During this competition season, there has been a surge of interest in recording rounds at local tournaments (audio, video, live-stream,...

The Stoa Board wants to thank Kate Creecy, outgoing Chair of the Stoa Alumni Committee. Kate has nurtured the vision and outreach of the...

Are you taking a Platform speech to NITOC or working on a second checkmark for NITOC qualification? Your Speech Committee has some tips...

We are so excited to reveal the resolution options for the 2023-24 competitive season! Lincoln Douglas 1. Resolved: The letter of the law...

Our National Invitational Tournament of Champions was first hosted in 2010 by Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California. At...

Plans for NITOC 2023 at Concordia University in Irvine, California are progressing well. Here are the details you want to note: On-Campus...

Katie Semple graduated from Stoa in 2015. She explains apologetics attracted her to Stoa. Katie’s firm basis in apologetics and public...

Adjudication may sound like a scary word, but is it really? Adjudications help to establish a level playing field for all students....

By now you have heard about our Spring Vote Proposal “Triple the Value.” We are excited to discuss how this new multi-resolution approach...

Stoa club development was a grassroots effort that moved eastward across the country. In 2009, with California as our Stoa initiator, we...

Conor McBride attended the University of Oklahoma and received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and then an M.D. from OU in 2019. He is...

Script submission is an important and beneficial part of the competition process. It encourages excellent speeches. It keeps competitors...

Many of you travel to tournaments outside of your region to gain experience debating students in other states. It is a great way to make...

We are excited to announce that we will be able to offer dorm housing during NITOC at Concordia University in Irvine, California. We are...

Local clubs have always been the foundation of Stoa. Even before Stoa was founded in 2009, clubs were the established method used to...

This list is intended to help students get a start in their studies of Philosophy. Not all the authors below are Christian or write from...

In the past few months, we had to decide how best to maintain and display the Tournament Calendar and ultimately decided to migrate to a...

Thea Dunlevie’s Stoa journey began as a “timer-extraordinaire” while attending tournaments with her family. As a competitor, she took...

The Stoa Board and the Debate Committee desire for the 38% Debate Qualification Rule to be applied as effectively as possible to produce...

As we continue to highlight each of our Six Foundational Pillars of Stoa, this time, we will focus on the sixth pillar. Pillar Six: We...