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 16, 2025
Sapphire Invitational
September 20, 2025
Pearl Invitational
October 18, 2025
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)
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 18, 2025
Birch Async
videos due by:
September 22, 2025
Oak Async
videos due by:
October 20, 2025
Elm Async
videos due by:
November 17, 2025
Pine Async
videos due by:
December 22, 2025
Palm Async
videos due by:
January 19, 2026
Cherry Async
videos due by:
February 23, 2025
Walnut Async
videos due by:
March 23, 2026
Maple Async
videos due by:
April 20, 2026
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.