speech festival application fee

74th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival

Students who are interested in joining the festival need to submit your application via the Online Enrolment System and sign the e-parent’s notice issued on the e-class platform. Please read the following procedures for enrolment carefully. 

Complete the online application below before 23:00 on 1 3 th September ( Tues day) .  

When enrolling in Solo Verse Speaking, students should enter the class code provided by the teacher (as shown below) . O therwise, no coach will be arranged. 

An e-parent’s notice will be issued to the students who have successfully submitted their online application. This notice should be signed on or before 16th September ( Friday ) .  

The competition entry fee will be deducted from the student’s prepayment Account. If the competition fee exceeds $300, students need to pay the entry fee by cheque to Ms. Hazel To before 2pm on the 16th of September.   

Late reply of e-notice or submission of competition fee will not be accepted and the school reserves the right to remove your name from the online application system without further notice.  

Entry fees for each category are as follows: 

Solo Verse: $150

Solo Prose Speaking: $145

Solo Prose Reading: $145

Dramatic Duologues: $275 (split between two people)

Students must read all the guidelines before the application: https://hksmsa.org.hk/download/OES_User_Guide_Competitor_Portal_eng.pdf  

Audio Recordings: 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lHxMqc0S42fiDYp9KNLVVHH9eQfSYgkJ?usp=sharing

Classes selected for Solo Verse Speaking:

S1:  U37 (Girls) / U62 (Boys)

S2: U40 (Girls)/ U63 (Boys)

S3:  U42 (Girls)/ U66 (Boys)

S4:  U44 (Girls)/ U67 (Boys)

S5: U48 (Girls) / U69 (Boys)

S6: U49 (Girls)/ U70 (Boys)

Classes selected for News Feature Presentation:

Classes selected for Dramatic Duologues :

S 3 -4: TBD

S 5 -6: TBD

Classes selected for Prose Reading:

Rewards of participatin g in the Speech Festival :

1 0 marks towards Other English Experience (OEE)

Click the icon to enroll!  👉🏻  

INTERNATIONAL ​SPEECH

Harmony tree, welcome to the htisf journey.

Harmony Tree International Speech Festival (HTISF) is a Drama & Speech competition hosted by HT Canada.   This annual event aims to provide a valuable out-of-classroom experience for students aged 4-18 across Asia  through poetry, literature, public speaking and theatre. HTISF is more than just a competition. It is an inspiring journey that students continue to grow and flourish. Its qualifications, recognized by top-class institutions worldwide, foster a global perspective for students and provide a significant platform for them to learn and shine.

Verse Speaking

Prose Reading

Public Speaking

Dramatic Duologue

Festival Timeline

 Festival Stages & Timeline

Oct 31, 2024 by 23:59 (GMT+8)

​Feb 28, 2025

Late May / Early June, 2025

Early July, 2025

Video Submission Deadline

1st Round Result Release

Asia Grand Final (Virtual, Zoom Live)

Grand Final Result Release

Format & Fees

​Age Groups

Entry Fees 

Born in 2019-20 ; 2017-18 2015-16 ; 2013-14 ​2011-12 ; 2009-10

Born in 2015-16 ; 2013-14 ​2011-12 ; 2009-10 ​2006-08

1st round by video submission

The overall top 50 of each category and age group will reach the Asia Grand Final virtually by Zoom Live

1st Round Syllabus

VERSE SPEAKING

Guidelines & Pieces

- Choose one from the two set pieces

- Piece must be performed from memory, without holding the script.

- The title and the author of the piece have to be announced.

- No hand props or costumes. 

- Shall perform while standing up with good posture.

PROSE READING

- Only one set piece provided per age group.

- Piece shall be held in hand(s) and read from. No memorized presentation.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

- Choose one from the two set topics.

- Must write and present an original script by the Contestant.

- The chosen topic has to be announced.

- Speech exceeding time limit will be cut short. Cue cards optional.

- Choose one from the two set pieces.

- The title, author of the piece and character played have to be announced.

- Performance shall not exceed the time limit.

- Blocking shall be designed and developed.

- Simple set (ie 1 table, 2 chairs) allowed. Bulky items shall be avoided.

DRAMATIC DUOLOGUE

- Both contestants must perform in the same space  simultaneously.

- The piece can be chosen based on interest & ability, regardless of gender.

- The title, author and each character played have to be announced.

Rules & FAQs

Htisf certificates.

Harmony Tree Canada issues HTISF certificates based on the marks and levels achieved by contestants with grades including   Distinction ,  Merit and   Pass respectively. HTISF qualification is recognized by  top institutions from the US, UK, Canada and Australia , with a number offered entrance or performing arts scholarships exclusively for HT.

Group Entry

Group entry is open for valid Educational Members (schools, art organizations, educational centers, teachers etc). Members are eligible for benefits such as centralized registration process, group discounts, workshops, private award presentations, member's name to be printed on contestants' certificates and more. Educators across Asia are welcome to join the membership. 

Professor Tiffany Lin Dept of Children English Education, NTUE

De Facto Ambassador Jim Nickel Director, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei

LCM Hong Kong Speech Festival Preparation Course 2023 at DBIS

Dear Parents and Carers, 

We are delighted to announce that DBIS will be supporting 27 Year 3 to Year 6 students to prepare for the 2023 London College of Music (Hong Kong) Speech Festival , with the support of Ms Liz Search, a valued member of our school teaching community. The LCM Speech Festival is a fantastic opportunity for children to enhance their public speaking and performance skills and gain a huge boost in confidence. Ms Search will be delivering the training courtesy of her company, Mud Pies Education, an English school and British school consultancy located on Hong Kong Island that supports children develop English reading, writing, speaking and presentation skills ( www.mudpieseducation.com).

This year, the festival will take place on the weekend of 29th April 2023 to 1st May 2023 . Every year, students from DBIS enter the festival and win trophies and certificates and receive excellent feedback from the judges.

DBIS is offering an extra ECA this year to help our students prepare for the speech festival. We teach delivery, intonation, pitch, speed, volume and facial expressions so your child has the best possible chance of success. We even teach children how to stamp out those pesky nerves! 

We are delighted to have Ms Search’s expertise shared with the children as this is an area that she has supported many students through in past competitions. Usually, there is a charge associated with the training sessions; however, this year we would like to offer this opportunity to as many children as possible so the training fee is waived and only the entrance fee is required. 

If you are interested in your child signing up to take part in this opportunity, please find below some key information:

• Six preparation sessions will be held at no additional cost at DBIS on Tuesdays in the Primary Science Hub between 3.20pm – 4.15pm on the dates listed here: 7/3, 14/3, 21/3, 28/3. Easter Break. 18/4, 25/4
• To sign up for the preparation sessions, please complete this short Google Form: https://forms.gle/ysdMd862HVAzCbtX9
• Parents will need to register their child/children for the LCM competition using this link: https://www.hotungmills.org/lcmsf
• The entrance fee for the Speech Festival is HK$450, which is paid directly to LCM 
• Parents will take their child/children to the festival on the designated date during the weekend of 29th April to 1st May 2023.

If you would like to register your child for the 2023 LCM Speech Festival, please do so here https://www.hotungmills.org/lcmsf  

* Please note the application deadline for the competition is Tuesday 28th February 2023 *

As we are limited in the number of children joining the preparation sessions, we will only be able to take the first 27 students registered using the Google Form linked above. Please only sign up for the preparation sessions if you are registering your child with LCM and they are able to make the actual competition dates. If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact Ms Search at [email protected] .

We are very excited about this opportunity for our children to showcase their public speaking and performance skills to a wide and supportive audience.

Best wishes,

Anna Christiansen

Deputy Head of Primary

8 - 10 June 2024

Venue sponsor dalton school hong kong, application closed, event categories, nursery rhyme.

The piece performed must be memorised and recited in spoken format, without melody. No props are allowed.

Age 3 years

Ages 4 - 10 years, ages 5 - 12 years, reading aloud.

The piece performed must be read aloud from the text which should be held in the hand and referred to, not memorised. No props are allowed.

Ages 6 - 10 years

Public speaking.

Each speaker may speak for up to 3 minutes. An easel will be available if the speaker wishes to use a presentation board but this is not compulsory. Cue cards are allowed and optional.

Ages 8 - 12 years

Find your event, the event age is the age your child will be on 11 june 2024.

Please note that your child's event age and current age may not be the same

Please select your child's event age from the bar below TO access the performance pieces

The Bad Beginning

Mary Had a Little Lamb

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Lion and the Unicorn

The Secret Garden

The Dragon in the Cellar

Henny Penny

The Sun and the Wind

Eletelephony

VENUE SPONSOR

Dalton school, 10 hoi fai rd, tai kok tsui, hong kong.

Competition schedule will be announced via email

(email sent from  [email protected] ) in April 2024.

Help/FAQs/Rules

2024 state speech & debate information.

• Assignments/Itineraries
• Double-Entries
• Merchandise
• Guest Policy
• Addresses, Maps, Parking
• Adjudicator Information
• Paper Materials
• Adjudicator/Rules Concerns
• Claiming Awards (Medals)
• Electronic Draw Instructions
• Social Media
• Registration Confirmation
• Virtual Option
• Important Dates
• Appeals/Adjudicator Concerns
• Post-Festival Survey
• Venue Change

Important notes for preparing for the State Speech Festival, April 19-20, 2024 .

• Guests (friends/family) are permitted, but see guidelines below
• Checks may be mailed or payment made online via credit card; these do NOT need to be “in-hand” by the festival.

Day-Of-Protocols #

Assignments/itineraries #.

Contestants can access itineraries here; rooms at DeForest HS are preceded with HS ; DeForest MS is MS . Please see maps below

Double-Entries #

All double-entries were assigned to the same room/adjudicator to minimize movement. For students in Extemp and Radio, they will draw first, prep, and then report to their Extemp/Radio performance room, where their teammates should have already reported by the beginning of the round. Adjudicators will be given a ballot listing all the categories they will evaluate, so they will know they are using different rubrics.

Merchandise #

Schools should pick up pre-ordered merchandise in the high school Performing Arts Center (PAC) lobby (to the right of the main entrance).

Guest Policy #

Guests (such as family/friends of contestants) are welcome; however, coaches must inform students it is their responsibility to tell family/friends when and where they are performing . We are at the mercy of available classroom sizes and cannot guarantee enough space for guests to watch. To protect students’ privacy, festival staff will not share such information with individuals other than head coaches of record. Additionally, guests may not record (photo, film, audio) in any contest rooms .

State Speech Schedule 2024 #

Addresses, Maps, Parking #

DeForest Area High School: 815 Jefferson St, DeForest, WI 53532 DeForest Area Middle School: 404 Yorktown Rd, DeForest, WI 53532 Cars and buses may park in the lots outside each building, except in stalls posted for specific parking purposes.

See aerial map to show walking between DeForest High School and Middle School, as well as building floor plans for each venue.

2024 DeForest HS-MS Overview Map

2024 DeForest HS Map Letter

2024 DeForestMS-Letter

2024 DeForest Parking Map

Debate will be held Friday, April 19 at DeForest High School in the following three classrooms: A133, A139, and D129. The festival director will be stationed outside A133. Please see this page for overall schedule, as well as details schematics (room assignments) as we begin the first round .

Adjudicator Information #

Guidelines for Speech Adjudicators-State 2024

If assigned to a room with “HS,” you will go to the High School; “MS” means you will go to the Middle School.

Paper Materials #

Adjudicator/rules concerns #.

Adjudicators, coaches, or contestants with questions or concerns about adherence to rules may bring those concerns to HS A146 . Concerns pertaining to adjudicators must be filed online , following the festival (see button).

Claiming Awards (Medals) #

After the round, the coach or one adult brings evaluation sheets for verification (in case they haven’t been tabulated yet) and to collect awards next to HS A142. For students whose adjudicators evaluated them electronically, those scores will immediately appear in your State Speech Festival Registration area on SpeechWire (click “View scores” icon) and electronic evaluations will be released to schools by time slot, once all adjudicators from that time slot have completed their rounds .

Advancing to the State Festival is an achievement and earning awards beyond that represents rigorous standards. Coaches of four-year gold medalists should immediately claim the special medallion ! Schools not retrieving awards at the festival for their team will be assessed a $25 handling fee, unless they have entries already participating in the virtual division.

Electronic Draw Instructions #

Social media #.

Whether you operate your own social media for your team or your school/school district does, please tag @wispeechdrama when you promote your team qualifying to State, as well as traveling to and participating at State! We will have a new WISDAA backdrop at the festival, and even some fun “photo booth” props, so come ready to promote all the great things your kids are doing! Hashtag for the event: #wisdaaspeech

Registration Confirmation #

Schools have until Thursday, April 11 , 2024, to re-register/confirm on SpeechWire for the WISDAA State Speech Festival.  All schools must log in , add adjudicators (or acknowledge the $200/uncovered adjudicator) and complete the Confirm Entries step. Schools also may pre-order merchandise directly within SpeechWire; however, placing such an order does obligate the school to that financial commitment. To begin, click the button to Access SpeechWire and log in, or if logged in, click the Registration icon .

Schools are encouraged to pre-order through SpeechWire (you can generate a separate merchandise invoice right from the order page); individuals may purchase directly on our website , but no T-shirts will be shipped before the State Festival . No merchandise will be released at the festival without payment (or a school purchase order). There will be a limited inventory on-hand at the festival, so pre-order by 12 Noon on Thursday, April 11 for the convenience of having an order ready when you get to State.

Virtual Option #

Schools must provide adjudicators equivalent to number of virtual entries or pay $200 for each uncovered adjudicator; this may not be combined with in-person adjudicators.

• Radio, Impromptu, Extemp materials posted Thu. 4/11/24 (access SpeechWire above)
• State Video Due: Mon., 4/22/2024 ( one video required per entry)
• Adjudication : 4/24-4/26/2024
• Evaluations released Sat., 4/27/2024

Important Dates #

• Thursday, April 11 (12 Noon): 2024 T-Shirt Pre-Orders Due
• Thursday, April 11: Virtual Extemp/Impromptu/Radio materials posted on SpeechWire
• Friday, April 12: Final invoice and confirmation of entries
• Thursday, April 18: Contestant itineraries with rooms
• Thursday, April 18: Adjudicator info + assignments posted/sent
• In-person: Paper adjudicator ballot pickup/e-ballots released 1 hour prior to round
• Monday, April 22 (8am): Reminder of videos due (same day 11:59pm)
• Tuesday, April 23: Information for virtual adjudicators
• Wednesday, April 24-Friday, April 26: Adjudication assignments
• Saturday, April 27: Virtual evaluations/results released
• Thursday, May 2 (5pm): Adjudicator appeals due
• Monday, May 6: Announcement of school/team awards
• Friday, May 10: Adjudicator appeal outcomes sent

Appeals/Adjudicator Concerns #

By Thursday, May 2 at 5pm, coaches may lodge complaints pertaining to scores/poor evaluation. The WISDAA will not interpret adjudicators’ written comments, nor reconsider point deductions; we will only consider an adjudicator’s application of a rule or criterion . Should you wish to complain to remediate the adjudicator (which will be shared with the coach who hired them), select the “Remediation” option.

Post-Festival Survey #

Share your perspectives about the speech season, the State Speech Festival, and category rules.

Venue Change #

We must hold the State Speech Festival at DeForest High School (plus DeForest Middle School, a 4-minute drive/15-minute walk down the street).  Please read this letter for more details .

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An english blog by hkma k s lo college, 75th speech festival (2023) entries now open, september 3, 2023 ken kum comments 0 comment, for the list of poems and entry link, refer to the related email on eclass., ⇒ log in to eclass.

• For ‘ Area Code (地區代號) ‘, please enter ‘ Y ‘.
• The ‘ Class No. (項目編號) ‘ corresponds to the  number of the poem you have chosen . For example, if you have chosen poem Y63, enter ’63’ for the Class No.
• Don’t forget to  click  ‘ Submit to School / Tutor (提交至學校 / 老師) ‘ located at the bottom right of the page in the final step.
• https://drive.google.com/file/ d/19xydxoTgSQSTJHHal- 6abTYhG9MN9jAo/view?usp=drive_ link
• https://www.hksmsa.org.hk/en/? page_id=5166

The entry fee for the competition is $150, but  you will only be required to pay  $50 as the school will sponsor the remaining $100. This year,  all competitions will be held in  live competition mode , meaning you will need to attend the competition at a designated venue. For more details, visit the official website:

• https://www.hksmsa.org.hk/en/speech-festival/hong-kong-schools-speech-festival-english-speech/

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74th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival

• Posted by Wong Andy
• Posted in news

We are thrilled to announce the amazing results achieved by our students at the 74th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival. Our students showed incredible talent and dedication, bringing home an unprecedented 6 championship titles, 8 second-place awards, 9 third-place awards, and an astounding 68 merits (English). 1 championship title, 1 third-place awards and 3 merits (Chinese).

We are incredibly proud of our students’ achievements and want to congratulate them on their hard work and dedication to their performance. These results are a testament to their talent, their passion, and their commitment to excellence. We are also grateful to our English teachers who worked diligently to support and train our students throughout the festival, and their efforts played a crucial role in helping our students reach their full potential.

Once again, congratulations to all our students who participated in the festival. We look forward to seeing more of your incredible talent in the years to come. Below are the outstanding achievements:

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• HKSMSA History
• Past Winners and Festival Statistics
• Press Release
• Job Vacancy
• 76th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (2024) (Chinese Speech)
• 76th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (2024) (English Speech)
• Music Festival
• Member Login
• 70th Anniversary Celebrations
• Prize-winners’ Concert
• Prize-winners’ Recital
• Grantham Music Awards
• Major Sponsors and Partners

Membership Application (2024-2025)

All competitors must be students of members of the Hong Kong Schools Music and Speech Association and must enter the Festival through such members. If you wish to become our member, please read the eligibility and procedures on the application forms carefully.

Existing Member

New Membership Application

If you wish to become our member and enrol your students for the “76th Hong Kong School Speech Festival” and the “77th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival”, please be aware of the processing time of membership application so as to avoid missing the enrolment deadlines for the Festivals.