Bull Creek Invitational

2026 — Atlantic, IA/US

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Hello everyone!

We are so excited to welcome you to Atlantic High School for our

Bull Creek Invitational on October 30th and 31st

We will be offering the main 8 speech categories as well as Congress, PF, LD and Policy on the Debate side.

Speech events will be held on Friday evening and Debate will take place on Saturday.

Our address at AHS is 1201 E 14th St. Atlantic, IA 50022

Checks can be made to Atlantic High School (c / o Speech & Debate). You may bring them to the tournament or mail them in advance.

  • Speech Events offered: Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, Duo Interp, Program Oral Interp, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, US Extemp, International Extemp, Spontaneous Speaking

  • Debate Events offered: Congress, Public Forum (Novice & Varsity), Lincoln-Douglas, and Policy

  • Topics will be Nov/Dec for Public Forum

Due by Thursday, Oct 22nd. Full docket of legislation will be emailed out Monday, Oct 26th.

We will be using the September/October PF topic, so this is a great chance to get another tournament with those cases!

  • Judging Requirements

IE: 1 per 5 entries

PF: 1 per 2 entries

CON: 1 per 5 entries

LD: 1 per 5 entries

Policy: 1 per 5 entries

Schedule for both days listed below

Friday Schedule

Round 1 4:30pm

Round 2 6:00pm

Dinner

Round 3 7:30pm

Awards 8:45pm

Saturday Schedule

PF/LD

Round 1 8:00am

Round 2 9:15am

Round 3 10:30am

LUNCH

Round 4 12:00pm

Round 5 1:15pm

Quarters 2:30pm

Semis 4:15pm

FINALS 5:30pm

CONGRESS

Session 1 9:00am-12:00pm

Session 2 12:30pm-3:00pm

POLICY

Round 1 8:00am

Round 2 10:00am

Round 3 12:00pm

Round 4 2:00pm