Competitors in U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking and International Extemporaneous Speaking at the Maine District Speech and Debate Tournament on February 9, 2019 at Brunswick High School should prepare to speak on the following round-by-round topics:

U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking

Round 1: Gun control
Round 2: Environment
Round 3*: Immigration
Final: This week in the news

International Extemporaneous Speaking

Round 1: Brexit
Round 2: Russia
Round 3*: Syria
Final: This week in the news

*Round 3 will only run if a prelim is required per NSDA rules. It is possible that we will skip straight to the final round topic.