Schedule
All topics will be released at www.speechanddebate.org/national-tournament-topics.

May 1: Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum topics, United States and International Extemp topic areas, and prepared motions for World Schools Debate will be released May 1.
May 15: The Congressional Debate docket will be released by May 15.
Any high school or middle school NSDA member student, regardless of their national qualification status, was invited to submit legislation to be considered for the National Tournament Docket! Our goal was to open the door to more submissions, more diverse topics, and more student input. If a student’s legislation is selected to be part of the Nationals Docket, they will be recognized in Rostrum, receive a plaque after the tournament is over, and be awarded a $100 scholarship. Legislation will not be tied to its author at the National Tournament; no authorship speeches will be given. Submissions were due February 5, 2023.
The potential legislation will be made available to the public May 1.
National Tournament qualifiers in the House and Senate will be invited to vote on the final docket through Tabroom.com between May 2-5.
The final docket will be released by May 15.

Event Specific Topics

Extemporaneous Debate: Topics will be released 30 minutes prior to each round.
Storytelling: No required theme or topic area.
Policy Debate: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.
Big Questions: Resolved: Humans are primarily driven by self-interest.

The full results can be found here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/tabroom-files/tourns/26661/results/37393/2023-NationalSpeechAndDebateTournament-FullResults.pdf