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The 4th Pop Up Asynchronous Tournament

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Hi Hello Friends,
    
    
The coaches at Illinois State University are pleased to invite you to attend the spookyyyy 4th Pop-Up Asynchronous Tournament hosted the week of October 16-20th! The site is now open on Speechwire and accepting entries.
    
We are excited to be offering all 11 AFA events. Rounds will be asynchronous (please make sure your videos are set to "unlisted"). LP prompts will be released on Thursday @ noon CST. Videos will be due by Monday night @ 8PM CST. You can find the tournament and invite at !
    
    
    Sincerely,
    Nick Steinmetz (He/They)
    Assistant Forensics Coach
    School of Communication
    Illinois State University
    Nsteinm@ilstu.edu
    
    
    RULES OF EVENTS
    
    GENERAL:   All programs and speeches must not have been used by a student in any competition (high school or college) prior to September 1, 2023.  Competitors must be undergraduates working on their first degree.  We will be following the rules and ethical standards of the AFA-NST.
    
    ENTRIES:  Each student may enter as many events as they want.  Events that have 7 or fewer entries will be judged "head-to-head" by three judges.  Events with 8 or more entries will be judged by two judges in "preliminary" rounds and then broken to a "head-to-head" final with at least one judge (3 if the pool allows).  From prelims into the final, ties will be broken by speaker points.  In "head-to-head" rounds, ties will be broken by speaker points and then by judges' preference.
    
    Events Offered    
    Extemporaneous Speaking       Informative Speaking
    Persuasive Speaking           Impromptu Speaking
    Duo Interpretation            Dramatic Interpretation
    Prose Interpretation          Communication Analysis
    After Dinner Speaking         Poetry Interpretation
    Program Oral Interpretation    
    
    The deadline for receiving entries and videos is 8:00, Monday, October 16th.  Entries and video links must be posted to Speechwire.
    
    LP Events only need to provide one video for all rounds.  Prompts will be posted to Speechwire by Thursday October 12th.  Impromptu videos should include prep time.  Extemp should NOT include prep time.
    
    JUDGES & FEES:  Entry fees are $5 per slot.
    
    Each school should furnish one judge for every six slots.  Hired judges are available at $12.00 per uncovered slot (hired judges will be paid $12.00 per round).  We will gladly pay any clean judges a school can provide beyond their obligation to ensure better ballots for your students.  Judges dropped after noon on Tuesday the 12th will incur a $25 drop fee, name changes are free and encouraged!
    
    Checks should be made payable to ISU Forensics and mailed to us at Campus Box 4480 Normal IL 61790.  If you prefer to pay online with a credit card you may do so here: https://secure.touchnet.com/C20868_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1650&SINGLESTORE=true
    
    AWARDS:  To keep costs down, we will not be giving out trophies for finalists.  Your qualification will be your award!  
    
    MODALITY:  This is an asynchronous tournament.  Please make sure your videos are set to be "unlisted" so they can be accessed by our judges.
    
    SCHEDULE:  All times listed are CENTRAL
    LP prompts released                    Thursday October 12th Noon
    Entries and video links due            Monday October 16th 8pm
    Preliminary round ballots released      Monday October 16th 9pm
    Preliminary round ballots due           Wednesday October 18th 8pm
    Final round ballots released            Wednesday October 18th 9pm (or asap)
    Final round ballots due                    Friday October 20th 11am
    Results posted to Speechwire            ASAP
 


 

Manager contact information

Nick Steinmetz
Email address: nsteinm@ilstu.edu
Phone number: 954-261-6532

Mailing address

Campus Box 4480
Normal, IL 61790

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