Do you love words?
Do you like to meet new people from around the world?
Do you like to think differently?
If you do, you’ve come to the right place!
The International Oratory Festival – our celebration of speech and
drama – will be returning for its fourth year in 2026.
2026 online festival
We’ll be holding Zoom events in a range of time zones throughout 2026.
If you’re between the ages of 6 and 18, you can enter our friendly competition in the following categories:
- Poetry recital
- Your original poetry
- Shakespeare sonnet
- Prose reading
- Solo acting
- Public speaking
- Presenting an argument
- Speaking to inform
- Impromptu
- Live news report
- Historical news report
Our 2026 syllabus will be out soon. In the meantime, you can get an idea of how the festival works in our 2025 syllabus
Schools and groups can enter by emailing entries@oratoryfestival.com and booking a session at a time that suits.
Individuals can join scheduled sessions by registering online once booking is open.
Hold your own bespoke Oratory Festival in your school or community.
This year, we’re excited to offer a new option for schools and organisations around the world. We can work with you to help you hold your own Oratory Festival! Whether you want to celebrate History, Science, a local special event, an anniversary of your school, or just oracy in general, an in-school Oratory Festival can be as joyous as it is learning rich.
Using our experience from our first few years of the International Oratory Festival, we can design a bespoke syllabus for your Festival. You can take your pick of our poetry, prose, acting, public speaking and news options. And we can deliver teacher training and pupil workshops to help you excel as orators.
Our expert adjudicators can help judge your Festival either via Zoom or ( in the UK) in person. Depending on when you want to hold your Festival, we can also explore options for linking you up with another school’s Festival elsewhere in the world.
All your students will receive a full adjudicator’s report and special certificate to celebrate their achievement and will be eligible for International festival awards at the end of the year.
Contact Debbie, our International Oratory Festival organiser, at debbie@noisyclassroom.com to find out more!