Contest Resources

2022 Spring Contests

All contests at the District, Division, and Area levels in District 31 will be conducted online in the 2021-2022 program year. 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 Evaluation Contest at the Area, Division, and District levels in 2021-2022. Club contests for International and Evaluation 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 Evaluation contests.

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.

Evaluation Contest

Contestants observe a five-to seven-minute test speech and then present a two-to three-minute evaluation of the test speech.

Competition begins with club contests and winners continue competing through the area, division, district levels.

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.

Contest Kits

Humorous Speech Contest Kit

Download for free or order hard copies from Toastmasters International

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