Big Questions

2025-2026 Calendar

Name Location Date(s) Events Reg Opens Reg Ends TZ
Limitless Forensics Weeknights Template NSDA Campus Tue Jul 1 BQ, CD May 31 Jun 27 CDT
ASC Pilot Tournament Template Fall Conference View Arkansas, AR Sun Jul 27–Aug 22 HSBQ, HSDEC, DI, DSLI, DA, IMPROV, DUO, EXT, HI, ISP, INF, JHCD, JDI, JDA, JIMPRO, JDUO, JHI, JISP, JINFO, JIPDA, JLD, JOO, JPO, JPOI, JPR, JHPF, JRT, JSA, JST, JWM, HSMT, NCD, NIPDA, NLD, NCX, NPF, OO, POE, POI, PRO, RT, SA, STO, VIPDA, VLD, VPD, VPF, WM, JSM, JDSLI, VCD, SM, JHDEC Jul 27 Jan 24 CDT
FAKE Tourney Russellville, AR Tue Aug 19–20 HSBQ, HSDEC, DI, DSLI, DA, IMPROV, DUO, EXT, HI, ISP, INF, JHCD, JDI, JDSLI, JDA, JIMPRO, JDUO, JHDEC, JHI, JISP, JINFO, JIPDA, JLD, JOO, JPO, JPOI, JPR, JHPF, JRT, JSA, JSM, JST, JWM, HSMT, NCD, NIPDA, NLD, NCX, NPF, OO, POE, POI, PRO, RT, SA, SM, STO, VCD, VIPDA, VLD, VPD, VPF, WM Aug 19 Sep 14 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 1 NSDA Campus Tue Sep 16 CON, BQ, LD, PF, CX, WSD, RSLD, RSPF, DI, INF, OO, EXT, RSEXT Aug 4 Sep 16 CDT
Bentonville Tigers Eye Bentonville, AR Fri Sep 26–27 HSBQ, DI, DSL, IMP, DUO, EXT, HI, ISP, INF, JDI, JDSL, JIMP, JDUO, JHEX, JHI, JISP, JINFO, JIPDA, JOO, JHPO, JPOI, JPR, JRT, JST, JWM, NIPDA, NLD, OO, POE, POI, PRO, RT, STO, CD, VIPDA, VLD, VPF, HSM, JSM, JDM, JHDEC Sep 2 Sep 19 CDT
Scottsdale Prep Congress and BQ Scottsdale, AZ Sat Sep 27 BQ-HS, BQ-MS, CD-HS, CD-MS Jul 8 Sep 23 MST
Conway Classy Classic Conway, AR Fri Oct 3–4 HSBQ, JHDEC, DI, SLI, IMP, EXT, HI, ISP, INF, JHCD, JSLI, JIMP, JDUO, JHI, JISP, JIPDA, JOO, JHPO, JPR, JST, NCD, OIPDA, NLD, OO, POE, POI, PRO, STO, VCD, VLD, PF, JWM, JRT, DUO, JINF Sep 12 Oct 1 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 3 NSDA Campus Thu Oct 9 CON, DI, DUO, INF, LD, EXT, OO, CX, PRO, PF, WSD, RSCON, RSDI, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSEXT, RSOO, RSCX, RSPOI, RSPF Aug 4 Oct 9 CDT
Mustang Madness Tournament Herriman, UT Fri Oct 10–12 BQ, VCharB, Interp, (DEC), VDE-B, DUO-B, NIM-A, VIM-A, NInf, VInf-A, NLD, VLD, (LipS), (MUS), (NEWS), NCON, NEX--A, NFX--A, NOO-A, VOO-A, POET-B, NCX, OCX, NPF, VPF, VSpArB, Story, CONG, VEX-A, VFX-A, OO-ASY, INF-ASY, Inter-AS Jul 17 Oct 10 MDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 4 NSDA Campus Thu Oct 23 CON, DEC, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, OO, OSW, POE, CX, PCC, POI, PRO, PF, STO, WSD, RSBQ, RSCON, RSDEC, RSDI, RSDUO, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSOSW, RSPOE, RSCX, RSPCC, RSPF, RSSTO Aug 4 Oct 23 CDT
Hunter Haunting West Valley, UT Fri Oct 24–26 A-Int, A-Lip, A-Inf, A-News, A-OO, A-SST, BQ, A-Dec, NCD, NINTER, NIM, NInf, NLD, NMX, NO, NCX, NPF, OCD, OIM, Inf, OINT, VLD, OMX, VOO, OCX, OPF, O-Spar, A-POE Aug 6 Oct 23 MDT
Scary Thankful River Valley Speech and Debate League Dardanelle High School, AR Mon Oct 27–Nov 1 HDEC, IMP, ISP, INF, OO, POE, VIPDA Oct 9 Oct 22 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 5 NSDA Campus Tue Oct 28 CON, INF, LD, EXT, OO, POE, CX, POI, PRO, PF, RSCON, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSEXT, RSCX, RSPF Aug 4 Oct 28 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 6 NSDA Campus Thu Nov 6 CON, DEC, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, OO, OSW, POE, CX, PCC, POI, PRO, PF, RSBQ, RSDEC, RSDI, RSDUO, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSOSW, RSCX, RSPCC, RSPOI, RSPRO, RSPF, RSSTO Aug 4 Nov 6 CDT
Rocktown Showdown presents the Wizarding Words Cup Little Rock, AR Fri Nov 7–8 HDEC, DI, DSLI, DM, IMP, DUO, EXT, HI, ISP, INF, JHCD, JDI, JDSL, JDM, JIMP, JDUO, JHEX, JHI, JISP, JINFO, JIPDA, JOO, JHPO, JOI, JPR, JRT, JSM, JST, JWM, OO, POE, POI, PRO, RT, SM, STO, CD, IPDA, WM Oct 13 Oct 31 CDT
UDCA Training Tournament Sandy, UT Fri Nov 7–8 N-EXT, INT, NDE, VDE, DUO, Free, FS, VInf, LS, NA, NINF, NOO, VOO, NPO, VPO, POI, Story, PF Oct 8 Nov 8 MDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 7 NSDA Campus Tue Nov 11 BQ, CON, DI, HI, INF, LD, EXT, OO, CX, PRO, PF, RSCON, RSLD, RSEXT, RSCX, RSPRO, RSPF Aug 4 Nov 11 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 8 NSDA Campus Thu Nov 13 CON, DEC, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, OO, OSW, POE, CX, PCC, POI, PRO, PF, RSBQ, RSCON, RSDEC, RSDI, RSDUO, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSOSW, RSCX, RSPCC, RSPRO, RSPF, RSSTO, RSWSD, RSPOE Aug 4 Nov 13 CDT
Viking Ragnarok Bountiful, UT Fri Nov 14 CongN, BQA, CongO, CEX1, CEX2, DT, DI2, HIA, IMP1, IMPV, INF2, INF1, LD2, OO1, OO2, PF2, PFN, SQ, LDN, POIA Jul 12 Nov 14 MDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 9 NSDA Campus Tue Nov 18 BQ, CON, DI, INF, LD, EXT, OO, CX, PRO, PF, WSD, RSBQ, RSCON, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSEXT, RSOO, RSPOE, RSPF, RSWSD Aug 4 Nov 18 CDT
Minotaur Invitational Buckeye, AZ Fri Nov 21–23 CIDNI, ConJr, DecJr, DuoRB, Imp, ImpJr, OSWP, Radio, RadJr, Spar, SpOI, StoJr, NovLD, LD, NovPF, VPF, BQ, Cong, Extmp, Info, HI, DI, PoInt, Prose, DuInt, OO, POI, LDJr, DuoJr Oct 6 Nov 19 MST
RVSDL Holiday Head to Head Dardanelle, AR Mon Dec 1–6 HDEC, IMP, EXT, ISP, INF, JIPDA, NIPDA, OO, POE, VIPDA Nov 24 Dec 1 CDT
Charger Challenge Draper, UT Fri Dec 5–6 AEX, ADEC, AInfo, ALip, ANEWS, AOO, APro, ASketch, BQ, CON, Extemp-A, Drama, DUO, Improm-A, Humor, Info-A, IX, LD, OO-A, POI, CX, PF-A, Shark, AInterp, NCon, Nimpro, Nora-A, Noinfo-A, AStory, OPP, TagTeam, CSpar, NLD-A, NPF, APoem, NPolicy, AMusic, HStory, AComent, OO-B, Info-B, Nora-B, Noinfo-B, NLD-B, Improm-B, AHI, Extemp-B, PF-B Jul 31 Dec 4 MDT
Alief Taylor NCFL TFA IQT Houston, TX Fri Dec 5–6 DI, HI, INFO, OO, IX, NX, PO, PR, USX, ODEC, CD, VCX, NPF, VLD, VPF, WSD, NLD, NWSD, NCX, POI, DA, NOI, DUO, IMP, NCD Oct 1 Dec 3 CDT
Springboard December Capstone Tournament NSDA Campus Sat Dec 6 BQ, Con, A-DEC, DI, DUO, HI, IMP, INF, LD, EXT, OO, A-OSW, A-POE, A-PCC, A-PRO, PF, A-STO, WSD, A-RSDE, RSIMP, RSINF, RSDI, RSLD, RSEXT, RSOO, A-RSOSW, A-RSPO, A-RSPC, A-RSPR, RSPF, A-RSST, RSCON, RSWSD, CX, POI, RSHI, RSPOI Oct 24 Dec 4 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 2 NSDA Campus Wed Dec 10 CON, LD, PF, WSD, RSLD, RSPF, DI, POI, POE, INF, OO, PCC, DEC, RSPOE, RSINF, RSOO, RSOSW, RSSTO, RSPCC, JVPF Aug 4 Sep 18 CDT
Rocktown Showdown Jr Little Rock, AR Sat Dec 13 JDEC, JHCD, JDI, JDSL, JIMP, JDUO, JHI, JISP, JINFO, JIPDA, JOO, JHPO, JPOI, JPR, JRT, JSM, JST, JWM Nov 19 Dec 9 CDT
Winter 2025 Last Chance Async Online Fri Dec 26–31 HDEC, INF, OO, POE Dec 19 Dec 26 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 10 NSDA Campus Tue Jan 13 BQ, CON, DI, INF, LD, EXT, OO, POE, CX, PF, WSD, RSBQ, RSCON, RSDUO, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSPF Dec 1 Jan 13 CDT
RVSDL Mid Year Recharge Dardanelle, AR Thu Jan 15–18 HDEC, IMP, EXT, ISP, INF, JIPDA, OO, POE, VIPDA Jan 8 Jan 14 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 11 NSDA Campus Thu Jan 15–16 CON, DEC, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, OO, SW, POE, PCC, POI, PRO, PF, RSCON, RSDUO, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSPOE, RSPCC, RSPRO, RSPF, RSSTO Dec 1 Jan 15 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 12 NSDA Campus Thu Jan 22 BQ, CON, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, EXT, POE, CX, PF, RSCON, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSPOE, RSCX, RSPF Dec 1 Jan 22 CDT
Lake Buena Vista High School Scrimmage Orlando, FL Fri Jan 23 IMP Jan 21 Jan 23 EDT
Payson PJ Party Payson, UT Sat Jan 24 EX, IM, Inf, Interp, LD, VOO, CX, PF, SpAr, VCON, BQ Dec 8 Jan 22 MDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 13 NSDA Campus Tue Jan 27 BQ, CON, DEC, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, OO, OSW, POE, CX, PCC, POI, PRO, PF, WSD, RSCON, RSDEC, RSDUO, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSPOE, RSPCC, RSPRO, RSPF, RSSTO Dec 1 Jan 27 CDT
February LDOO JH Tournament Spanish Fork, UT Fri Feb 6 EX, LD, VOO Oct 7 Feb 5 MDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 14 NSDA Campus Tue Feb 10 CON, DEC, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, OO, OSW, POE, CX, PCC, POI, PRO, PF, STO, WSD, RSCON, RSDEC, RSDUO, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSOSW, RSPCC, RSPOI, RSPRO, RSPF, RSSTO Dec 1 Feb 10 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 15 NSDA Campus Thu Feb 12 BQ, CON, DI, HI, LD, EXT, OO, POE, CX, PF, WSD, RSDI, RSINF, RSLD, RSPRO, RSWSD Dec 1 Feb 12 CDT
The NSync Tournament Online Fri Feb 13–18 INF, OO, POE, STO Feb 3 Feb 12 CDT
Lawrence Afterschool Novice Speech 1 Lawrence, KS Wed Feb 18 Duo, DI, Duet, HI, HSA, Imp, IDA, Inf10, Info7, IX, OO, Poe, POI, Pro, SSA, USX Mar 24 Apr 5 CDT
54th Marshall Univ John Marshall High School Huntington, WV Fri Feb 20–21 BJ, CD-HL, DEC, DI, DUO, EXT, HI, IMP-O, DUO-I, INF, LD-O, OO, POET, POI, PROSE, PF-O, STORY, LD-N, PF-JV, BQ, IS-O, IS-N, IMP-N, CD-HS, CD-HT Sep 30 Feb 19 EDT
Bentonville West presents Wizarding West Centerton, AR Fri Feb 20–21 HSBQ, JDEC, DI, DSLI, DA, IMP, DUO, EXT, HI, ISP, INF, JDI, JDSL, JIMP, JDUO, JHEX, JHI, JISP, JINFO, JIPDA, JLD, JOO, JHPO, JPOI, JPR, JHPF, JRT, JST, JWM, NCD, NIPDA, NLD, CX, NPF, OO, POE, POI, PRO, RT, SA, STO, VCD, VIPDA, VLD, VPF, WM, SM, DM Dec 15 Feb 13 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 16 NSDA Campus Tue Feb 24 BQ, CON, DEC, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, OO, OSW, POE, CX, PCC, POI, PRO, PF, STO, WSD, RSCON, RSDEC, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSPOE, RSPCC, RSPRO, RSPF, RSSTO, RSWSD Dec 1 Feb 24 CDT
Lawrence Afterschool Novice Speech 2 Lawrence, KS Wed Feb 25 DI, Duet, Duo, HI, HSA, Imp, IDA, Inf10, Info7, IX, OO, Poe, POI, Pro, SSA, USX Mar 31 Apr 12 CDT
Sweetheart Classic Morrilton, AR Thu Feb 26–28 DSLI, IMP, ISP, INF, OO, POE, STO, VIPDA, EXT Feb 5 Feb 20 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 17 NSDA Campus Thu Feb 26 BQ, CON, INF, LD, EXT, OO, POE, CX, POI, PF, WSD, RSCON, RSINF, RSLD, RSEXT, RSCX, RSPF, RSWSD Dec 1 Feb 26 CDT
TKEthics Spring Invitational NSDA Campus Sat Feb 28 TKEIV Dec 1 Jan 28 EDT
Fayetteville March Madness Fayetteville, AR Fri Mar 6–7 HSBQ, DI, IMP, DM, DUO, EXT, HI, ISP, INF, JHCD, JDI, JIMP, JDM, JDUO, JHEX, JHI, JISP, JINFO, JIPDA, JLD, JOO, JPOE, JPOI, JPR, JHPF, JRT, JSM, JST, JWM, NLD, NCX, NPF, OO, POE, POI, PRO, SM, STO, CD, VLD, VPF Feb 5 Feb 27 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 18 NSDA Campus Tue Mar 10 CON, HI, INF, LD, EXT, OO, POE, CX, PF, RSDI, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSEXT, RSOO, RSPOE, RSPF Dec 1 Mar 10 CDT
Lawrence Afterschool Novice Speech 3 Lawrence, KS Wed Mar 11 DI, Duet, Duo, HI, HSA, Imp, IDA, Inf10, Info7, IX, OO, Poe, POI, Pro, SSA, USX Apr 14 Apr 26 CDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 19 NSDA Campus Thu Mar 12 CON, DEC, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, OO, OSW, POE, CX, PCC, POI, PRO, PF, STO, RSCON, RSDEC, RSDI, RSDUO, RSHI, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSPOE, RSPCC, RSPRO, RSPF, RSSTO Dec 1 Mar 12 CDT
Rising Rural Voices Festival Dardanelle, AR Fri Mar 13–14 DSLI, IMP, EXT, ISP, INF, STO, OO, POE, VCD, VIPDA Jan 12 Mar 11 CDT
March LDOO JH Tournament Spanish Fork, UT Fri Mar 13 EX, LD, VOO Nov 11 Mar 11 MDT
Free Dog of War Big Questions Online Invitational Online Sat Mar 14 BQ Feb 12 Mar 10 CDT
Big Questions 2 Virtual Invitational by SPDL Online Wed Mar 18 BQ Jan 13 Mar 18 EDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 20 NSDA Campus Thu Mar 19–20 BQ, CON, DEC, DI, DUO, HI, INF, LD, OO, OSW, POE, CX, PCC, POI, PRO, PF, STO, WSD, RSCON, RSDEC, RSDI, RSINF, RSLD, RSOO, RSOSW, RSPOE, RSPCC, RSPRO, RSPF, RSSTO, RSWSD Dec 1 Mar 19 CDT
Needham March Merryness Needham, MA Sat Mar 21 KL, CD, DEC, DP, DUO, FZ, GD, BQ-HS, IM, SA, IS, INFO, BQ-MS, MD, MULT, NX, LD-N, NOI, PF-N, CX, OO, PL, PO, POI, PR, RB, TX, VX, LD-V, PF-V, MSPF, MSLD Mar 1 Mar 18 EDT
NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 21 NSDA Campus Tue Mar 24 BQ, CON, DI, LD, EXT, OO, PRO, PF, WSD, RSCON, RSDI, RSINF, RSLD, RSEXT, RSOO, RSPOE, RSPF Dec 1 Mar 24 CDT
Lawrence Afterschool Novice Speech 4 Lawrence, KS Wed Mar 25 DI, Duet, Duo, HI, HSA, Imp, IDA, Inf10, Info7, IX, OO, Poe, POI, Pro, SSA, USX Apr 28 May 10 CDT
War Of The Words 2 Dardanelle 4/9 and Morrilton 4/, AR Thu Apr 9–11 DSLI, IMP, ISP, INF, OO, POE, STO, VIPDA Feb 8 Apr 7 CDT
NSDA Last Chance Qualifier NSDA Campus Thu Apr 23–25 BQ, DI, DUO, HSE, HI, INF, IX, LD, OO, CX, POI, PF, SEN, USX, WSD Jan 8 Apr 17 CDT
1st Annual Big Questions Online Invitational Online Fri May 1–2 BQD Jan 15 Apr 30 CDT
4th Annual River Valley Speech and Debate League Championship Dardanelle, AR Thu May 7–9 DSLI, IMP, EXT, ISP, INF, OO, POE, STO, VCD, VIPDA Mar 8 May 5 CDT
NSDA Nationals Warmup Tournament Debate and IEs Welcome Online Mon Jun 8–11 IE's, BQ, Cong, ED, LD, CX, PF, WSD Jan 1 Jun 10 CDT
National Speech and Debate Tournament Richmond, VA Sun Jun 14–19 BQ, HSE, SEN, DI, DUO, A-EXP, A-COM, XDB, HI, B-IMP, INF, IX, LD, OO, A-OSW, B-POE, CX, POI, A-PRO, PF, B-STO, USX, WS Mar 15 Jun 1 EDT
NSDA Middle School National Tournament Richmond, VA Wed Jun 17–19 CON, BDec, BDI, ADuo, AHI, BImp, BINF, LD, AExt, AOO, BOSW, APOE, CX, BPOI, BPRO, PF, ASTO, WS Mar 15 May 20 EDT