prestigious college tournaments. CSTV a college sports network makes a documentary of the NDTs every year and showcases the top teams and some of the highlights from the tournament. NDT Documentary

[edit] Institutes

Highly competitive debaters often attend summer institutes ranging from one or two weeks to two or more months. Institutes exist at Dartmouth, Northwestern, the University of Kentucky, the University of North Texas, Michigan State University, University of Texas - Austin, the University of Michigan, Miami University, Concordia College, and University of Wyoming, among others.