Fees, Payments, Judging Obligations

Entry Fees

LD & Individual Events — $60

Policy, PF, and DUO — $120

Hired Judging

PF & LD — $75 per round

CX — $85 per round

IE — $150 per whole hired judge (no partial hires)

Congress — $150 per whole hired judge (no partial hires)

Hired judging is expensive. We'd rather have your judges than your money.

Payments — You can pay by check or credit card.

Checks should be made out to:

Georgia Forensics Coaches Association
c/o Richard Bracknell, Treasurer
Carrollton High School
201 Trojan Drive
Carrollton, GA 30117

Pay by credit card

Judging Obligations

Lincoln Douglas — 3 rounds per entry

Public Forum — 3 rounds per entry

Policy — 3 rounds per entry

Speech — 1 judge per 3 entries

Bylaw 3.2.5.2

At the Varsity Speech & Debate State Championship, judges fulfilling a school’s obligation are obligated two full rounds past that school’s exit from the tournament in that judging pool. The round obligations are for preliminary rounds only. All judges are obligated for the first two elimination rounds unless covered by additional judges in missing timeslots. If judges need to be timeblocked, other judges should be entered to fulfill that timeblock obligation. For example, if a school owes 6 rounds of policy debate for a 5 round preliminary tournament, the school would need to supply two judges to fulfill those preliminary round obligations and both judges would be obligated to judge at least the first two elimination rounds. If a judge cannot cover the elimination round obligation, an additional judge should be supplied to cover that obligation.

Judge Bond — $100

The judge bond ensures that schools fulfill their judging obligation. If a judge does not show up for a round, the school forfeits their judge bond. The judge bond, as long as it is not used, only needs to be paid for one of the GFCA tournaments. As long as the judge bond is not used, the judge bond will be applied to dues for the 2023-2024 season. If the school prefers that the judge bond not be used for next year's dues, they can request the judge bond to be refunded.