2025 Speech Contests

Speech Contests will be held in 2025

District 54 will conduct the International Speech Contest and the Evaluation Speech Contest in 2025. All contests will be held in person.

Contests are a great opportunity for members of our clubs to showcase the best speakers as they compete, starting at the club level.

To be eligible to compete, a member must be a paid member of a club in the Area, Division, and District in which they are competing, and the club must be in good standing (minimum of 8 paid members). For the International Speech Contest, the contestant must also have completed Levels 1 and 2 in a Path or have earned a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award.

Contest schedules will be posted below. If you would like to assist in any of these contests, please contact your Division or Area Director.

***Clubs must complete their contests by February 15, 2025.***

2025 Area and Division Speech Contests Schedule

Division A

Area 10

March 1, 2025

Location: Wesley Willows,

4142 Johns Farm Rd, Rockford, IL

Area 10 time: 8:30 am

Combined Area 11 & 12 Contests

February 23, 2025

Location: Valley Sheltered Workshop,

325 main St, Batavia, IL

Area 11 time: 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Area 12 time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Division A Contest

March 30, 2025

Location: Dekalb Public Library,

309 Oak Street Dekalb, IL

1:30 pm

Division B

Division A

Combined Area 20, 21, 22 Contests

March 1, 2025

Location: 3001 West Grand Parkway, Peoria, IL 61615

briefing to start at 10:00am (tentative) and

10:30 am (tentative) contest start

Division B Contest

March 22, 2025

Location: North Peoria Library

3001 West Grand Parkway, Peoria, IL 61615

briefing to start at 12:30 pm (tentative) and

1:00 pm (tentative) contest start

Division C

Combined Area 30, 31, 32 Contests

March 8, 2025

Location: Country Financial

1701 Towanda Ave

Bloomington, IL 61701

Drive to the back of the building.

Enter through Door #4 (there is an ADA ramp to this door).

9 am briefing; 9:30 am contest start (times tentative)

Division C Contest

April 12, 2025 (date tentative)

Location: Country Financial

1701 Towanda Ave

Bloomington, IL 61701

Drive to the back of the building.

Enter through Door #4 (there is an ADA ramp to this door).

Division D

Division C

Combined Area 40, 41 Contests

March 8, 2025

Location: New Life Church, New Lenox
9 am doors open/briefings

10 am Area 40 Contests

11:45 am Break with refreshments

12:05 pm Area 41 Contests

2:00 pm Awards and closing

Note: No contestants for Area 42, thus no contest

Division D Contest

March 29, 2025

Location: Messiah Lutheran Church,

40 Houbolt Rd, Joliet, IL 60431

Doors Open: 9:00 AM

Briefings: 9:30 AM

Contest Starts: 10:00 AM

Contest Resources

Speech Contest Kits

2024-2025 Speech Contest Rulebook

All the forms you need for any of the speech contests are right here at your fingertips! The below link goes to the TI website, where you can select and download the desired contest kit.

Download speech contest Kit(s)

2024-2025 Speech Contest Rulebook

This rulebook contains contest rules and checklists for the Contest Chair, Chief Judge and Contestant.

Download speech contest rulebook

Speech Contest Plan (rev 4 - updated November 2024)

Club Training - Quality Speech Contests Webinar Resource

This document is step by step plan for speech contests including before, during and after the event. It also includes guides for briefing contestants, judges and other functionaries, as well as tips for virtual contests.

DOWNLOAD SPEECH CONTEST PLAN

Club Training - Quality Speech Contests Webinar Resource

Noel Ganay conducted a webinar to help clubs understand how to conduct a quality speech contest. The PowerPoint he used in the webinar can be dowloaded below.

DOWNLOAD SPEECH CONTEST WEBINAR RESOURCE

2025 Speech Contests

Speech Contests will be held in 2025

District 54 Speech Contests

District 54 Int'l and Evaluation Speech Contests to be held on May 10, 2025 at the Annual Conference

2025 Area and Division Speech Contests Schedule

Division A

Division A

Division A

Division B

Division A

Division A

Division C

Division C

Division C

Division D

Division C

Division C

Contest Resources

Speech Contest Kits

2024-2025 Speech Contest Rulebook

2024-2025 Speech Contest Rulebook

2024-2025 Speech Contest Rulebook

2024-2025 Speech Contest Rulebook

2024-2025 Speech Contest Rulebook

Speech Contest Plan (rev 4 - updated November 2024)

Club Training - Quality Speech Contests Webinar Resource

Club Training - Quality Speech Contests Webinar Resource

Club Training - Quality Speech Contests Webinar Resource

Club Training - Quality Speech Contests Webinar Resource

Club Training - Quality Speech Contests Webinar Resource