Welcome to the University of Houston Honors Debate Workshop.

The Honors Debate Team at the University of Houston is proud to announce the first UH Honors Debate Workshop “HDW” to be held at the University of Houston from June 29 through July 25. This is a premier debate workshop with top faculty from around the country teaching competitive debate to high schoolers.

This is an intense, two-week debate workshop for Congress, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum and Worlds School formats with both residential and commuter options. We also offer a one-week program focused on individual events. The individual events program is commuter only. The workshop is inclusive for all high school students who wish to participate.

The costs for the workshop are:

2-week Speech and Debate Programs
Residential: $2,900
Commuter: $2,250

1-week extensions for PF/LD:

Residents: $1,450

Commuters: $1,200

4-week Policy program:

Resident: $5,400

Commuters: $4,400

>2025 APPLICATION FORM<

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS APRIL 23, 2025

CLICK LINK TO APPLY!

high school students practice debate in class

Debate Programs Offered:

Congressional Debate Two 2-week sessions 1st session: June 29- July 11 2nd session: July 13 – July 25		Lincoln-Douglas Debate Two 2-week sessions 1st session: June 29 – July 11 1st session extension: July 11-July 17 2nd session: July 13 – July 25
Policy Debate 1-Four-week session, Two 2-week sessions 4-week session: June 29 – July 25 1st session: June 29-July 11 2nd session: July 13 – July 25		Public Forum Debate Two 2-week sessions, one optional extra week for practice rounds 1st session: June 29 – July 11 1st session extension: July 11-July 26 2nd session: July 13 – July 25
Speech One 2-week session Session: June 29-July 11		World Schools Debate Two 2 – week sessions 1st session: June 29- July 11 2nd session: July 13 – July 25

Are you a teacher or coach?

If you are a teacher and are looking to improve your coaching and earn CPE please consider coming to the Houston Debate Coaches Continuing Education program

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