National Online Forensics Championship - Middle School

May 26-June 1, 2025

A middle school national championship just became possibility.

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100% Synchronous

Building on our success from 2020, the National Online Forensics Championship (NOFC) offers a highly competitive 100% synchronous online tournament. Since NOFC is always online, teams can save money on travel costs.

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No Quals Needed

With a wide variety of events and no entry limits or quals, the NOFC offers a multitude of chances for competitors to take home a personalized championship trophy.

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Convenient Schedule

Our experienced tournament staff have carefully crafted a reasonable schedule that will appeal to competitors and coaches in all time zones.

The NOFC-Middle will offer these events:

Individual Events

  • Assigned Platform

  • Declamation

  • Dramatic Interpretation

  • Duo

  • Extemp

  • Humorous Interpretation

  • Impromptu

  • Informative

  • NOF Mock Trial

  • Persuasive

  • Poetry

  • POI

  • Prose

  • SPAR

  • Speech to Entertain

  • Storytelling

Debate Events

  • Big Questions

  • Congress

  • Lincoln-Douglas

  • NOF Parli

  • Public Forum

  • World Schools

Fee Structure

  • School Fee: $50

  • Individual Event Entries: $30/entry

  • Duo Entries: $40/entry

  • Congress Entries: $30/entry

  • 1-Person Debate Event Entries: $60/entry

  • 2-Person Debate Event Entries: $70/entry

  • 3-Person Debate Event Entries: $80/entry

  • Judges: First Missed Ballot - $25 / Subsequent Missed Ballots - $50

  • Uncovered IE/Congress Slot (with Tournament Director Approval): $30/slot

  • Uncovered Debate Entry (with Tournament Director Approval): $150/team

  • Changes after the entry deadline: $25 per change (subject to tournament director approval)

  • Judge drops within 24 hours of the tournament will be charged a $150 judge no-show fee.

  • Judges who submit incomplete eBallots (with little to no substantive feedback) may be charged a judge no-show fee for failing to complete their judge assignment which includes both ranking the speakers along with giving sufficient comments.

  • Delay of tournament fees may be assessed from $20-$100 based on the severity of the delay.

  • Competitor no-shows (coaches did not notify the tournament prior to the missed round) - $35

Register now

The NOFC-Middle is now open. For a full schedule and more information, click the registration button below.