Oratorical Contest
Topic: "For Me, Optimism is..."
Who: Students under the age of 16 years as of December 31, 2008 and who are educated in the United States, Canada or the Caribbean.
How to Enter: Interested students submit a speech on the pre-assigned topic and an entry form to their local Optimist Club. For students in the Sauk Prairie school district, contact us by e-mail at (info@saukprairieoptimists.org) or (tczantow@speagle.com) or by mail at
Sauk Prairie Area Optimist Club
P.O. Box 522
Sauk City, WI 53583
When: The local contests are held the first two weeks in March of 2009. The girl's contest is Wednesday morning, March 4, 2009 at 7 am and the boys' contest is Wednesday morning, March 11, 2009 at 7 am. Please submit your application by February 16, 2009.
Rules:
- Contestants must furnish a birth certificate to compete.
- Winners of the local contest advance to the Zone contest.
- Winners of the Zone contest advance to the District contest.
- The speech must be delivered in English.
- All contestants must state the official topic before beginning the speech. Any greeting to the audience should come before stating the topic.
- The speech is to be between 4 and 5 minutes long. Timing begins after the stating of the topic.
- Each contestant shall prepare his or her own speech. The contestant may receive advice.
- No referrence can be made which identifies the student, parents, school, community, sponsoring Optimist club or District.
- Any quotation or copyrighted material used in the speech must be identified verbally during the presentation and in the written copy of the speech with the original author's name.
For an application with contest rules, click here.
Pictured are the 2008 girls and boys contestants.