Invitation

Cost should never be the reason a school stays home. If entry fees are a problem for your programme, contact us and we will work it out, quietly and without fuss. We would far rather have your debaters in the rounds and your enthusiastic judges in the pool than have your money.

Saturday 24 October 2026 · Brooklyn Technical High School, 29 Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn

Twelve debate divisions plus a full slate of individual events.

• Cross-Examination · High School Open · High School Novice, NDCA Novice Packet Protected · Middle School
• Lincoln-Douglas · High School Open, September/October topic · High School Open, November/December topic
• Public Forum · High School Open, September/October topic · High School Open, November/December topic · High School Novice, September/October topic · High School Novice, November/December topic · Middle School, November/December topic
• Congress · Open · Novice · Middle School
• Individual Events · Declamation · Dramatic Performance · Duo Interpretation · Extemporaneous Speaking · Oral Interpretation · Original Oratory · Program Oral Interpretation

Check-in is at 8:00am, the first round is at 9:00am, and the last round ends by 5:30pm.

Getting into the building

• Main entrance · the north-east corner of DeKalb Avenue and South Elliott Place. Security is on the door, and every adult signs in.
• Accessible entrance · South Elliott Place, between DeKalb and Lafayette.
• Building hours · open from 7:00am, everyone out by 6:00pm.
• Wi-Fi · network DOEGuest, password NYC$itevent.

Where to be

• Gathering and meals · the cafeteria on the 7th floor. Students eat in the cafeteria and nowhere else in the building, and the cafeteria has to be clear by 3:00pm.
• Awards · the auditorium on the 1st floor, once the last results are in.
• Tab room · 6N6, the social studies office.
• Judge hospitality · 6N8.
• Quiet and prayer room · 6N7, open all day.
• Competition rooms · classrooms on the 2nd through 6th floors, 34 seats each. Congress chambers are the larger rooms and the library. Room assignments go up on Tabroom with each pairing.

Breakfast and lunch are provided
For every student, coach and judge in the building, at no extra cost.

Schedule

Check-in · 8:00am · Through Tabroom

Cross-Examination

Three preliminary rounds.
Rounds 1 and 2 · Pairings 8:30am
Round 1 · 9:00am
Round 2 · 12:00pm
Round 3 · Pairings 2:30pm, Round 3:00pm

Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum

Four preliminary rounds, not flighted.
Round 1 · Pairings 8:30am, Round 9:00am
Round 2 · Pairings 10:15am, Round 10:45am
Round 3 · Pairings 12:45pm, Round 1:15pm
Round 4 · Pairings 2:30pm, Round 3:00pm

Congress

Two sessions and a final session.
Sessions 1 and 2 · Pairings 8:30am
Session 1 · 9:00am
Session 2 · 12:00pm
Final · Pairings 2:30pm, Session 3:00pm

Every competitor is scheduled into the final session. The Senate is the true Final; the remaining competitors debate in the House.

Individual Events

Three preliminary rounds and Finals, each run in two flights.
Round 1 · 9:00am and 10:00am
Round 2 · 11:00am and 12:00pm
Round 3 · 1:30pm and 2:30pm
Finals · 3:30pm and 4:30pm

Lunch · from 12:00pm

Awards · As soon as the last results are in

Events and entry fees

Cross-Examination · $100 per entry

High School Open
High School Novice, NDCA Novice Packet Protected
Middle School
Novice entries are bound by the NDCA packet limitations. The list of permitted arguments is posted ahead of the tournament.

Lincoln-Douglas · $60 per entry

High School Open, September/October topic
High School Open, November/December topic

Public Forum · $100 per entry

High School Open, September/October topic
High School Open, November/December topic
High School Novice, September/October topic
High School Novice, November/December topic
Middle School, November/December topic

Congress · $60 per entry

Open
Novice
Middle School
Legislation is the Tri-State Debate League docket. Contact the tournament to add legislation.

Individual Events · $10 per entry

Declamation, Dramatic Performance, Duo Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Oral Interpretation, Original Oratory and Program Oral Interpretation

Registration

Register through the Register tab above. Deadlines are in the panel to the right. Every school is welcome, from national-circuit programmes to teams entering their first round, and if judging is what stands between your students and the tournament, tell us and we will work it out with you.

Questions? Contact us at info@tristatedebate.com