2024 Summer Royale ***Asynchronous***

Dear Forensics Community,

 Phew! What a season! As our attention turns to summer, National Online Forensics is proud to offer you and your program a wonderful summer forensics experience - the 2024 Summer Royale.  This will be an asynchronous tournament held the week of, August 19, 2024. It’s a great opportunity to dust off those public speaking and debating skills to get ready for a great 2024-2025 season! 

 The tournament will offer competition at all levels, from kindergarten to college,  in a wide range of events. We have the very best tournament staff assembled to ensure a smooth day of fun competition.  Our tournament will include three prelims and a final using Bronze/Silver/Gold award system. 

 Key Points:

• Registration is due by Monday, August 19, 2024 at 6pm Pacific time on ForensicsTournament.net
• Super low entry fees ($5/event) are payable by credit card.
• There will be a single division for all events offered.
• Gold medalists will receive online gift cards while silver and bronze will receive recognition during the awards ceremony.
• 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 but penalty fees will apply.

 We hope you and your team can join us for some summer forensics fun.  If you have any questions please feel free to email us at info@nationalonlineforensics.org 

Sincerely,

Robert Cannon and Danny Cantrell

National Online Forensics

Events offered:

Individual Events

• Three prelims will be held; one final round will be held.
• Students may enter a as many IE events as they would like.
• 1 Judge is required for every 5 entries per pattern
• Prelim Ranking: Ranks/Decimal/Drop High Rank  
• Elim Ranking: Total Rank/Decimal in Elim/Ranks in Elim
• Speaker Points will not be used.
• Students will be recognized with Gold, Silver, and Bronze (see NOF Bylaws for a breakdown of awards)
• Gold medalists in each individual event will be recognized as the Summer Champion and awarded a $10 only Amazon gift card. 
• See the NOF Bylaws for more information about NOF individual events.

Sweepstakes

• Top schools will be recognized during the awards ceremony, but no physcial awards will be shipped.

Fees

• School Fee: $30
• Single person Event Entries: $5/entry
• Changes after the entry deadline: $25 per change (subject to tournament director approval) 
• Judges: First Missed Ballot - $25 / Subsequent Missed Ballots - $50
• Judge drops within 24 hours of the tournament will be charged a $150 judge no-show fee.  
• Uncovered IE Slot (with Tournament Director Approval): $30/slot
• Uncovered Debate Team (with Tournament Director Approval): $125/team
• Judges who submit incomplete eBallots (with little to no substantive feedback) may be charged a judge missed-ballot 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.
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