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Details and Rules

This is where you will go to see how to qualify, find out more about our policies, entry fees, and deadlines, and learn how to become a bid school, etc.

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2024 -2025 Bid School By State

Click here to view our current Bid Schools listed in alphabitical order by state. If you would like to become a bid school, please fill out the form located further down this page.

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2024-2025 Bid School By Date

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2025 Tournament Postings

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What is The NIETOC?

The NIETOC offers competition in Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Duet Acting, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, Program of Oral Interpretation, and Extemporaneous Speaking. Champions in main events and the overall individual performer will receive scholarships. The Josephine Mamie Dukes Outstanding Teacher Award will be presented to an outstanding coach. Students may double enter in one flight and single enter in the alternate flight, in order to compete in a maximum of three events. The NIETOC is designed to give competitors an amazing competitive experience, with its student-centered schedule, competitive costs and minimal judge requirements.

Our Awards

The NIETOC Individual Event Awards Scholarships

NIETOC will award the following scholarships for each event:
Champion = $750
2nd place = $400
3rd place = $200
4th, 5th & 6th place = $100

In addition, NIETOC will award the following scholarship to the top performing individual at the tournament: Perfect Performance Award = $750

The NIETOC Individual Event Awards

Main Events
Those competing in Octofinals, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals will receive trophies.

Supplemental Events
Those competing in Semifinals and Finals will receive trophies.

The NIETOC "Perfect Performance" Award

This award will be given to the highest individual point earner at the NIETOC tournament. Points awarded for finals based on the following:
MAIN EVENTS: (Dramatic Interpretation,Humorous Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Duet Acting, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking Program of Oral Interpretation and Extemporaneous Speaking.)

FINALISTS
1st 20 points
2nd 18 points
3rd 16 points
4th 14 points
5th 12 points
6th 10 points
Nonadvancing Semifinalists: 5 points each
Nonadvancing Quarterfinalists: 3 points each
Nonadvancing Octofinalists: 1 point each

Ties broken in the following order:

Higher ranks in final rounds
Higher ranks in semifinal rounds
Higher ranks in quarterfinal rounds
Lower cume total in all prelim rounds

The NIETOC "Encore" Team Award

Upon the close of registration at the tournament, and based on competing entries, schools will be divided, as equally as possible, into three separate divisions for sweepstakes purposes.
Act I
Act II
Act III
The top four teams in each Act will be Encore Nominees.
The top scoring team in each Act will be the Encore Recipient.
Team points will be awarded on the following basis:

MAIN EVENTS: (Dramatic Interpretation,Humorous Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Duet Acting, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking Program of Oral Interpretation and Extemporaneous Speaking.)

FINALISTS
1st 20 points
2nd 18 points
3rd 16 points
4th 14 points
5th 12 points
6th 10 points
Nonadvancing Semifinalists: 5 points each
Nonadvancing Quarterfinalists: 3 points each
Nonadvancing Octofinalists: 1 point each