State Qualifier Information

TCFL State Qualifier Tournaments

• TCFL Debate State Qualifier - Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 @ Oaks Christian (Westlake Village)

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debate (7 Qualifiers)

  • Parliamentary Debate (6 Qualifiers)

  • Policy Debate (5 Qualifiers)

  • Public Forum Debate (6 Qualifiers)

• TCFL Congress State Qualifier - Saturday, March 1st, 2025 @ Arroyo Grande HS (Arroyo Grande)

  • Congressional Debate (9 Qualifiers)

  • Presiding Officer (1 Qualifier)

• TCFL Speech State Qualifier - Friday, March 7th AND Saturday, March 8th, 2025 @ Burbank HS (Burbank)

  • Declamation (5 Qualifiers)

  • Dramatic Interpretation (4 Qualifiers)

  • DUO Interpretation (5 Qualifiers)

  • Humorous Interpretation (4 Qualifiers)

  • Impromptu (5 Qualifiers)

  • Informative (5 Qualifiers)

  • International Extemp (4 Qualifiers)

  • National Extemp (5 Qualifiers)

  • Original Advocacy (6 Qualifiers)

  • Original Oratory (5 Qualifiers)

  • Original Prose & Poetry (6 Qualifiers)

  • Program Oral Interpretation (5 Qualifiers)

To be eligible to compete at a TCFL State Qualifier Tournament, a competitor must have completed all rounds at a TCFL Congress (any division) or Open Speech or Open Debate tournament. Schools are required to submit a list of their State Qualifier-eligible competitors via the TCFL Qualifier Eligibility Form no later than Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 at 11:55pm.

Additionally, each competitor must submit a signed TCFL Qualifier Event Preference Form prior to the start of the first round at the first State Qualifier Tournament they attend. 

Please see the required forms below.