John C Stennis Novice Invitational
2022 — Starkville, MS/US
Prose Interpretation
Event Description:
PROSE INTERPRETATION (VARSITY AND NOVICE DIVISIONS)
· The selection shall require no more than ten minutes. There is a 30-second grace period. Students who exceed the time limit by more than 30 seconds should not be given first place in the panel. There is no official time limit.
· Prose includes fiction (short stories, novels) and non-fiction (articles, essays, journals, and biographies).
· A manuscript is required. The use of the manuscript as a prop is allowed.
· Eye contact with the audience during the performance should at least be at a 50/50 ratio.
· The selection must come from a single published source. The original source of the piece must be present and a digital copy of the cutting should be available at the tournament for verification purposes.
-Students should not move more than a step in any direction