SpeechWire Tournament Services - Forensics Tournament Software

February 1, 2019

Hello Colleagues:

On behalf of the National Forensic Association, I am excited to invite you to the 2019 NFA National Championship Tournament, to be held at Santa Ana High School and Martin R. Henninger Middle School in Santa Ana, CA, on April 18-22, 2019. The city of Santa Ana, in conjunction with Santa Ana Unified School District, is working hard to prepare an amazing experience for you and your students.

Congratulations on the many amazing achievements from the 2018 National Championship Tournament: Open Sweepstakes and Lincoln-Douglas Sweepstakes winners, Western Kentucky University, President’s Division I winner Wiley College, President’s Division II winner Hastings College, and President’s Division III winner Tennessee State University; Pentathlon winner Abigail Onwunali from the University of Texas at Austin, and Lincoln-Douglas Speaker Award champion, Gage Brookman from Sterling College.

You will find the full invitation, as well as the forms necessary for registration under "Files for Download" on this site. Please review all of the sections carefully, particully "What's New for 2019" on page 3. Additionally, you can find more information about our organization at www.nationalforensics.org. If you have any questions not answered here, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

I hope to see you in Santa Ana!

Rebecca Buel Young
NFA Tournament Director
Email: rbuel@monmouthcollege.edu
Phone: 805-404-1649

NFA 2019 DEADLINE CHECKLIST

DATE

DEADLINE

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Proposals for research at the 2019 National Tournament must be submitted to Dr. Nikki Freeman (freeman@ucmo.edu)

Details on conducting research at the national tournament can be found here

Consider beginning your Student Verification Form process to allow for institutional delays!

MONDAY, APRIL 1
(5:00 PM CST)

All qualifications must be obtained and reported

All entries must be submitted through SpeechWire

Scanned copy of Student Verification Form must be emailed to rbuel@monmouthcollege.edu

Judge Coverage Appeal Form must be emailed to rbuel@monmouthcollege.edu

Accommodation requests based on disability, safety, or concerns arising from prior unlawful discrimination, harassment, or assault should be submitted to rbuel@monmouthcollege.edu

Impromptu speaking accommodation requests should be submitted to sabarfield@gmail.com

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
(12:00 PM CST)

Nuisance fees begin

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
(7:00 – 9:00 PM PST)

Early registration at Holiday Inn Santa Ana
All fees due
Student Verification Form original copy due

THURSDAY, APRIL 18

(12:00 – 2:30 PM PST)

On-site registration at Santa Ana High School
All fees due
Student Verification Form original copy due

Justin Rudnick
Email address: justin.rudnick@mnsu.edu
Phone number: 8054041649