The UIL Region 17 Congress competition has been scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2026.
The UIL Region 17 Congress contest has been scheduled at the ESC 17 facility in Lubbock, 1111 W. Loop 289.
The tournament will be in-person.
1. "Letters of Intent" are due by Sept. 10th. The letter may be accessed at: Letter of Intent (This year [2026] each school may enter up to 5 competitors and 2 alternates.)
2. Legislation is due by Sept. 10th sent as an email attachment to the Region Clerk. (Thirty six piecs were submitted this year.) You may submit 1 piece per competitor. Use the official UIL Templates located at the UIL Congress web site. Do not alter the termplates. They must remain in Word format, PDFs are not acceptable.
3. Remember that each school must file the official UIL entry via Speechwire by Monday, Oct. 26th. (Registration is via Speechwire.com.)
Each school can submit up to a Max. of 1 piece of legislation per competitor. Legislation is due by Sept. 10th. The top 16 ranked pieces will make the final docket. It is not mandatory to submit legislation to compete. Please, use the legislation as posted on Speechwire (Available Sept. 24th). Again, the official legislation for our contest is posted on Speechwire. Use the Speechwire version.
The morning session will use bills 1-8 and the afternoon session will use bills 9-16. Each chamber session will set their docket order.
We have recieved legislation from 15 schools: (As of Sept. 10th): Borden County, Cooper, Floydada, Frenship, Jayton, Lubbock High, Monterey, New Home, O'Donnell, Petersburg, Plains, Post, Shallowater, Spur, and Sudan. There were 36 pieces of legislation. These were sent to the committee. The top 16 ranked pieces made the Regional docket.
We will use a randomly generated Preset Precendence Chart . (This will parallel the method used at the state meet.) All POs will follow a Preset Precedence chart for each session that will get Precedence started off in a random fashion. The POs will be instructed to use the chart backwards to start off the recency for questioning. There will be a different chart for each session. Also, a new seating chart will be generated for the afternoon session.
The cost is $39.00/competitor. Checks should be made out to: Sudan High School. Invoices will be emailed Oct. 25th and 26th or sooner for those with early entries. As we must secure judges in advance, drop fees will be charged after Monday, Oct. 26th.
You may bring the check the morning of the contest or mail it in advance to:
Sudan ISD
Attn: J. Robertson
PO Box 249
Sudan, TX . 79371
These are the 19 schools that have submitted a Letter of Intent (as of Sept. 10th).
If you don't see your school's name and you filed a Letter of Intent, please email the Region Clerk.
Borden County, New Home, Jayton, Frenship, Monterey, O'Donnell, Sudan, Idalou, Spur, Cooper, Plains, Shallowater, Coronado, Floydada, Talkington, Petersburg, Lubbock High, Seminole, and Post.
Number of Schools by Classification 9/29/26:
1A = 5 schools, 2A = 5 schools, 3A = 3 schools, 4A = 1 school, 5A = 5 schools, 6A = 0 school (19 total)
Preliminary Number of Competitors by Classification 9/29/26:
1A = 20 students, 2A = 20 students, 3A = 18 students, 4A = 6 students, 5A = 27 students (95 total) (Last year was 76)
Preliminary Morning Chambers 9/29/26: (This is preliminary and will be approved by the committee after 10 day rule submissions.)
1A = 20 students, 2A = 20 students, 3A = 18 students, 4A/5A = 33 students(This chamber will have 2 morning sessions and 1 final session.)
Chambers will remain the same after lunch except for the 4A/5A chamber. Each Chamber will maintain the same Parliamentarian for both sessions except for 4A/5A.
Registration - 8:00-8:15
(In 2026 we will again be using the South Conference Center.)
Meeting with POs - 8:15
Swearing in ceremony - 8:20
Begin morning Session - 8:30
End morning Session - 11:30
Lunch - 11:30 12:45
Begin afternoon Session - 12:45
End afternoon Session - 3:45
Awards assembly - 4:20
(If you notice anything omitted or in error please notify the Region Clerk.)
Please check back often as this website will grow to include more information.
Hillary Bleiker - Jayton
Heather Byars- Frenship
Alexis Hastings - Seminole
Victoria Wood - Monterey
Jonathan Robertson - Sudan (District Clerk) (jonathanrobertson@sudanisd.net)
