Speech Evaluation Contest Setup and Rules

1. The contestants are informed of the rules and contestant order determined.

2. A 5-to-7 minute "target" speech is given to be evaluated by contestants.

3. A period of time is given for the contestants to complete their evaluations.

4. All the contestnats notes are gathered and the Sgt-of-Arms takes all of the contestants, except for the first contestant to evaluate, out of the room.

5. Each contestant is given 2-to-3 minutes to give their evaluation with a 30 second grace period, meaning an evaluation can last as long as 3:29 seconds without being disqualified for going over time. On the other hand, an evaluation must meet a minimum time requirement, which I believe, is 2 minutes. I'm not sure because as far as I know I can't recall any being disqualified of being short on time in all the years I've been competing.

6. A minute is given for the judges in the audience to make complete their notes.

7. The next contestant is brought in.

8 After the last contestant, the judges are given 2 minutes to wrap up.

9. The judges make their decision.