George William Curtis Prize in Oration Competition Registration

Open to all Columbia College students, the annual Columbia College speech contest offers a cash prize of $1,000 to the winner in each of the two categories:

  • Informative (4-6 minutes)
  • Persuasive (5-7 minutes)

The contest is limited to 10 entrants in each category. Entrants will be randomly selected from the group of students who request to enter the competition.

Registration deadline for interested students is 4:00 PM EST/NYC on Tuesday, April 13.

Students will be notified by Tuesday, April 13 at 11:59 p.m. EST/NYC if they have been chosen to participate or placed on the waitlist.

The contest will be held on Friday, April 16 from 1:00–3:00 p.m. EST/NYC. The link information for this online event will be sent to selected participants.

Before pressing submit, note that you may only submit this form once and can choose only one category.