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Cicero called rhetoric a “great art.”

The Cicero Speechwriting Awards recognize the speechwriters and the speakers who make it great.

Since Cicero called rhetoric a “great art” more than 2,000 years ago, the world has seen the Gutenberg Press, radio, television, the Internet and social media. These technological advances haven’t diminished the transformative social power of a great speech. If anything, they’ve underlined it.

Get the recognition you deserve. Help define excellence in the great art of speechwriting.

Dates and deadlines

Call for Entry
December 6, 2024

Early Bird
Deadline

January 31, 2025

Deadline
February 28, 2025

Winners
Announced

Week of
April 14, 2025

Read speeches from Featured Winners of past years.