Speech and debate · School or team
UIL Speech and Debate
Choose a UIL speech or debate event and follow its school-based route to State.
Who it’s for: Students at eligible Texas UIL schools
Your first step
Ask your UIL coach whether you are entering CX, Lincoln-Douglas, Congress, or a speech event.
Open official guideThe route
School entry
Your coach enters the appropriate UIL contest and district or region.
Qualifying meets
CX advances from district to State; Lincoln-Douglas and individual speech use district and regional meets; Congress starts at region.
State meet
Only entries advanced under their event rules compete at State.
Before you commit: The events follow different routes; an invitational result is not itself a State qualification.
Sources and review · 2026-10-20
Organizer: University Interscholastic League. Causey’s summary is a starting point; the organizer decides eligibility, selection and current availability.