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The

Katy Taylor High School
Fall Classic Forensics Tournament

is proud to serve as a bid tournament for

The National Tournament of Champions

held annually at the University of Kentucky

in

Congress—Tier 2 Bid (Top 16)

Public Forum--Finals Bid (Gold)/Semi-finals (Silver)

Individual Events—Based on event entry

and

NIETOC-the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to attend the HYBRID (Katy) Taylor High School Fall Classic Forensic Tournament on November 12-14, 2026.

All DEBATE events will be virtual on NSDA Campus. Please note that all debate events begin on Thursday, November 12.

All INDIVIDUAL EVENTS and NOVICE CONGRESS will be in person on the Taylor campus on Saturday, November 14. IN-PERSON Novice Congress will run concurrent with our Section B events, so students in Novice Congress MAY NOT CROSS ENTER IN SECTION B EVENTS.

We are excited to be a qualifying tournament fortwo national tournaments includinga Kentucky TOC FULL FINALS (top 16) qualifier for the Congress TOC, a TOC finals bid in Public Forum, and an Individual Events qualifier, based on the entry numbers in each event. In addition, the Taylortournament will be a qualifier for the National Individual EventsTournament of Champions (NIETOC), which will be held May 14–16, 2027, at Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, Colorado.

We are a TFA qualifying tournament and will be offering all TFA events as well as impromptu speaking, prose and poetry. We will also offer a novice division in extemp, novice interpretation, Congress, PF, Policy, and LD if entry numbers warrant. Anovicefor our tournament will be defined as a student in his/her first year of high school competition in the current academic school year.

The championship divisions in debate will consist of 4 preliminary rounds (5 rounds in Varsity Public Forum) leading to an elimination bracket. All novice divisions in debate will consist of3 preliminary rounds leading to eliminations.WE WILL NOT BREAK BRACKETS IN DEBATE.

We will follow TFA rules in all events. Coaches unfamiliar with TFA events and rules can access information on the TFA website athttps://texasforensicassociation.com.

All entries must be submitted via the Tabroom.com website.

Please note that, in accordance with recent TFA rule changes, students from the Taylor speech and debate team may be competing in tournament events.

We hope to see you in November.

Sincerely,

Gay Hollis and

Greg McGee

Taylor Debate