The head editor of 2024 ACF Nationals is Nick Jensen. Other editors are Jordan Brownstein, Jason Golfinos, Aseem Keyal, Eddie Kim, Joseph Krol, Stephen Liu, Grant Peet, Jonathen Settle, and Kevin Wang.
The tournament director will be Michael Kearney. Zac Bennett and Jacob Egol will be assistant tournament directors.
Eligibility
Information on who is eligible to play ACF tournaments can be found here.
Qualification
Information on qualification for ACF Nationals can be found here.
Fees and Discounts
- Base fee: $350
- Buzzer discount: -$20 per functioning buzzer system (with eight functioning buzzers). Please note that the buzzer discount will be revoked, and a further penalty of $10 assessed, for buzzers that are non-functional upon arriving to ACF Nationals.
- Staffer discount: -$100 for each staffer capable of reading a round in ca. 40 minutes.
- Packet discounts are listed below.
Packet Submission
This year, the editors of ACF Nationals are planning to write 12 editors’ packets and produce 12 packets from team submissions.
Packet submission for 2024 ACF Nationals will be mandatory. However, teams will only be required to submit half-packets. Teams should request a half-packet distribution by emailing [email protected].
Finalized tossups for 2024 ACF Nationals will be capped at 850 characters. Bonuses will be capped at 750 characters. However, this cap does not apply to submissions; submitting teams are allowed and encouraged to submit longer questions.
The packet deadlines are:
- -$75 packet submission discount (-$150 for a full packet): packet submitted by Sunday, December 3.
- -$50 packet submission discount (-$100 for a full packet): packet submitted by Sunday, December 24.
- -$25 packet submission discount (-$50 for a full packet): packet submitted by Sunday, January 14.
- -$0 packet submission deadline (-$25 for a full packet): packet submitted by Sunday, February 4.
- +$25 packet submission deadline: packet submitted by Sunday, February 25.
- +$50 packet submission deadline: packet submitted by Sunday, March 17.
- Later packet submissions will be charged $10/day late.
All packet submission deadlines are at 11:59 P.M. Eastern on the given day to [email protected]. Quality discounts may be awarded for packets that have a substantial number of questions that are usable with less editing. Quality discounts may be larger or smaller depending on the number of such questions.
It is expected that 2024 ACF Nationals will have a field cap of 48 teams, but more details about field size and staffing will be available in the coming months.