Regular Season Tournaments

Our Regular Season online tournaments are a great way to prepare your students for nationals & afford extra rounds to students on your team.

A condensed three prelim + two elim round schedule ensures students get the practice they need without the hassle of waiting around all day for rounds. Save money with $0 travel costs.

Run by experienced tournament directors, these tournaments are sure to be some of the best online tournaments your students attend all year.


Synchronous Tournament Competition Dates

All tournaments will have divisions for elementary school, middle school, high school, and college competitors. These tournaments will feature live rounds with students performing for judges using live video conference rooms.

 

Summer Royale

August 17, 2024


Birch Invitational

September 21, 2024


Oak Invitational

October 19, 2024


Elm Invitational

November 16, 2024


Pine Invitational

December 21, 2024


Palm Invitational

January 18, 2025


Cherry Invitational

February 15, 2025


Walnut Invitational

March 15, 2025


Maple Invitational

April 19, 2025


Synchronous Tournament Schedule

(all times are Pacific)

Round 1: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Round 2: 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Round 3: 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Elimination Round 1: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Elimination Round 2: 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM (if necessary)

Awards Ceremony: 6:30 PM (earlier if possible)

High School Events

Info, Persuasive, STE, Declamation, Original Interp, Poetry, Prose, POI, Duo, DI, HI, Storytelling, Extemp, Impromptu, SPAR, LD, PF, Policy, NOF Parli, World Schools, Congress, NOF Mock Trial, Assigned Platform

Elementary School Events

Info, Persuasive, Declamation, Poetry, Prose, Duo, Storytelling, Impromptu, SPAR, PF, World Schools, Congress, Assigned Platform

College Events

Info, Persuasive, STE, CA, Assigned Platform, Drama, Poetry, Prose, POI, Duo, Extemp, Impromptu, SPAR, NFA-LD, IPDA, NOF Parli, NOF Mock Trial

Middle School Events

Info, Persuasive, STE, Declamation, Poetry, Prose, POI, Duo, DI, HI, Extemp, Impromptu, LD, PF, Storytelling, SPAR, NOF Parli, World Schools, Congress, NOF Mock Trial, Assigned Platform

Competitors may triple-enter in IE and Congress events, with the exception of Extemp (double-entry only for Extemp)

Competitors may only single-enter in Debate events.

In the event of small entry sizes, we may need to collapse events within their event category (e.g. interp events collapse to an “interp” event).


Asynchronous Tournament Competition Dates

All tournaments will have divisions for elementary school, middle school, high school, and college competitors. These tournaments will require students to record and submit their speeches on video (YouTube unlisted works best). Topics for limited preparation events will be released 24 hours before the tournament deadline on the ForensicsTournament.net home page.

Summer Royale Async

videos due by:

August 19, 2024

Birch Async

videos due by:

September 23, 2024

Oak Async

videos due by:

October 21, 2024

Elm Async

videos due by:

November 18, 2024

Pine Async

videos due by:

December 23, 2024

Palm Async

videos due by:

January 20, 2025

Cherry Async

videos due by:

February 17, 2025

Walnut Async

videos due by:

March 17, 2025

Maple Async

videos due by:

April 21, 2025

Elementary Events:

Info, Persuasive, Assigned Platform, Declamation, Prose, Poetry, Duo, Storytelling, Impromptu, Async Debate, Async Congress

High School Events: 

Info, Persuasive, STE, Assigned Platform, Declamation, Original Interp, Poetry, Prose, POI, Storytelling,  Duo, Drama, HI, Extemp, Impromptu, Async Debate, Async Congress, NOF Mock Trial

College Events

Info, Persuasive, STE, CA, Assigned Platform, Drama, Poetry, Prose, POI, Duo, Extemp, Impromptu, Async Debate, Async Congress, NOF Mock Trial

Middle School Events:

Info, Persuasive, STE, Assigned Platform, Declamation, Poetry, Prose, POI, Duo, Storytelling, Drama, HI, Extemp, Impromptu, Async Debate, Async Congress, NOF Mock Trial


Fees

  • School Fee: $50

  • Individual Event Entries: $25/entry

  • DUO Event Entries: $45/entry

  • Congress Entries: $30/entry

  • One person Debate (LD, IPDA, NFA-LD) Entries: $50/entry

  • Two person Debate (NOF Parli, PF) Entries: $60/entry

  • Three+ person Debate (World Schools) Entries: $75/entry

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

  • Uncovered IE/Congress Slot (with Tournament Director Approval): $35/slot

  • Uncovered Debate Team (with Tournament Director Approval): $125/team

  • Changes after 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.

2024-2025 tournament invitations available here.

Click here to view rules for all NOF tournaments.