2023-2024 Tournament Schedule
This tournament calendar and dates are subject to change, but we hope this provides a good snapshot of the year ahead. The most up-to-date information about any tournament will always come from the tournament hosts on their Tabroom.com homepage or invitation.
Anyone is welcome to register for regular season local NMSDA tournaments provided they attend practice or arrange for outside coaching and preparation the month before competition.
National circuit travel tournaments (capitalized and in italics) are largely reserved for seasoned members of the team and require an application for consideration.
Students are not expected nor encouraged to attend every tournament. We expect competitors to commit to at least one NMSDA local tournament per semester (outside of State and District Nat Quals) to be considered active members of the team.
Priority registration for travel tournaments, the State Championship, and the Nationals District Qualifier will go to students who have been actively competing.
Semester 1
9/30 (Sat) — East Mountain Top of the World Invitational (Sandia Park, NM)
9/29–10/2 (Fri–Mon) — JACK HOWE LONG BEACH (Long Beach, CA)
10/27–10/28 (Fri–Sat) — Navajo Prep Speech & Congress (Farmington, NM)
11/10–11/11 (Fri-Sat) — Cottonwood Classical (Albuquerque, NM)
12/2 (Sat) — Cibola (Rio Rancho, NM)
12/8–12/10 (Fri–Sun) — ISIDORE NEWMAN INVITATIONAL (New Orleans, LA)
Semester 2
1/5–1/7 (Fri–Sun) — ASU HDSHC INVITATIONAL (Tempe, AZ)
1/12–1/13 (Fri–Sat) — La Cueva Cave Classic (Albuquerque, NM — ONLINE)
1/26–1/27 (Fri–Sat) — V. Sue Cleveland Eye of the Storm (Rio Rancho, NM)
2/10 (Sat) — Novice State Congress / Varsity District Qualifier for Congressional Debate (Albuquerque, NM)
2/17–2/19 (Sat–Mon) — BERKELEY CALIFORNIA INVITATIONAL (Berkeley, CA)
2/23–2/24 (Fri–Sat) — ***NEW MEXICO STATE SPEECH & DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP*** (Albuquerque, NM)
3/22–3/23 (Fri–Sat) — ***DISTRICT NATIONAL QUALIFIER*** (Albuquerque, NM)
6/16–6/21 (Mon–Sat) — *****NSDA NATIONALS***** (Des Moines, IA)