Oral Interpretation
Resources & Guidelines
- Request for Accommodation Process
- UIL Prose and Poetry Handbook
- Annotated History of Prose and Poetry Categories
- Evaluating Internet Sources for Documentation
- Defining and Distinguishing Poetry, Prose, and Drama
- Resource Web Sites for Interpretative Speech
- Preparing Your Manuscript - (advice about binder)
Resources for Judge Training
- Training Interp Judges and Timekeepers
- Judge Training Modules
- Judge Awareness Training
- Evaluating the Interpretation Performance
- The Ballot: An Educational Experience
Prose
- Prose Documentation Form - This form SHALL be typed. It is a typeable pdf that should be opened using Acrobat Reader.
- 2025-26 UIL Prose Categories
- Helpful Checklist for Prose Documentation
- Clarification on Song Lyrics
Poetry
- Poetry Documentation Form - This form SHALL be typed. It is a typeable pdf that should be opened with Acrobat Reader.
- 2025-26 UIL Poetry Categories
- Helpful Checklist for Poetry Documentation
- How to Weave Poetry Effectively Powerpoint
Contest Rules
Documentation
- Documentation Ruling: Using PoetryFoundation.org for Publication
- Sample Letter to Request Documentation from Authors
- Documentation Ruling: Wikipedia
- Documentation Ruling: Electronic Devices
- Documentation Ruling: IMDb.COM
- HEAVEN LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE MALL by Wendy Mass
- I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE by Eve Ensler
- BECAUSE I AM FURNITURE by Thalia Chaltas
- NOVELS-IN-VERSE
- Lyric Essay
- SOLD by Patricia McCormick
- THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY by David Levithan
- Works by Karen Hesse
- Works by Ellen Hopkins
- Works by Sonya Sones
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros