Please fill out the information below to indicate your intent to participate in the contest at the Regional level!

RULES (Regional and State levels):
Contestant Qualifications:
- Must be a high school student, grades 9-12, at the time of state conference in December.
- Any prior state winner is not eligible as a contestant.
- Must have an interest in agriculture, resource conservation or the environment.
- Contestants must speak at the regional level to compete at the state level.
- Contestants are heavily encouraged to interview a Resource Conservation District staff member. This is not a mandatory requirement.
Application Requirements (State-level):
- Regional-level winner must complete and submit an application to their local Resource Conservation District office. (Application will be provided upon announcement of 2025 winner)
- The application must include: name, address, phone number, school, grade, age, club affiliations, and a brief statement about interest or involvement in agriculture, conservation or environmental practices. 
Speech Requirements:
- Speaking order will be determined by drawing numbers.
- The speech will be three to five minutes in length, including the salutation and title.
- The speaker shall not introduce themselves or state what school they represent. However, mentioning their county or area is allowed.
- Notes will be allowed at the district and regional levels, but not at the state level.
- No props, costumes, or visual aids will be allowed at any level.
- The speech must include a link to Resource Conservation District.
Judging:
- There will be three judges and a timekeeper at the district, regional, and state speak-offs.
- It is the Regional Director’s responsibility to include the speak-off on a meeting agenda and to secure regional judges and a timekeeper.
- Judges and timekeepers shall not be related, in any way, to contestants.
- At the regional level, directors from districts with contestants CANNOT be judges or timekeepers
- At the state level, directors from districts with contestants CANNOT be judges or timekeepers.
- At the regional level, any questions will be decided by the Regional President. At the state level, questions will be decided by the Speak-Off Committee or the Conservation Education Committee.