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New to speech

Your first tournament, before your first tournament

Play a whole meet day at the Cedar Hollow Invitational, from the bus to Sunday’s ballots. About 30 minutes, on a computer.

Play the simulated tournament
A student lifts the champion’s trophy at the Cedar Hollow Invitational
Meet dayJudging today? Start hereSign in, or use your QR folder
This season · 2026–20279–10 events: Sales Speaking & Dramatic InterpretationReserved for ninth and tenth graders this season
Have an account?Claim your stuffPast results, a school you coach, a judging record.Join my teamGot a code from your coach? Start here.Follow my kidSee their room and results on meet day.

Events

Every event, by family

20 events in 4 families. 9–10 marks this season’s ninth- and tenth-grade events.

All event rules →

Public Address

Write your own speech, or deliver a famous one.

Limited preparation

Get a topic at the meet, prepare for a few minutes, then speak.

Interpretation

Bring a story, poem or play to life, alone, with a partner, or as a group.

Special

Poetry slam and debate, at meets that choose to run them.

Poetry Slamup to 3 minProgressive Debate2½ and 5 minPublic Forum2–4 min
Not sure which fits? Take the five-question quiz, or tell Cosmo what you like.Take the quiz →Ask Cosmo →

Guides

Pick up a guide

Speech, start to finish

For coachesYour first season, step by stepClaim your school → StatesFor judgesJudging today? Start here8 steps · 2 minutesFor studentsNEWYour first meet5 parts · 3 minutesFor familiesA parent’s guide to meet dayWhat “2nd, 94” meansFor students & coachesNEWFinding and cutting a piece5 parts · 4 minutesFor everyoneNEWGetting to StateThe rule, the checklist, the weekend · 3 minutesFor directorsNEWHosting your first tournamentA timeline · 4 minutesFor everyoneMeet-day etiquettePhones away · never record

Using MiSpeechHub

For coachesNEWRunning your team on MiSpeechHubEvery tab, and what you do thereFor studentsNEWYour team pageYour tabs, your room, your feedbackFor directorsThe director’s handbookEvery screen, setup to awardsFor everyoneNEWWhere’s my stuff?Quick answers, one link each

Print

Print it, hand it out

A W-9 or release form for a meet? Coaches send it from the meet’s registration sheet with Send a form.

Official MIFA forms

Every ballot →
CRITIQUE · INTERPRETATIONPDFInterpretation critique sheetCRITIQUE · PUBLIC ADDRESSPDFPublic Address critique sheetOFFICIAL BALLOTSBallots, by eventTIME SIGNALSTiming cardsJUDGE CARDJudge card for QR foldersBLANKET PAFPDFBlanket PAF

Our printables

Made by MiSpeechHub, not MIFA
SAMPLE CRITIQUE · PROSEClear thesis; your second point needs a source…SAMPLEA filled-in ballot, with notesJUDGES’ LOUNGEJudges’ lounge table tentCOACH’S BAGCoach’s meet-day checklistBRING & WEARStudent’s bring-and-wear cardTHE DAY BEFOREDirector’s day-before listRECRUITING KITWhat is speech?Recruiting kit: poster, meeting, letter

Practise

The practice room

Extemp · from the news

Draw a real question, start the timer, record yourself. Nothing leaves your device.

Draw a questionRecord myself
Impromptu quotes & pictures Try a practice ballot (judges)

Five questions

Which event fits me?

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Question 1 of 5. On stage, would you rather play characters or speak as yourself?
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The season

Dates that matter

Add the season to my calendar

Word of the day

Duo

Duo Interpretation: two performers, one entry.

The whole glossary →

The rules

Rules & bylaws

Rules by eventSpeech Activities 2025–26 (incl. tiebreaks)General Policy (eligibility, reviews)Bylaws: MIFA, MSCI and MISLHow rooms and speaking order are drawnInclement weather & ADA requests

On the site

What changed

NOV 2A student whose school has no team this season can compete on their own, for their school: they sign up, name the grown-up with them, enter meets and check themselves in. Directors choose whether a meet takes them and what they pay.
OCT 27Resources has a new front page: ask Cosmo anything, then browse guides, printables and practice tools.
OCT 12Entry codes count up inside each event, so two students from one school can both be A1 in different events.
Everything that changed →

Alumni spotlights

Where Michigan speech leads

Curtis Armstrong smiling in a portrait, wearing a dark sweater over a light blue shirtBerkley High School logoAlumni spotlightCurtis ArmstrongBerkley ’72Mary Ellen Coe smiling in a portrait, wearing a navy jacketWalled Lake Western High School logoAlumni spotlightMary Ellen CoeWalled Lake Western ’85Wade Fink in a dark suit and light blue tie, arms folded, in front of a wooden doorBloomfield Hills Andover High School logoAlumni spotlightWade FinkBloomfield Hills Andover ’07Umber Ahmad smiling in a portraitMarquette Senior High School logoAlumni spotlightUmber AhmadMarquette
Every spotlight →

For your program

Grants →MSCI membership & dues →MSCI questions →

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