QD Learning

* This form is used to enter students for the 2025 ASYNCHRONOUS National Online Forensics Championships (4th-12th Grade). Please read the following instructions carefully.

QD Tournament Participation Requirement
- Students who are enrolled in any of our group classes during the time of the tournament
- Students who are actively on 1:1 coaching package during the time of the tournament
- Students who are in our Competitive Program
- Tournament Participation is subject to Coach & Admin Approval

Who is eligible to participate?
- Students Grade: 4th - 12th
- Students in the advanced tracks (Interp, Limited Prep, Platform, and Competitive Lab)
- Art of Public Speaking and Little Orator students are generally not eligible unless they get approvals from their coaches.
- All entries will be reviewed for approval by our Tournament Lead coaches

How to fill this out?
- Please fill out one form for each participating student.
- Select the event the student will be competing in.

ASYNCHRONOUS TOURNAMENT
All events will be recorded and submitted by the video submission deadline. Parents/students are responsible to record their own event(s) and email it to QD Learning in order to be registered.

Asynchronous Instructions

1) Parents will record their child's speech at home
2) Upload the video onto Youtube as an UNLISTED video & in the description please put the Student's name and Event Name.
3) Email the Youtube link to qdlearning@gmail.com
* Recorded speech videos links must be emailed to qdlearning@gmail.com by 5/29/2025 by 5pm [exception of impromptu]

Deadlines:
- Register by Thursday 5/29/2025 by 5pm. Payment by 5/31/2025.
- Video Submissions Due by 5/29 by 5pm to qdlearning@gmail.com [except Impromptu]

- Any late sign ups will not be accepted.
- Any changes and drops after the deadline will incur a minimum $50 fee. Fees vary by tournament.

Tournament Fees
Tournament Service Fee: $30

Entry Fee Per Event for Speech: $40
Judging Fee for each SPEECH event: $40 (judging fee will be waived if parents can be judges for all required days)
Entry Fee Per Event for Debate: $40
Judging Fee for each DEBATE event: $40 (judging fee will be waived if parents can be judges for all required days)

**Drop deadline is May 30 at 7PM. No refunds will be issued after the deadline**

Events

Informative (10 minutes)

Persuasive/Original Oratory (10 minutes)

Poetry (7 minutes - black book required)

Prose (7 minutes - black book required)

Dramatic Interp (10 minutes)

Humorous Interp (10 minutes)

Declamation (10 minutes)

Impromptu (5 minutes) [Prompts will be released on 6/1 at 12pm]

Storytelling (5 minutes)

Async Congress Debate (3 minutes)

Async Lincoln Douglas Debate (8 minutes)

- Videos Links must be emailed to qdlearning@gmail.com by Thursday 5/29/2025 by 5pm [exception of Impromptu].

- Youtube video links should be uploaded as "Unlisted"