NPDA (National Parliamentary Debate Association) Nationals
McKendree University 701 College Road, Lebanon, IL, United StatesParli 8/6.
Parli 8/6.
IPDA (TBA), Team IPDA (TBA)
IPDA (TBA), Team IPDA (TBA)
IE 3/3. The National Speech Championship is a national speech tournament designed around student access and equity. The 2020 National Tournament will be at George Mason University. There is no fee for covered entries, the tournament is only 2 days long to cut down on hotel costs, and each team is limited to two entries […]
NEDA 6/need.
IE 3/3. Qualification necessary - contact tournament director for more information.
IE 3/2, RT 6/2, NFA-LD 6/2, Parli 6/2, IPDA 6/2. Members only - community colleges; see website for eligibility requirements. This is a National Speech Tournament for Community and Junior Colleges.
IE 3/4, NFA-LD 6/6. NFA sponsors a national championship tournament for both individual event speaking and Lincoln-Douglas debate. The tournament normally covers 4-5 days, and championships are awarded in nine open and nine novice individual events and Lincoln-Douglas debate. Team awards are given in several divisions, based on the entry size of each school. Normally, between […]
Persuasion 3/2. Qualification necessary - 2 students per state. Contact tournament director for more information.
IE 3/1, NPDA 5/3, IPDA 5/3; Slam Poetry, Interviewing 3/1. Parli in Friday; IE on Saturday. Entries restricted to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU).
IE 2/2, Parli 4/3, IPDA 4/3, BP. Hybrid IE: Prelims asynchronous, Elims synchronous. Debate: synchronous. Imp/Ext topics released 3/5/21 at 11:59 p.m. PST Videos must be uploaded by 3/6/21 at 11:59 p.m. PST Imp topics will be German quotations. Academic Lecture, Visual Communication, Audio Narration, International Tourism - Experimental events open to all IFA participants.
Details to come as far as which events will be synchronous and asynchronous. Students who were seniors in 2019-2020 may compete. The convention will be shifted until March 2022.
Persuasion 3/2. Qualification required through state tournaments - contact TD for more information.
IE 2/2, IPDA 4/3, Parli 4/3, BP, Experimental Events
IE 3/2 (Varsity, Novice), Parli 6/need (Varsity, JV, Novice), IPDA 6/need (Varsity, JV, Novice), NFA-LD 4/need (Varsity, JV, Novice), RT 3/need. Experimental events TBA (Asynchronous). RT will be asynchronous, other events will be synchronous. Membership details at NCCFA website: https://www.nccfa.org. Contact Dr. Chris Leland (cleland at apu.edu) for more details. Invitation to come out in […]