Dates & Deadlines

Please make sure to keep up with these dates and deadlines!

By October 30

Registration materials and information sent out to chapters

November 15

Registration Due

December 6

Submit Prejudged Events, Officer Applications, Who's Who and Judges

December 2 - December 16

Online testing time window

Production Testing

@ Carbondale High School

December 7

9:00 a.m.

January 9, 2025

Southern Area Conference

SIU Student Center
Carbondale, IL


After Area Conference

  • February 15th, 2025: State Conference Registration Due
  • March 28-29: Illinois State Leadership Conference, Springfield, IL
  • June 29th-July 2 National Leadership Conference, Anaheim, CA
  • July 1st: Term begins for 2025 - 2026 Officer Team
  • July TBA: Summer Leadership Workshop