External Links

These sites have useful information about speech & debate in Oregon and beyond (arranged alphabetically)~

ForensicsTournament.net is a website dedicated to online registration for tournaments at all levels including college, high school and middle school. This is the primary website used within Oregon for tournament registration.

Tabroom is a website dedicated to online registration for tournaments at all levels including college, high school and middle school. This is the primary website used for NSDA and national tournament registration.

National Speech & Debate Association (formerly National Forensics League)- the national speech & debate association. This site features many resources for all debate and individual events. Our team has a resource package membership so our team members get access to excellent on-line training tools.

Oregon Speech - Speech Oregon is a resource for Coaches and Competitors of High School Forensics in the State of Oregon. It is the webpage of the Oregon High School Speech League Coaches Association. This webpage contains information and suggested links of websites dealing with Tournaments, Speech, Debate, and other items of interest to OHSSL-CA members.

Oregon Student Activities Association - This is the state's governing body for speech & debate. It contains info about the state championship, competitions guides and more.

Poetry Out Loud - The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation have partnered with U.S. state arts agencies to support Poetry Out Loud, a contest that encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage.

Tournament of Champions (TOC) - final year-end tournament on the "national circuit," representing some of the most competitively successful debaters from the nation's most prestigious individual events and debate tournaments.

Verselandia - Grand Slam for Portland Public School high schools presented by Literary Arts