Each year, in cooperation with the Okaya City Board of Education, OIEA holds the Okaya English Speech Contest as an incentive for students to improve their English skills and as a means of international exchange. Students of the four local junior high schools in Okaya City and the surrounding senior high schools present a five minute speech on a topic of their choice.

Date/Time	December 20, 2009 (Sunday) 12:00NN to 5:00PM
Venue	Suwako Heights (Okaya Comprehensive Welfare Center) Convention Hall 4-11-50 Osachi Gongencho, Okaya City Tel 0266-24-2290
Participants	- Three (3) representatives from Okaya City's four Junior High School - High school students from Suwa area high schools
Topic/Theme	Free
Time limit	4 to 5 minutes
To Enter	-Junior High School Division- Three representatives will be selected from each of Okaya City's four Junior High Schools. Contact your Junior High School's English Department to apply on or before Friday, October 30th. Speech scripts must be handed in by Monday, November 30th, either as a word document on a disc or as an email attachment.
	-High School Division- Students must complete the speech contest application form and submit it to OIEA by Friday, October 30th. Speech scripts must be handed in by Monday, November 30th, either as a word document on a disc or as an email attachment.
Note	Depending on the number of participants, the schedule may be adjusted
Entry Restrictions	Participants may not enter a speech that has previously been entered in another speech contest. Also, participants who have lived in an English speaking country for more than two years since elementary school, may not enter.
Judges	Head Judge: Member of the Okaya International Exchange Association Board of Directors
	Okaya Hokubu Junior High School AET Okaya Nanbu Junior High School AET Okaya Tobu Junior High School AET Okaya Seibu Junior High School AET Okaya Minami High School AET Okaya Higashi High School AET Okaya City Coordinator for International Relations
Prizes	Champion (1 Junior High, 1 Senior High) Runner-up (1 Junior High, 1 Senior High) Special Excellence Award (1 Junior High, 1 Senior High) Okaya Board of Education Award (1 Junior High) Okanan Education Promotion Association Award (1 Senior High) Head Judge's Award (1 Junior High, 1 Senior High)
	Each winner will receive a certificate and a gift prize. All contestants will also receive a special commemorative gift.
Organizer	Okaya International Exchange Association
Co-organizer	Okaya City Board of Education
Sponsor	Okanan Education Promotion Association