Andrina McCulloch Public Speaking Competition

Andrina McCulloch Public Speaking Competition 2012

Preliminaries were held in the John Deutsch University Centre (2nd floor) on Monday 13 February and Tuesday 14 Feburary at 7pm

Finals were held on Wednesday 15 February at 7pm in the McLaughlin Room JDUC.

The 72nd Andrina McCulloch Public Speaking Competition will take place in February 2013.

Winners 2012

Grand Prize: Peter Norman
First Runner-up: Jordyn Benattar
Second Runner-up: Julie Harmgardt
Honourable Mentions (4): Michael Hynes, Raissa Killoran, Adam DiSimine, Rachelle McGrath

Prizes
Grand Prize: $1,000
First Runner-up: $615
Second Runner-up: $400
Honourable Mentions (4): $210

Registration
All current Queen's University students are eligible to enter the competition. Registration for 2012 is now complete.

To register please send your name, e-mail and department/faculty to public.speaking@queensu.ca

Registration is limited. Once registration is full additional registrants will be placed on a waiting list in order of receipt of their applications. Competitors will be notified via email whether they will speak on Monday or Tuesday in the preliminary rounds.

To withdraw from this competition, please notify competition organizers via email to public.speaking@queensu.ca

Structure of the Competition

Each competitor will present a compulsory speech. Then there will be a brief break. After the break, the order of competitors will be randomly shuffled. In this new sequence, each competitor will present their original speech (either prepared or impromptu).

Please review the general Guidelines for Competitors for more details

Click here to dowload the compulsory speech from the 2012 competition. The same compulsory speech is used for both preliminary and final rounds.
Compulsory speech rules.

The original speech is written by the competitors and can be either prepared (written beforehand) or impromptu (a short improvised response to a randomly chosen quotation or phrase)
Prepared speech rules
Impromptu speech rules

FAQ sheet

Preliminaries

The preliminary rounds will be held on Monday and Tuesday beginning at 7pm.

Finals

Seven finalists, whose names will be announced at the completion of the preliminaries each night, will compete in the finals on Wednesday beginning at 7pm.

Pre-competition workshop and Q&A

An informal question and answer workshop will be held on Sunday 5 Febrary 2012 at 1pm in Theological Hall room 102.

Questions

For clarification or further information, please contact Jenn Stephenson by phone care of 613-533-6000 x78597 or by email at jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca

Sponsors

The Andrina McCulloch Public Speaking Competition is a joint program of the Department of Drama and the Student Life Centre, Queen's University. The organizers would like to thank all participants, students, and judges fortheir continuing support of the competition and for advancing public speaking at Queen's University.

Accessibility

The John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC) is an accessible building:

A ramp is located along University Avenue (across from Stauffer Library) into the Breezeway.
Go through the doors on the right into the Lower Ceilidh.
Proceed diagonally across the Lower Ceilidh and through the doors next to the Walkhome Kiosk.
An evelator is to the left, across from the SGPS office. Barrier-free washroom facilities are available on all floors.

Questions regarding accessibility should be directed to the JDUC General Office by phone at (613) 533-2794.