Redmond Nights Toastmasters, a club that meets weekly to practice public speaking and communication, will host its fall speech contest Sept. 13 in the PCC Natural Markets classroom, in the northeast corner of the store, at 11435 Avondale Road N.E. Snacks and socializing are at 6:30 p.m., and the contest runs from 7-8:30 p.m. The public is invited.

The contest has two parts, the Humorous Speech Contest and the Table Topics Contest. Contestants range from senior members with years of experience to novice speakers with just a couple of months under their belts.

The Humorous Speech Contest requires contestants to give a thematic speech from five to seven minutes. The material must be original, clean and thematic in nature, not a series of one-liners. The results are hilarious insights into ordinary human lives: the hazards of learning to drive on the right side of the road, the challenges of trying to communicate in English with a heavy Russian accent and the risk of coming out of the closet as a math nerd.

The Table Topics Contest is impromptu speaking for one to two minutes on a subject that is not revealed to the speaker until they face the audience — challenging for even the most experienced speaker’s creativity and composure.

For more information, visit http://easy-speak.org/