Participants could deliver a speech from any one of a list of 20 topics. Winners represent Kentucky at a national Baptist speakers' tournament, and both winners and runners-up are awarded scholarships to Kentucky Baptist colleges.
Winners represent Kentucky at national Bible drill exhibitions.
At Cedarmore, the winner for the speaker's tournament was Ashley Clark, 16. Clark is a member of First Baptist Church of the Elkhorn Association, Paris, and the daughter of Charles and Mary Clark. Overton is a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church of Northern Kentucky Association, Alexandria, and the daughter of Chuck and Debbie Overton. Jones is a member of Stony Point Baptist Church, Albany, and the daughter of Tommy and Debbie Jones. Kenimer is a member of Central Baptist Church, Paris, and the son of Curtis and Kathy Kenimer.