Dear Forensic Colleagues: 

 

We invite you and your teams to join us for the 2023-2024 Valley Forensic League season! We are thrilled to offer speech and parliamentary debate competition January 26 and 27th at South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. 

 

The full invitation can be found here: VFL 3-4 Invitation

 

The competition will offer all 11 AFA-NST events on both days as well as parliamentary debate on Saturday. We will recognize all finalists in each event, top novice in each event, and the top three teams. We will also recognize outround participants in debate. 

 

League fees for the year are $125.00 and covers event entry and some refreshments for participants. If you paid your league fees at VFL 1-2, then this charge will be removed. The league fees do not cover uncovered judge slots, which will be $15.00 per uncovered slot. One judge will cover 6 entries, or a portion thereof. Debate judges cover 2 entries. Schools are asked to cover all slots whenever possible to cut down on hired judge costs. All judges are expected to help cover final rounds. 

 

More details on VFL 3-4 will be provided below. If you have any questions about the tournament, please feel free to contact any member of the VFL Executive Committee. On behalf of the Executive Committee, welcome to a new year and we hope to see you in Brookings, SD in January!

 

Chris Outzen

Executive Secretary, VFL

outzencp@uwec.edu or 563-219-0265

 

Thomas Muscha

Advisory Member, VFL

thomas.j.muscha@und.edu 

 

Vanessa Fowler

Advisory Member, VFL

vanessa.fowler@mnsu.edu 

 

Darren Valenta

Advisory Member, VFL

dvalenta@cord.edu

 

(vr)