Hosted at the Central Michigan University campus April 18-22, 2024
Information will be updated here as it becomes available
Welcome to the 2024 National Tournament!
Looking for campus info and logistics? Visit the Central Michigan University Info page!
Important info
- Sensory Guide for Awards
- Livestream Link
- Awards – Mount Pleasant High School Auditorium (Performing Arts area; enter door 59)
- Judges table Phone # – 309-386-4095
- Impromptu Prompt Pickup (judges) – Anspach Lobby Student Lounge
- Extemp Draw Monday – Anspach 314 (semis); UC 309 Lake St. Clair (final)
- Wellness Room – UC Mt Pleasant
- Tab – Moore 118
- Parking – LOT 22
2024 Tournament Booklet
Join us in thanking the CMU design team for this beautiful tournament booklet! On the left is a digital copy (ideal for viewing on phone or tablet) and on the right is a printable version if you would like to get your own keepsake copy of “The Book”.
Information for invitational tournament hosts:
- If your tournament is hosted on Speechwire your regular-season results will be automatically recorded for qualification verification. You do not need to do anything else.
- If your tournament was NOT hosted on Speechwire please report your tournament results to Speechwire so qualifications earned can be verified.
Information for Coaches
- The Individual Events flights for 2024 will be: A– Duo, Rhetorical Criticism; B – Prose, Informative, Impromptu; C – Extemp, Poetry, After Dinner; D – Drama, Persuasion, POI.
- All entries must be submitted through Speechwire by April 1, 2024 at 5:00 pm CST. No entries will be accepted after this date.
- All qualifications will be verified through Speechwire. Tournaments not hosted on Speechwire must be reported manually – click here to confirm that tournaments you attended were reported for verification. Please work with tournament directors to ensure that tournament results are reported; manual reports should include the entire tournament results, not just the qualifications you plan to use.
- The tournament will be in-person at Central Michigan University, however we will continue to use e-ballots on the SpeechWire platform. During the registration process, coaches will be required to provide an accurate email address for every student and judge they are bringing to the tournament.
- Please remember that your school name, as well as your students’ and judges’ names, will appear exactly as you enter them on ALL tournament materials.
- Please also add students’ name pronunciation and pronouns in SpeechWire so that student names are pronounced accurately in rounds and in awards.
- All teams must provide an Enrollment Verification form from their Registrar – scan and email a copy to nfatournamentcommittee@gmail.com when you register on Speechwire and bring the original to Registration.
- You will receive an entry confirmation after all entries have been processed. If you do not receive a confirmation within one week of entering, please contact the National Tournament Committee at nfatournamentcommittee@gmail.com
Information for Judges:
- The Hired Judge Interest Form is closed for now. Looking to join the hired judge pool? Please contact the Tournament Committee directly.
- All judges must complete judge training by April 11 (or before rounds begin for judges who join the pool after April 11).
- We are using e-ballots at NFA!
- Judges must provide a valid email address and create a ballot account at live.speechwire.com. Once you’re entered as a judge you’ll receive a Speechwire invite in your email – check spam if it’s not in your inbox. Contact the tournament if you don’t have a Speechwire invite by 4/17
- Make sure you bring a charged device on which to judge.
- Please remember to click “start” when you arrive in your room so tab knows you’re there.
- Return ranks immediately after the round – you can add and revise comments until the end of the tournament.
- Tech problems? Dead batteries? Feel free to take notes in the round and then report to tab after – we will take you to a computer lab to enter your ranks and feedback on the e-ballot.
Judge Training (coming soon)
National Forensic Association 