Speech and Debate Tournament Software Features
Run your tournament from the first registration to the final results. ForensicsTournament.net brings registration, scheduling, tabulation, electronic ballots, and results together for directors, coaches, judges, and competitors.
Use FTN for in-person, online, or asynchronous tournaments, from elementary school through college.
Support for the events you run
Host speech individual events, debate, Congress, Readers Theater, British Parliamentary, and World Schools. Run a single event type or combine several in one tournament, with events and divisions organized around your competition.
Keep registration up to date
Coaches register competitors and judges online and update their entries while registration is open. Directors set deadlines, manage entry limits and waiting lists, and keep changes in one place.
Spend less time collecting updates by email and more time preparing for tournament day.
Build the schedule and run the rounds
Set up schedule blocks, events, divisions, and rooms. Pair rounds and assign judges using your tournament’s settings, then tabulate results as ballots come in.
Registration and tabulation work together, so your staff can manage the tournament in the same system.
Give judges electronic ballots
Judges enter decisions, rankings, or scores appropriate to the event and submit written feedback online. Tournament staff can check ballot status and follow up on outstanding ballots.
Electronic ballots support both in-person and online competition.
Keep coaches, judges, and competitors informed
Publish schedules and postings, share tournament announcements, and email registered coaches. Send electronic postings and ballots by email or text to help participants find their next round.
Share results and feedback
Publish tournament results for schools and competitors, and give coaches access to electronic ballots and feedback when you release them.
Choose which registration lists to make public, including schools, entries, and judges.
Manage tournament fees and payments
Set registration fees, track school balances, and manage custom charges and refunds. Schools can pay tournament registration fees by credit card through FTN.
In person, live online, or asynchronous
Use FTN to organize competition on campus, in live online rooms, or through recorded performances for asynchronous events. Keep registration, postings, ballots, and results together across these formats.
For live online tournaments, choose optional integrated FTNVideo rooms or use your own video conferencing service. FTNVideo is billed separately.
Built by tournament directors
FTN was created by forensics coaches and tournament directors and has served tournaments since 2006. Danny Cantrell, a college forensics coach, continues to develop it. Tournament setup and participation guides are available through the FTN Help Desk, and support is included with tournament service.
Try a sample electronic ballot