Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of PSCFA, I am pleased to invite you to the PSCFA Fall Championship Tournament to be held at Mt San Antonio College December 4-6, 2026.

At the Fall Championship Tournament your students will be able to compete in:

• On Friday, December 4^th, we will offer rookie, novice, junior, and senior divisions of NPDA
• On Saturday, December 5^th, we will offer novice, junior, and senior divisions of 12 individual events. (ONE year trial).
• On Sunday, December 6^th, we will offer novice, junior, and senior divisions of

All entries are due by 6:00pm on Monday, November 30^th, 2026. Visit http://www.forensicstournament.net to enter. Tournament Entry will be available beginning on Monday, November 9th.

A Few Important Reminders:

• Judges are expected to accept ballots as soon as they are notified through
• Judges are encouraged to submit ballots ASAP after the Additional comments can be added to the ballots any time before the end of the tournament.
• Drops after the Wednesday deadline do not alter a school’s judging

Reminder of Rules from 2025:

• Code of Conduct - Judges are expected to respect our students identities, including their identified pronouns, and to require students in their rounds to do the Intentional or repeated violations of this may result in removal of judge from the judging pool and/or forfeiture of the round where the violation occurs.
• Speed in Debate - Rate of speed in debate rounds should not have a deleterious impact on other students ability to engage in the activity. Violations of this principle may result in the loss of the round in which the violation occurs.

• Coach of the Day Sign-In - Each attending school must designate a “Coach of the ” A sign-in sheet will be located at the judges table where coaches will list their name and contact information.
• Definitions of Division eligibility in debate have been adjusted as follows:
  1. Rookie - A student with no previous competitive experience in debate or individual events at any
  2. Novice - A team comprised of debaters, neither of whom has participated in more than two semesters of debate and/or participated in elimination rounds at three or more debate tournaments or won any medal at CCCFA or Phi Rho Pi or won an elimination round award at the NPDA, CEDA or NDT National Championship Tournaments or any national championship tournament
  3. Junior - A team comprised of debaters neither of whom has participated in more than four semesters of NDT/CEDA or Parliamentary debate and/or who has not participated in elimination rounds of a junior or open division of three CEDA and/or NDT and/or Parliamentary tournaments. A gold or silver medal at CCCFA or Phi Rho Pi or winning an elimination round award at the NPDA, CEDA or NDT National Championship Tournaments or any national championship tournament shall count as a final round.

• Fees - A $50 nuisance fee will be added to a school’s tournament invoice if the school does not meet with the treasurer in-person prior to awards on the school’s last competition day to: (1) obtain an invoice, and (2) confirm the anticipated method and timing of payment for fees and/or notify the treasurer that fees have been paid electronically. Ballots will not be made available to a school until the above conditions are met.

NEW RULES for 2026 from Cool-off & Coaches Conference

• Wellness Fee is $6.00 per student per
• Flex time is returning to parliamentary debate!
• Impromptu: all competitors receive a 15 second reading period upon opening their The reading period is for reading the topics only; competitors should not write notes during this time. The 7 minute speech period begins after the 15 second reading period elapses (unless the competitor begins writing, in which case any remaining reading time is forfeited).
• All judges are committed through Final
• Judges: there will be a brief mandatory meeting before the first round each day. The purpose of the meeting is to clarify expectations for writing Please ensure your judges are present for this meeting. (This does not replace the optional training session offered for new judges).
• Reminder: you can split a judging commitment among multiple judges. In your FTN registration, please clearly describe how judges splitting a commitment should be scheduled, g., "Judge X is for Rounds 1-2 only;" "Judge Y is for Rounds 3-4 only." For a split commitment to be fully covered, a judge must be scheduled for each round of the day unless an alternative arrangement is approved in advance by the tournament director.

• NFA-LD judges should refrain from determining the validity/invalidity of evidence based on their preference or local norms regarding evidence formatting.
• Challenges in ALL forms of debate will use the following:
  • Challenges should be supported by appropriate documentation (e.g. a copy of the original source).
  • Challenges should be resolved through a process that allows both the persons making the challenge well as, the persons whose evidence is challenged to provide reasonable explanations.
  • Challenges should not be made carelessly or on unsubstantial grounds. The penalty for a false and reckless accusation should be comparable in severity to the penalty for committing the alleged

Attached, please find more detailed tournament information, a description of tournament rules, and procedures and entry forms. Please refer to the PSCFA Handbook for the newest information on Rules, available at www.pscfa.org.

If you have any questions, please contact me at bhubble.tab@gmail.com

Brittany Hubble

Tournament Director