Virginia District Qualifier

for the 2023 National Tournament

Important Information and Reminders

Reminders for Speech 2023:

Only rounds with the specified number of entries will have finals. Come back soon for more information! Check your STRENGTH. This will determine how many students you are allowed to enter into the tournaments. The NSDA Manual is very helpful in understanding the tournament structure and how many speakers can advance to Nationals 2023. It's a live document! Virginia is Level 3.

Reminders for Debate 2023:

The debate portion of the District Qualifier will follow the guidelines that are in the Pilot District Tournament Operations Manual. The tournament guidelines can be found on pages 3 through 9 of the Pilot District Tournament Operations Manual. The Event guidelines can be found on pages 23-34 of the Unified High School Manual.

The Congressional Debate pilot qualification rules have now been implemented as the permanent set of rules governing district tournaments beginning in 2020-2021. Those rules can be found in the Unified Manual.

School Fees:

There are two issues with fees for the tournament. All NSDA charges must have been paid with a check or a purchase order. NSDA will advise what the outstanding balance of each school. You must resolve any open items with them before the tournament. Your district committee has no jurisdiction over NSDA balances.

The entry fees for the district tournament are on the registration site as well as listed here:

Individual Speech Entries $20

Team Speech Entries $35

Individual Debate Entries (LD, BQ and Congress debate) $20

Team Debate Entries (DUO, PF, CX) $35

Double Entry Guidelines:

Students are permitted to enter a total of two events in the Speech and Debate/Congress district tournaments. There are some limitations to the allowance:

Students may enter almost any combination of two events they wish with the exclusions listed below:

Students may not enter two debate events (all debate events essentially run concurrently)

Students may enter both Congress debate and one regular debate event (For example house and PF debate).

Students may not enter two team events in debate

Students may not enter two draw events in speech

Students who enter a team event in speech may enter a debate event with the same partner.