Regular Season Tournaments
August-April Synchronous & Asynchronous Invitationals
Our Regular Season online tournaments offer a flexible way to compete throughout the season. Teams receive high-quality judge feedback, additional competitive opportunities, and extra rounds for student growth.
Run by experienced tournament directors + a team of support staff, NOF tournaments are sure to be some of the best-run tournaments your students attend all year.
These tournaments attract competitors from across the country, giving your students more exposure to national-level competition, new pieces, and different styles.
Synchronous Tournament Competitions
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.
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 16, 2025
Sapphire Invitational
September 20, 2025
Pearl Invitational
October 18, 2026
Topaz Invitational
November 15, 2025
Ruby Invitational
December 20, 2025
Onyx Invitational
January 17, 2026
Amethyst Invitational
February 21, 2026
Emerald Invitational
March 21, 2026
Diamond Invitational
April 18, 2026
Synchronous Tournament Schedule:
(all times are Pacific)
Round 1: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Round 2: 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Round 3: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Elimination Round 1: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Elimination Round 2: 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM (if necessary based on entries)
Awards Ceremony: 6:30 PM (earlier if possible)
Elementary School Events
Info, Persuasive, Declamation, Poetry, Prose, Duo, Storytelling, Impromptu, SPAR, PF, World Schools, Congress, Assigned Platform
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
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
College Events
Info, Persuasive, STE, CA, Assigned Platform, Drama, Poetry, Prose, POI, Duo, Extemp, Impromptu, SPAR, NFA-LD, IPDA, NOF Parli, NOF Mock Trial
PLEASE NOTE:
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
These tournaments will require students to record and submit their entries on video (YouTube unlisted works best). Topics for limited preparation events will be released at 12:00pm PST the Saturday prior to the tournament registration deadline on the ForensicsTournament.net home page.
Summer Royale Async
register before:
August 18, 2025
Birch Async
register before:
September 22, 2025
Oak Async
register before:
October 20, 2025
Elm Async
register before:
November 17, 2025
Pine Async
register before:
December 22, 2025
Palm Async
register before:
January 19, 2026
Cherry Async
register before:
February 23, 2025
Walnut Async
register before:
March 23, 2026
Maple Async
register before:
April 20, 2026
Asynchronous Tournament Schedule:
Monday 8:00 PM PST - Registration Closes; No new schools may enter the tournament.
Tuesday - Coaches will be notified of collapsed events and missing competitor videos, and can edit entries (add, drop, change video link).
Wednesday 9:00 AM PST - Deadline for coaches to add/drop competitors and enter missing video links. All competitors without posted video links will be subject to being dropped from the tournament at this point in time.
Wednesday 12:00 PM PST - Preliminary ballots will be sent to judges as soon as possible following final add/drops.
Friday 12:00 PM PST - Preliminary ballot rankings and preliminary feedback due back to the Tournament Director. Ballots unreturned at this time will be subject to penalty, and resent to available judges.
Friday 8:00 PM PST - Final rounds paired, breaks posted, final ballots sent to judges as soon as possible following preliminary ballot review. Additional preliminary ballot feedback requests sent to judges.
Sunday 8:00 PM PST - Final ballot ranks and feedback due back to the Tournament Director.
Monday 6:00 PM PST - Deadline for additional ballot feedback; Award ceremony video posted once all ranks are finalized.
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
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
College Events
Info, Persuasive, STE, CA, Assigned Platform, Drama, Poetry, Prose, POI, Duo, Extemp, Impromptu, Async Debate, Async Congress, NOF Mock Trial
Tournament 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.