This evidence-based debate style covers current events and topics that change monthly. The two, two-person teams face off in tag-team style to debate current and relevant issues. Students' research should be in a public-friendly format that is easy to understand.

Students memorize and act out a 10-minute excerpt or cutting of a play, book, or other work of literature. Selections can be dramatic or humorous, and students can act alone or with a partner. (Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, and Duo Interp) No props or costumes are allowed. One student can perform the part of one character or portray multiple characters using different voices, postures, and gestures for each character in the storyline.

Students have 30 minutes to research and prepare a 7-minute speech about a current events question. Students use materials that we bring to tournaments (magazines, newspapers, and web resources) and can use an index card with notes.

Students have 7 minutes to prepare a brief speech and deliver it. Topics are random and varied. Speeches can draw from real information or personal opinions and experiences. This event is offered at only a few tournaments we will attend and should not be a student's primary focus for the year.

Students work individually. Debates are one student against another. The students use random everyday debate topics that they receive just minutes before the debate. Students are assigned the pro side or con side. They have a few minutes to gather their thoughts and prepare their arguments. Then, they present their arguments, attack their opponent's arguments, and summarize to the judge why their side should win. This event is offered at only a few tournaments we will attend and should not be a student's primary focus for the year.

Students have 20 minutes of prep time to familiarize themselves with a packet of news and information they receive at the tournament before each round. Working in pairs, they deliver a 5-minute radio show before a judge, infusing the news and articles they received with personality and transitions. Themes range from sports or weather to comprehensive morning shows. This event is offered at only a few tournaments we attend and should not be a student's primary focus for the year.

Students face real-world political problems in a hypothetical or fictional scenario. Each student has to propose action plans for solving these problems. Students also compare and contrast various plans proposed by others, speaking for or against particular plans or parts of projects. This is run in the style of congressional debate. Many top national tournaments use Scenario Debate as their final round for Congressional Debate, giving a creative challenge to the best congressional debaters in the nation.

Students create two pieces: One is a blend of excerpts of various poems, and the other is a blend of prose excerpts. Each piece is 10 minutes long and deals with some issue of societal importance. Students perform/deliver these 10-minute speeches in front of judges, focusing on clarity of communication, expression of meaning, and effective presentation.