This is to communicate our District's decision on the number of contestants permitted to advance from the Club, Area, and Division levels of the Humorous Speech Contest, Table Topics Contest, International Speech Contest, and Evaluation Contest, effective 1 July 2026:

• Eight (8) weeks prior to the Area contest, if an Area has four (4) assigned Clubs or fewer in good standing, two (2) contestants from each Club are allowed to compete in the Area contest.
• Should additional Clubs charter prior to the Area contest, two (2) contestants from each club are permitted to compete.
• In Areas with five (5) or more Clubs in good standing eight (8) weeks prior to the contest, one (1) contestant from each club is permitted to compete.
• In Divisions with four (4) assigned Areas or less, the two (2) highest-placed available contestants from each Area are allowed to compete at the Division contest.
• In Divisions with five (5) or more assigned Areas, one (1) contestant from each area is permitted to compete at the Division Contest.

Kindly complete all Division level contests before 18 April 2027.