2023 Spring Contests
All contests at the Division, and Area levels in District 31 will be conducted online in the 2022-2023 program year while the District level contests will be held hybrid.. Club contests may be held in-person or online, at the discretion of the club.
District 31 will be conducing the International Speech Contest and Table Topics Contest at the Area, Division, and District levels in 2022-2023. Club contests for International and Table Topics Contest will advance to the Area level, and must comply by the contest rulebook. Club that do not choose to hold a contest may still appoint one club representative to compete in the Area contest for each of the International and Table Topics contests.
Club Level contests should be held before February 15, 2023
Area contests will be held between February 18 and March 15, 2023
Division contests will be held between March 18 and March 31, 2023
District contests will be held at CLCON May 1-4 (Table Topics Contest – exact date TBD) & May 6th (International Contest), 2023
Check the District calendar for dates, times, and registration info, which will be updated by early January.
International Speech Contest
Contestants present a 5 to 7-minute speech on any subject they choose. The district winner advances to the Region Quarterfinals for a chance to compete in the World Championship of Public Speaking.
Table Topics Contest
The Table Topics Contest features a 1 to 2 minutes response to a question posed by the Contest chair. Contestants are taken from the room and each is brought into the room and given the Table Topics question. No contestant hears the question or anyone’s response prior to their turn on stage.
Clubs can conduct contests in other contest types — Humorous, Table Topics, or Tall Tales — that will not advance beyond the club, and do not have to fully comply with the contest rulebook (ie: allowing members of other clubs or District officers to compete, etc.) These contests are run completely at the club level, however we are happy to list them as special club events on the District calendar if they are open to visitors from other clubs — please share info with fabfour@district31.org.
- General Information
- Conducting Quality Speech Contests
- 2022-2023 Contest Rulebook
- Planning 2023 Speech Contests (Guide for Area & Division Directors)
- 2023 Speech Contest Scripts (for International and Evaluation contests)
- Speech Contest Tutorials
- Speech Contest FAQs
- Zoom Master Script for 2023 Speech Contests
- Contest Chair: Briefing the Contestants, Sergeants-at-Arms, and the Toastmaster.
- Chief Judge: Briefing the Counters, Timers and Judges
- Online Contest: Judges Ballot Working File Master
- Online Contest: Ballot Counter Tally Sheet Master
- TLI December 2021 – Speech Contests Worksheet
- TLI December 2021 – Contest Training Slides
Contest Kits
Download for free or order hard copies from Toastmasters International
- Evaluation Speech Contest Kit
- Humorous Speech Contest Kit
- Table Topics Speech Contest Kit
- International Speech Contest Kit
Sample Contest Agenda
Promoting Your Contest!
- Create a Speech Contest Flyer for your club.
- Tell everyone about your upcoming speech contest with a press release