Debate Tournaments

Dates

Oct 2 – 4, 2026 (EDT)

3 daysGrades 9–12

$439 per student

Existing students: $307.3 (30% off)

Yale's World Schools division, online this year: five rounds under NSDA rules and a break to octafinals.

Dates

Oct 9 – 10, 2026 (EDT)

2 daysGrades 9–12

$399 per student

Existing students: $279.3 (30% off)

Westminster's World Schools division in Atlanta runs as a hybrid, with an online option, and awards a finals TOC bid.

Dates

Oct 9 – 11, 2026 (EDT)

Organiser time: Oct 10 – 11, 2026 (SGT)

2 daysAges 7–14

$359 per student

Existing students: $251.3 (30% off)

The Australasian Juniors is a two-day online World Schools tournament for younger debaters, run by EduDrift on Zoom and Slack.

Dates

Oct 23 – 25, 2026 (EDT)

2 daysGrades 6–12

$309 per student

Existing students: $216.3 (30% off)

The first of three online TOC qualifiers run by Harvard Debate and the University of Kentucky for students around the world, with Open and Junior World Schools divisions.

Dates

Oct 31, 2026 (EDT)

1 dayGrades 9–12

$279 per student

Existing students: $195.3 (30% off)

A one-Saturday online tournament run by Massachusetts coaches on NSDA Campus: four World Schools rounds at a USD 20 entry fee, a good first tournament.

Dates

Oct 31, 2026 (EDT)

Organiser time: Oct 31, 2026 (GST)

1 dayAges 4–18

$278.57 per student

Existing students: $195 (30% off)

GEMA's International Student Speaker Competition is an online contest for Kindergarten to Grade 12: each student records one 1 to 3 minute speech on their category's topic and submits the video by 31 October.

Dates

Nov 13 – 15, 2026 (EST)

Organiser time: Nov 14 – 15, 2026 (SGT)

2 daysAges 13–18

$369 per student

Existing students: $258.3 (30% off)

The Bristol Schools Debating Championships is a two-day online tournament in a modified World Schools format for senior students, run by EduDrift on Zoom and Slack.

Dates

Nov 20 – 22, 2026 (EST)

Organiser time: Nov 20 – 22, 2026 (PST)

3 daysGrades 9–12

$419 per student

Existing students: $293.3 (30% off)

The Silicon Valley Urban Debate League's John Lewis Invitational runs its World Schools division online with a finals TOC bid.

Dates

Nov 20 – 21, 2026 (EST)

2 daysGrades 6–12

$319 per student

Existing students: $223.3 (30% off)

The second online TOC qualifier of the ISDI series, administered by the University of Kentucky, with Open and Junior World Schools divisions.

Dates

Nov 20 – 22, 2026 (EST)

Organiser time: Nov 21 – 22, 2026 (SGT)

2 daysAges 7–14

$369 per student

Existing students: $258.3 (30% off)

The Bristol Juniors Debating Championships is a two-day online tournament in the Junior World Schools format for students aged 7 to 14, run by EduDrift on Zoom and Slack.

Dates

Dec 4 – 6, 2026 (EST)

3 daysGrades 6–12

Fee to be announced

The University of Kentucky's own online series, the first weekend of December, with a semifinals TOC bid in World Schools.

Dates

Jan 22 – 23, 2027 (EST)

2 daysGrades 6–12

$309 per student

Existing students: $216.3 (30% off)

The last online TOC qualifier of the ISDI series, administered by Harvard Debate, with Open and Junior World Schools divisions.

Dates

Jan 22 – 24, 2027 (EST)

Organiser time: Jan 23 – 24, 2027 (SGT)

2 daysAges 7–14

$359 per student

Existing students: $251.3 (30% off)

EduDrift's January junior World Schools tournament, online on Singapore time.

Dates

Feb 6 – 8, 2027 (EST)

Organiser time: Feb 6 – 8, 2027 (PST)

3 daysGrades 9–12

$439 per student

Existing students: $307.3 (30% off)

The 41st Stanford Invitational runs online over Presidents Day weekend with Novice and TOC World Schools divisions and a quarterfinals bid.

Dates

Feb 13 – 15, 2027 (EST)

3 daysGrades 9–12

$439 per student

Existing students: $307.3 (30% off)

The World Schools Open division of the Harvard National tournament runs online over Presidents Day weekend and accepts composite teams.

Dates

Feb 13 – 15, 2027 (EST)

Organiser time: Feb 13 – 15, 2027 (PST)

3 daysGrades 9–12

$459 per student

Existing students: $321.3 (30% off)

The 53rd Cal Invitational runs its Varsity World Schools division online over Presidents Day weekend.

Dates

Feb 20 – 21, 2027 (EST)

Organiser time: Feb 20 – 21, 2027 (PST)

2 daysGrades 9–12

$419 per student

Existing students: $293.3 (30% off)

The Silicon Valley Urban Debate League's fully online February tournament, which has applied for a finals TOC bid in World Schools.

Dates

Feb 27, 2027 (EST)

Organiser time: Feb 27, 2027 (GMT)

1 dayCambridge Union, Cambridge (finals day)

Fee to be announced

A national schools competition run by the Cambridge Union: regional rounds in British Parliamentary format, then a finals day in Cambridge.

Dates

Mar 5 – 7, 2027 (EST)

Organiser time: Mar 6 – 7, 2027 (HKT)

2 daysGrades 6–9

Fee to be announced

The junior division of Hong Kong's schools debating championship, run online in 2026 for grades 6 to 9.

Dates

Mar 13, 2027 (EST)

Organiser time: Mar 13, 2027 (GMT)

1 dayOxford Union, Oxford (finals day)

Fee to be announced

The largest schools debating competition in the UK.

Dates

Mar 20, 2027 (EDT)

Organiser time: Mar 20, 2027 (GMT)

1 dayUp to age 15United Kingdom (venue announced by the organiser)

Fee to be announced

The finals day of the International Competition for Young Debaters, the under-15 schools competition run from Cambridge with regional rounds.

Dates

Mar 27 – 28, 2027 (EDT)

2 daysUp to age 19

Fee to be announced

An online World Schools invitational hosted by Penn on Zoom and Discord, with ESL and EFL categories and a finals TOC bid.

Dates

Apr 22 – 24, 2027 (EDT)

Organiser time: Apr 22 – 24, 2027 (CDT)

3 daysGrades 6–12Grand Oaks High School, Spring, Texas

$399 per student

Existing students: $279.3 (30% off)

A three-day, all-impromptu World Schools tournament near Houston built for international teams, with clinics led by Team Texas and a cultural night.