Rotary District 7850 Speech Eligible – revised Oct 2023

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE & RECEIVE CONTEST PRIZES
1. Any High School Student or high school aged student who resides in the club’s service area is eligible, unless student has been a previous District 7850 Final Contest Winner. 

2. There are four Contest Rounds (see poster for dates & cash prizes). All Contestants who win any Contest Round are responsible for participating at the next Contest Round or will not receive prize money (check) from the previous Contest Round. Round 1 Club Check is given at the Round 2 Area Contest. Round 2 District Check is given at Round 3 and Round 3 District Check is given at Round 4.

RULES OF CONTEST
1. Subject: Apply this year's contest theme to everyday relationships with other people.

2. Delivery: A written copy of the speech should be presented prior to the presentation.
The contestant may refer to a copy of the speech during its presentation, but should
not be reading the speech word for word, nor does it have to be completely memorized. 

3. Length of Speech: The speech should be no longer than 5 minutes.
Penalty points will be given if the speech is under four minutes or over six minutes.
If over seven minutes, the Contestant will be disqualified. 

4. Speech Content: The speech given must be original in content, and relate to the contest topic and Rotary values.  

5. Language: The speech may be presented either in English or French as is appropriate for the sponsoring Rotary Club.  

6. The Rules and Format for Speech Contests will remain the same at each Round whether one or more contestants and whether held in-person or remotely. There are no ties allowed.  Round 1 & Round 2 has only one Winner and one Runner-Up.  

D. CONTEST FORMS, RULES AND GUIDELINES
All contestants must be given this document, registration form, current contest poster, and judge score sheet. All contestants should review all the contest
documents found on the district website and will be held responsible for the information contained within.

The Contest Poster provides essential details about this year's topic, schedule and prizes.
All of these may also be viewed online or printed from the Rotary District 7850 Website:
www.rotary7850.org Site Page: Speech Contest & Rotary Mission, Goals & Values