Script Submission will be done electronically by the deadline and is MANDATORY. No hard copy scripts will be reviewed or accepted onsite at the tournament.

The purpose of script submission is to ensure adherence to event rules and to honor God.

READ ALL INFO BELOW TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN WIN CASH FOR SUBMITTING YOUR SCRIPTS!!

EARLY SCRIPT SUBMISSION FOR CASH PRIZE DRAWINGS!!

Each and every script that is submitted AND approved on or before Monday, December 18 will be entered into a drawing to win CASH! FIVE of these lucky scripts and their writers will be randomly drawn and will each win $25 in cash!! Multiple scripts?? Submit them all early and each one approved on or before Monday, December 18 will be entered into the drawing giving you the opportunity to have your name thrown into the hat for each of those approved scripts!! All awards will be announced and presented at the Mile High Conquest Ceremony on Saturday, January 6.

Early Submission Opens: Monday, December 11 @9:00am (MST)

Early Submission Closes: Friday, December 15 @11:59 PM (MST)

ALL scripts MUST be submitted electronically by the above deadline AND approved on or before Monday, December 18 in order to be entered into the drawing. Your reviewer will be in touch with you over Email to communicate any corrections that need to be made and to send you your approval. Please commit to checking your Email regularly once your scripts(s) is(are) submitted so that you do not miss being approved on or before Monday, December 18.

Regular Script Submission Opens: Monday, December 18, @ 9:00 AM (MST)

Regular Script Submission Closes: Friday, December 22 @11:59 PM (MST)

ALL of these scripts MUST be submitted electronically by the above deadline AND approved on or before Monday, January 1, 2024 in order to be eligible for competition. Your reviewer will be in touch with you over Email to communicate any corrections that need to be made and to send you your approval. Please commit to checking your Email regularly once your scripts(s) is(are) submitted. You will only have 24 hours to make your necessary corrections and resubmit your script for approval.

WARNING

Scripts submitted electronically after the December 22nd deadline will incur a $15 late fee per script. The late fee will be automatically billed to your account and will need to be paid prior to the start of competition. Late scripts are risky because they give the competitor less time to make necessary corrections. All scripts must be approved by Script Submission staff on or before Monday, January 1st. Scripts not in compliance by this date will be dropped from that event with no refund.

PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BELOW AND MAKE SURE YOUR SCRIPTS ADHERE TO ALL GUIDELINES BEFORE SUBMITTING.

WHO: Competitors who are entered in all Interpretive, Platform, and Wild Card Speeches
Interpretive Speeches: Dramatic, Duo, Humorous, Open
Platform Speeches: Expository, Original Oratory, Persuasive
Wild Card Speech: Interp in a Box

SIX Steps to Receiving a Speedy Approval:

1. Watch this TUTORIAL (even if you've watched it in the past. The refresher will help you do things right the first time and will save all of us loads of time!).

2. READ THE RULES for your speech event HERE (under the RULES tab).

3. READ THE SCRIPT PREP INSTRUCTIONS & OBTAIN FORMS HERE (under the SUBMISSION FORMS tab).

4. PREPARE your SCRIPT SUBMISSION FORM with your parent or coach. Include initials and signatures. Form MUST be current and have MHQ listed as the tournament.

5. COMBINE each speech into a SINGLE file in PDF format only. Scan into a SINGLE file or use a file joiner such as:

PDF FILE JOINERS

PDFsam Which downloads free to your computer
PDFmerge Which allows you to merge via the website
To make PDF's of printed docs with your phone, search your app store for "PDF Scanner App"

6. SUBMIT SCRIPT(S) HERE

HELP:

QUESTIONS? StoaScriptsCo@gmail.com