Categories
The WFCA currently sanctions 21 events, of which Impromptu is almost always offered as consolation event, if at all. The events include both Speech and Interpretation events. Speech events feature a student-composed original speech with research, opinions, arguments, etc. Interpretations are presentations adapted from literary works of drama, literature, and poetry. The WFCA requires that some works must be published in some events, while original material is permissible in events such as Poetry and Prose.
| Speech | Interpretation |
| Demonstration Speaking | Duo Interpretation*§ |
| Group Discussion | Farrago |
| Extemporaneous Speaking*§ | Group Interpretive Reading |
| Four Minute Speaking | Oral Interpretation of Literature* |
| Moments in History | Play Acting |
| Oratory*§ | Interpretation of Poetry§ |
| Public Address | Interpretation of Prose§ |
| Radio Announcing | Solo Acting Humorous*§ |
| Special Occasion Speaking | Solo Acting Serious*§ |
| Impromptu§ | Storytelling§ |
| Student Congress*§ | |
| * Denotes NCFL event or similar incarnation | § Denotes NFL event or similar incarnation |
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