Welcome to the WASDL Congress & Speech 4 Tournaments

The Washington Area Speech and Debate League (WASDL) Congress & Speech 4 tournaments on Saturday, January 31, 2026 are being held at Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia. Registration opens at 10:00 am ET on December 14, 2025 and deadlines are—

Competitors: 9:00 pm, Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Judges: 9:00 pm, Thursday, January 29, 2026
Drops/Name Changes: 9:00 pm, Friday, January 30, 2026

Congress Legislation: 9:00 pm, Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Please check the tournament's Email Archive upon registration to catch up on any communications. Feel free to contact Mark Deaton at mdeaton@wacfl.org with questions.

Please note that competitors who do not have Tabroom accounts linked correctly to your Competitors Roster will not receive round notifications, which means you will have to look up room assignment, side, opponent, and judge information for them at the beginning of each round. Nor will they have access to their ballots after the tournament. Ensure all of your competitors are linked.

An authorized adult representative or coach MUST be with the students at the tournament site (including virtual) at ALL times.

Student Congress Legislation topics

Domestic

• DC Statehood

• Social media bans for children under 16

• Individual Freedom of Speech Protections

International

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• NATO

• Greenland

Economic

• Wealth Tax

• Student Debt

• Space Exploration Funding