The FBK Speech & Debate Tournament is the largest student-run forensics competition in the country.
The FBK Speech & Debate Tournament is the largest forensics competition in the Southeast and one of the largest in the nation, with over 1,500 competitors from over 100 schools anticipated to attend this year alone. We will feature 12 competitive individual and debate events, including Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, Congressional Debate, and all NSDA-sanctioned Individual Events.
02/12/2026
Director applications for the 43rd Annual Florida Blue Key Speech & Debate Tournament are now open! Applications close on February 20th at 5:00 p.m. and should be emailed to [email protected]. Applications can be found through the link in our bio!
02/06/2026
Congratulations to the new Executive Board for the 43rd annual Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament! We are beyond excited to see everyone at the tournament later this year! 🧡💙🐊
02/06/2026
Congratulations to the new Executive Board for the 43rd Annual Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament! We are beyond excited to see everyone at the tournament later this year! 💙🧡🐊
11/09/2025
A message from the 42nd Annual Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament Chair, Max Leach…
Thank you and congrats to all the incredible competitors who participated in this year’s FBK Speech and Debate Tournament! Thank you for the passion and dedication that made this year’s tournament the best one yet! Your hard work was clear throughout the entire weekend. In one way or another, I’ve been a part of this tournament for the past 8 years, so I hope I was able to create the same environment for you that I had as a competitor. Have a great tournament season, and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to Gainesville next year!
A quick rewind of the 42nd Annual Speech and Debate tournament. We can’t stop thinking about last weekend! 💙🧡
A peek into the lives of our talented competitors… 🐊
Walking into the finals after an amazing weekend of competition! Thank you to all of our participants, judges, and our team for such a great tournament weekend. Go Gators!
11/02/2025
Stop by our sales table in front of the Reitz Union from 2:30–4:00 PM to purchase discounted merchandise. We look forward to seeing you there!
11/02/2025
MERCH GIVEAWAY! Enter through the Linktree in our bio to win free merch!! Winners will be announced at 4:00PM🐊
11/02/2025
Best of luck to all of our competitors, as our Finals Day has begun! Thank you competitors, judges, and team for an amazing weekend full of passion and debate so far🧡💙
We’ve had so much fun day 1 & 2 of Tournament Proper! Looking forward to the final day of competition!
11/01/2025
**UPDATED TIME 7:15-8:15pm**
We’re having a flash sale on merch TONIGHT at the Reitz from 7:15-8:15pm! You don’t want to miss it!!