FEES

ENTRY FEES

Each policy team entry fee is $95.00.

Each public forum team entry fee is $50.00.

Each LD debater entry fee is $85.00.

PAYMENT OF FEES

Fees must be paid by the time of registration on Friday, September 24. If your district has difficulty processing checks, please submit check requests early.  

Checks should be made out to Friends of Valley Debate. 

DO NOT MAKE CHECKS TO "VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL." If you need a copy of the W9 for Friends of Valley Debate, request one via email at mcgin029@gmail.com. 

Mail fees to:

                        Valley High School, attention David McGinnis

                        3650 Woodland Avenue

                        West Des Moines, Iowa 50266-2198

HIRED JUDGING FEES

We will hire a limited number of judges to cover obligations for schools. Our fee is comparable to other large tournaments, but is still significant. Our goals are first, to encourage schools to provide judges, ensuring the highest quality and most diverse judging pool possible, and second, to allow us to pay our hired judges a reasonable wage. Please be aware of the additional fees before you request hired judges. 

Judge coverage is not guaranteed. Request coverage through the Tabroom system, and you will be notified if it is available. 

 Judges are hired on a per-round basis. 

One round of judging in LD or PF debate costs $60. One round of judging in policy debate costs $80.

SOPHOMORE THROW-DOWN HIRED JUDGING

If you need to hire a judge to cover your entry to the Sophomore Throw-Down, the cost is $125 per judge. 

NUISANCE FEE FOR MISSED JUDGING

Schools will be charged an $125.00 per round nuisance fee for each round missed by any of their judges. Make sure your judges are available and on time.