Welcome to the home page for the 2023 National Online Forensics Championships - HS/MS/EL tournament hosted by NOF on May 29-4, 2023 for Various students.
Status: Accepting Entries
2023 Championships
Invitation
Full Invitation Available here (last updated 12/31/22)
Dear Forensics Community,
Building upon the success of last year’s online championships, National Online Forensics is excited to announce the 2023 National Online Forensics Championships for College, High School, Middle School, and Elementary. This will be a synchronous video conference national championship tournament.
Tournament Dates:
National Online Forensics sees a tremendous value in an online national championship that can afford more competitors and programs the opportunity to compete and showcase their skills on a national level.
Key Points:
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Registration is due by March 17 for College and May 22 for High School, Middle School, and Elementary at 8pm Pacific time on ForensicsTournament.net
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Reasonable entry fees payable by credit card on the website. Payment will be available the week of the tournament.
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Competitors will need to compete with the authorization and support of their school/program’s coaching staff.
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Each school is required to provide one judge for every 5 IE entries per pattern/2 debate teams. At the discretion of the Tournament Director, uncovered entries may be allowed (penalty fees apply).
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The tournament will use synchronous video conferencing on the 8x8 platform. Please see the Best Practices section of this invite for tips on how to effectively use the platform.
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There will be a single championship division for all events.
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The Opening Ceremony, most college final rounds, and the Awards ceremony will be live-streamed on YouTube.
We hope you and your team can join us for a celebration of the hard work our forensics competitors have been doing all season. If you have any questions please feel free to email us at info@nationalonlineforensics.org
Sincerely,
The National Online Forensics Team
2023 High School Tentative Schedule*
* Schedule may be adjusted depending on entries.
Pattern A: Info, Pers, STE, Imp
Pattern B: POI, POE, Prose
Pattern C: DUO, DRA, HI, Original Interp
Pattern D: Declamation, Storytelling, Ext (single entry)
Pattern E: Congress (may not enter debate)
Pattern F: LD, PF, NOF Parli, World Schools (may not enter Congress)
Pattern G: SPAR
2023 Middle School Tentative Schedule*
* Schedule may be adjusted depending on entries
Pattern A: Info, Pers, STE, Imp
Pattern B: POI, POE, Prose
Pattern C: DUO, DRA, HI, Original Interp
Pattern D: Declamation, Storytelling, Ext (single entry)
Pattern E: Congress (may not enter debate)
Pattern F: LD, PF, NOF Parli, World Schools (may not enter Congress)
Pattern G: SPAR
2023 Elementary School Tentative Schedule*
* Schedule may be adjusted depending on entries
Pattern H: Congress, SPAR, Public Forum, NOF Parli, World Schools (single entry only)
Pattern J: Duo, Impromptu, Declamation, Poetry, Prose, Storytelling, Informative, Persuasive (triple entry)
Timetable
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Mon 05/22/23 12:00 pm
Close registration (schools can not edit their registration)
Judge Interest Signups
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