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 individual events and Lincoln-Douglas debate. Team awards are given in several divisions, based on the entry size of each school. Normally, between 90-125 colleges and universities attend the national tournament.
The 2008 NFA National tournament was held at Tennessee State University in Nashville, and will be held April 17-21, 2008. NFA will continue to have Dramatic Interpretation in the second year of a two year trial. The event description is below:
The 2009 experimental event will be Editorial Impromptu. The event descripton is forthcoming.
Information about the 2008 tournament:
- Invitation and hotel details
- Entry Form (Excel spreadsheet) - all schools are required to use this form.
Links of interest:
- Past NFA Nationals champions and elimination round participants - our goal has been to try to complete the historical archives. If you have any information about past national tournaments that we haven't posted, please contact the webmaster.
- NFA Nationals Hosting Requirements - for schools that would like to host the national tournament.
- Your Average IE Nationals - an article written by Dr. Christina Reynolds for the 1990 history, and still gives the background of how the tournament is scheduled.
- Tournament results reporting form - a form to use to submit qualifying results to the tournament director.
- Qualification procedures -- March 23 is the last qualifying date for the 2008 nationals.