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On behalf of the Brownson Speech and Debate Team at Seton Hall University and the SNAFU board, we are delighted to invite you to SNAFU #3 the Annual Ed Leonard Memorial Speech and Debate Tournament to be held in person on Nov 8th, 2025 at Seton Hall. SNAFU is also offering a Sunday swing tournament on Nov 9th – SNAFU #4 – Charity Ball.

The Ed Leonard Memorial Tournament is open to all schools wishing to attend and will be governed by SNAFU. We will offer all 11 AFA-NST events, IPDA debate, as well as a special I.E. event: Impromptu Sales. It was Ed Leonard’s favorite event and we honor his memory annually by offering this opportunity.

Impromptu Sales Event Description: Students will receive a random object and will have 6 minutes to prepare and deliver a convincing sales pitch on the object. The focus is on the uses of this object, the organization of the speech, creativity, and general delivery skills. Give this fun novel event a try!

Ed Leonard was an extremely talented young man who began his forensics career at Brookdale Community College and spent the last years of his life at Seton Hall. He truly made an indelible imprint upon the forensics community. Ed was always kind to others and very humble when he accepted his numerous awards. Ed treated others with dignity and respect. Perhaps Seneca the Elder had Ed Leonard in mind when he penned, "An orator is a good man who speaks well". It is our intent to bottle Ed Leonard's "goodness" at his tournament's namesake, and we are looking forward to offering you a well organized and high spirited weekend full of quality competition.

All other elements of this tournament will be governed by this season’s SNAFU invitation included below.

Should you have any further questions or accommodation needs please contact Abigail Thow at abigail.thow@gmail.com or 360-930-4183.

Seton Hall University,

Brian Sumereau, Head Coach

Catherine Zizik, Director of Forensics

Jess Rauchberg, Assistant Coach

Abigail Thow, Assistant Coach

The SNAFU Board,

Abigail Thow, Seton Hall University (President/Tournament Director)

Randy Perez, Queens College & Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) (Treasurer)

Margeaux Lippman, Dutchess Community College

Mallory Marsh, James Madison University

The Southern and Northern Atlantic Forensic Union (SNAFU) cordially invites you and your students to join/attend our 2025 - 2026 SNAFU Season Tournaments. For the 2025-26 season, SNAFU is offering four in-person tournaments and one online asynchronous tournament. SNAFU tournaments are part of swings, paired with another SNAFU or the host school. At all tournaments, we will offer all 11 AFA events at both halves of the swing, as well as IPDA Debate - with the exception of SNAFU 2 (asynch). In addition, we may offer a novice breakout round in an event at the tournament director's discretion. What follows is information that should make your trip to the swings easier to plan.

October 27 – 31 SNAFU 2: Asynchronous Tournament hosted by SUNY Dutchess Comm. College

If you have any questions about this invitation, please contact Abigail Thow by email (abigail.thow@gmail.com) or at 360-930-4183. We hope you will join us for a fun and competitive event! See you in October and beyond!

Randy Perez, Queens College & Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) (Treasurer)

For the 2025-26 season, $300.00 covers entry into all SNAFU tournaments; swing partner fees are separate; any uncovered slot judging fees are in addition to entry fees as outlined later in this invitation. Please direct ALL fee/financial questions to our treasurer, Randy Perez at qcspeechteam@gmail.com.

All times listed are in Eastern Time (ET). The schedules are subject to change as needs arise.

Please note: Swing partners MAY have different rules from SNAFU. Please see the separate invitation from the host school for details on their tournament. For SNAFU tournaments:

-Students may enter a maximum of 3 events per bracket; 2 duos count as 2 events.

-DEBATERS MAY ENTER ONE INDIVIDUAL EVENT IN EACH BRACKET BUT MAY NOT ENTER EXTEMP.

-The entry deadline for in-person SNAFU tournaments is the Wednesday before the tournament at 3 pm Eastern time.

-The entry deadline for asynchronous SNAFU tournaments is Monday at 6 pm Eastern time.

-Schools choosing to pay per entry rather than establish membership in SNAFU will be charged $10 per covered speech entry and $20 per covered debate entry.

-Please provide a qualified judge for every eight IE slots and every 2 IPDA slots.

-Drop fees are the original entry fee plus $15 penalty after the entry deadline, plus $25 if dropped on Saturday or Sunday.

-Dropped judges after the entry deadline will each be assessed a $150 fee in addition to standard judge fees.

-The SNAFU tournament director will assess tournament entries and begin enforcing drop fees by the established entry deadline.

Competition rounds are expected to run on time. The Tournament Director has the discretion to apply nuisance fees to a team when their competitor(s) and/or judge(s) neglect their responsibilities. Double and triple-entered competitors will be given as much time as possible to make their appointed rounds within a scheduled flight pattern.

Schools will not be charged drop fees for dropping a slot between tournaments during a swing if the slot earned an AFA-NST qualification during the first half of the swing. These drops must be communicated to the Tournament Director ASAP following the Saturday awards assembly.

When entering a tournament, schools will be expected to provide one judge for every eight individual event entries and one judge for every two debaters in an individual debate format. The obligation for judge coverage is determined as of each tournament entry deadline.

-Please provide a qualified judge for every eight IE slots and every 2 IPDA slots.

You will receive a confirmation email detailing your entry in the evening after the entry deadline or soon thereafter. Please check the entry you submitted and immediately correct any errors directly at the Speechwire website.

A novice is defined as a student in their first two semesters of debate of any format, including high school. Please make sure you enter students in the appropriate division. The Tournament Director reserves the right to collapse divisions based on entry size.

SNAFU will use an open-door policy at its tournaments. Students should feel free to prioritize their mental health at tournaments. As such, students may leave a round at any time before, during, or after performances without penalty from judges.

We will award sweepstakes points as follows: 6 points for 1st place, 5 points for 2nd place, 4 points for 3rd place, 3 points for 4th place, 2 points for 5th place, 1 point for 6th place, and all remaining finalist placements.

For IPDA, sweepstakes points are awarded as follows: 2 points per prelim win, 4 points for reaching semifinals (if applicable), 5 points for 2nd place, and 6 points for 1st place.

Please note: Novice divisions/breakout rounds in IE or IPDA do NOT count towards sweepstakes.

1. SNAFU tournaments will offer two rounds of preliminary competition and a final round (except in the case of single-section events).

2. Any event with more than 50 entries competing in both preliminary rounds will feature a semifinal round.

3. We will offer an award for the top six entries in each individual event (two awards for duos).

4. The top three individual sweeps winners will each receive an award (students must be entered in four events to be eligible).

7. For IPDA, we will offer 3 or 4 preliminary rounds with the appropriate number of outrounds. Both finalists will receive an award.

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SNAFU #3 – Ed Leonard Memorial Tournament

Co-Hosted by Seton Hall University and SNAFU