USCRA SPEED CONTEST
USCRA began conducting speed contests in 1988. It consisted of three readings: A Literary at 220 wpm, a Jury Charge at 240 wpm, and a 2-voice Q&A at 285.
- 1988 - Mindi Colchico – First USCRA Speed Contest Champion
- 1990 - Fred Cole
- 1991 - Fred Cole
- 1992 -
- 1993 - Carla Wollin Boyer
REALTIME SPEED CONTEST
In 1995, the USCRA Speed Contest became a realtime speed contest. Held at the Annual Convention, it consists of one two-voice Q&A reading at 230 words per minute, with 96% accuracy required to pass.
- 1999 - Jane LaPorte
- 2001 - Deanne Ferreira-Kozar
- 2002 - Sue Trischan
- 2003 - Amy Ruemelin
- 2004 - Sue Trischan
- 2005 – No qualifiers
- 2006 – No qualifiers
- 2007 – No qualifiers
- 2008 – Michelle Goodbee
- 2009 – No qualifiers
- 2010 – no contest held
- 2011 – Michelle Goodbee
- 2012 – No qualifiers
- 2013 – Pam Andasola
- 2014 – Amanda LeGore
- 2015 – Judy Walsh
- 2016 – No qualifiers
- 2017 – No qualifiers
- 2018 – Sherry Bryant
- 2019 – no contest held
- 2020 – online convention - no contest held
- 2021 – Judy Walsh
- 2022 – Shelly Semmler
- 2023 – Christin Russell-Douglas
- 2024 – no contest held
- 2025 – Christin Douglas