The rules as printed in the UIL Constitution and Contest Rules take precedence over all other printed materials. The categories are defined and discussed in more detail in the UIL Prose and Poetry Interpretation Handbook, available through the League office.
Coaches are responsible for reviewing it.
The goal of this category is to encourage students to explore narratives of human experience as reported by an author. In this type of literary work, the author tells a true story as he or she experienced it. Works by an anonymous author are not permissible. The selection may be drawn from a novel, novella, novelette or short story. The goal of this category is to encourage contestants to explore the imagination of authors from around the world.