2020–2021 season

Last updated on July 9, 2021.

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Fall 2020

Tournament name	LIT	SUN	IKEA	NAQT IS-195	IO SATURNALIA	ACF Fall	ACF Winter	FLopen
Full name	Longhorn Invitational Tournament	Spring Undergraduate Novice	IKEA	NAQT IS-195	IO SATURNALIA	ACF Fall	ACF Winter	FLopen
Slot name	“Fall Medium 1”	“Fall Novice”	“Fall Medium 1”	“Early Fall Novice”	“Early Fall Novice”	ACF Fall	ACF Winter	“Fall Open”
Difficulty (target audience)	Medium ●●	Easy ●	Medium ●●◖	Easy ●	Easy ●	Easy ●	Medium ●●	Nationals ●●●◖
Eligibility (unless noted)	Closed; HS allowed	Closed; HS-only mirrors			Closed; HS-only mirrors	Closed; HS-only mirrors	Closed; HS-only mirrors	Open
Packet submission						Optional	Required if not new team
Example tournaments in this slot in past seasons	EFT 2019 EFT 2018 EFT 2017 EFT 2016 MFT PADAWAN IFT	FST SUN MUT EMT SMT	past Penn Bowls Terrapin DRAGOON QUARK	Collegiate Novice ICCS VCU Novice EACNT	Collegiate Novice ICCS VCU Novice EACNT	past ACF Falls	EFT 2019 EFT 2018 EFT 2017 EFT 2016 MFT PADAWAN IFT past ACF Winters	Fall Open PIANO CMST TTIAC “stanford housewrite” George Oppen Cane Ridge Revival
Announced on	6/5/19	8/8/19	4/22/20		3/5/20	8/9/20	8/9/20	2/21/20
First mirror	9/5 3/8 (online playtest)	3/7	9/19	9/26	10/10	10/17	11/7	11/14
Last mirror	11/14	11/22	12/5	10/3	5/22	10/17	11/7	1/9
Mirrors	8 (see on map)	3 (see on map)	10 (see on map)	3 (see on map)	13 (see on map)	14 (see on map)	13 (see on map)	4 (see on map)
☆ Online playtest
☆ Online	10/24 Illinois HS only		9/19 Online Open 9/27 Online Open 11/8 HS Open HS only open		5/22 General HS only cancelled		11/7 Online HS only	11/21 Online
☆ New England					12/5 MIT Northeast	10/17 Harvard Northeast	11/7 Yale Northeast	1/9 MIT
☆ New York	9/26 Stony Brook Northeast					10/17 Stony Brook Northeast/Mid-Atlantic overflow
☆ N. Mid-Atlantic			10/24 Columbia Northeast 10/3 Mid-Atlantic		1/17 Ridgewood HS only	10/17 NYU N. Mid-Atlantic 10/17 Ridgewood HS only	11/7 Rutgers N. Mid-Atlantic
☆ S. Mid-Atlantic	9/5 Duke Mid-Atlantic				10/10 VCU S. Mid-Atlantic 2/27 UVA HS only 4/10 East Chapel Hill HS only	10/17 North Carolina S. Mid-Atlantic	11/7 Maryland S. Mid-Atlantic
☆ Upper South							11/7 Vanderbilt Southeast
☆ Deep South			10/24 Georgia Tech Southeast		11/21 Georgia Tech Southeast	10/17 South Carolina Southeast
☆ Florida	10/3 Florida Southeast	9/12 Florida Southeast						11/14 Florida Southeast
☆ Texas/Louisiana	9/26 UT-Austin Great Plains					10/17 Rice South	11/7 UT-Austin South
☆ Southwest
☆ S. California			12/5 UCSD West Coast		4/3 Westview HS only		11/7 USC California
☆ N. California	10/24 Stanford West Coast				1/16 Cal Cup 3 HS only	10/17 Berkeley California
☆ Pacific Northwest		11/22 IQAT Northwest/California		9/26 Idaho	1/10 British Columbia Western		11/7 Washington Northwest
☆ Rocky Mountains						10/17 Colorado Northwest
☆ Great Plains			10/3 Great Plains
☆ Missouri					4/3 Ladue HS only
☆ Upper Midwest			12/5 Iowa Midwest	10/3 Minnesota	10/10 Mounds View HS only	10/17 Carleton North	11/7 Iowa North
☆ Central Midwest	11/14 Illinois Upper Midwest				2/6 UIUC Illinois HS only	10/17 Illinois Midwest	11/7 Midwest
☆ Eastern Midwest		10/10 MSU Midwest			5/8 Copley HS only	10/17 Chicago Great Lakes	11/7 OSU Great Lakes
☆ Canada	9/19 Canada		11/21 Waterloo Canada	9/26 Toronto		10/17 McGill Canada	11/7 Toronto Canada
☆ UK						10/17 UK	11/7 Warwick	11/28 Southampton
☆ Asia
Question content is not clear until at least	1/19confirmed clear	12/1confirmed clear	6/15confirmed clear	never	6/22confirmed clear	10/18confirmed clear	11/8confirmed clear	1/25confirmed clear
Packets on archive?	2020 LIT packets	2020 SUN packets	2020 IKEA packets	never	2020 IO SATURNALIA packets	2020 ACF Fall packets	2020 ACF Winter packets	2020 FLopen packets

Spring 2021

Tournament name	ACF Regionals	WORKSHOP	Delta Burke	STASH	SMH	SMH 2	Spring Novice	NAQT ICT	ACF Nationals
Full name	ACF Regionals	WORKSHOP	Delta Burke	Spring TJ Advanced Scholastic Housewrite	Southeast-Midwest Housewrite	Southeast-Midwest Housewrite 2	Spring Novice	NAQT Intercollegiate Championship Tournament	ACF Nationals
Slot name	ACF Regionals	“Spring Medium 1”	“Late Fall Novice”	“Spring Novice 3”	“Spring Novice 1”	“Spring Novice 4”	“Spring Novice 2”	NAQT ICT	ACF Nationals
Difficulty (target audience)	Regionals ●●●	Regionals ●●●	Easy ●	Easy ●◖	Easy ●◖	Easy ●◖	Easy ●	Nationals (or Med. in Div II) ●●●● (or ●● in Div II)	Nationals ●●●●
Eligibility (unless noted)	Closed			Closed	Closed	Closed	Novices only	Qualify at NAQT SCT	Qualify at ACF Regionals
Packet submission	Required half-packet								Optional
Example tournaments in this slot in past seasons	past ACF Regionals WAO MLK VCU Closed	PADAWAN WORKSHOP	past Delta Burkes	PACE NSC ILLIAC FST SUN MUT EMT SMT	ILLIAC FST SUN MUT EMT SMT	SMH ILLIAC FST SUN MUT EMT SMT	FST SUN MUT EMT SMT	past NAQT ICTs	past ACF Nationals
Announced on	10/22/20	7/8/20	1/9/21	10/11/20	12/20/20	3/21/21	10/24/20	2/1/21	7/9/21
First mirror	1/30	2/13 2/6 (online playtest)	2/13	12/19	2/20	4/17	3/27	4/10	8/7
Last mirror	1/31	5/1	3/28	4/24	6/26	6/26	4/17	4/10	8/7
Mirrors	10 (see on map)	11 (see 10 on map)	3 (see on map)	8 (see on map)	9 (see on map)	7 (see on map)	11 (see on map)	1 (see on map)	1 (see on map)
☆ Online playtest		2/6 Online Open
☆ Online	1/30 Invitational Northeast 1/31 Westview HS HS only	4/24 Open cancelled 5/1 National HS Supersite HS invite only	3/28 HS Open HS only open	4/17 Open HS only cancelled	3/20 Open Open 6/26 AQBL ONCT HS only	5/15 Open Open 6/26 AQBL ONCT HS only	4/10 Traditional Academic Tournament HS only	4/10 Online
☆ New England	1/30 Yale Northeast	2/13 Harvard Northeast		3/13 NYU Northeast	2/27 Northeast	4/18 Northeast	4/17 MIT
☆ New York
☆ N. Mid-Atlantic	1/30 NYU N. Mid-Atlantic			4/24 Mid-Atlantic	3/6 Mid-Atlantic	4/17 Mid-Atlantic/Southeast	3/27 Rutgers N. Mid-Atlantic
☆ S. Mid-Atlantic		2/20 UNC/Duke Mid-Atlantic	2/13 VCU				3/27 UNC/Duke S. Mid-Atlantic
☆ Upper South
☆ Deep South	1/30 Georgia Tech Southeast			4/3 Southeast HS only	2/27 Southeast		3/27 Georgia Tech Southeast
☆ Florida		3/6 Florida Southeast
☆ Texas/Louisiana
☆ Southwest
☆ S. California	1/30 USC/Washington West	3/6 Claremont Colleges West
☆ N. California				3/20 British Columbia West 3/27 West Coast HS only	2/20 West	5/1 West	4/3 Berkeley West
☆ Pacific Northwest
☆ Rocky Mountains
☆ Great Plains	1/30 Nebraska South Central				3/6 Central
☆ Missouri		3/27 WUSTL Lower Midwest cancelled
☆ Upper Midwest	1/30 Minnesota North	3/27 Minnesota Midwest					4/17 Carleton Central
☆ Central Midwest		3/6 Indiana HS NASAT		4/17 Great Lakes HS only	2/20 Midwest	4/24 Midwest/Central	4/17 Purdue Midwest		8/7 Northwestern
☆ Eastern Midwest		3/15 Ohio HS NASAT	3/13 OSU				3/27 CMU Great Lakes
☆ Canada	1/30 Toronto Canada	3/6 McMaster Canada		2/13 McGill Canada		5/1 Canada	3/27 Toronto Canada
☆ UK	1/30 Imperial	3/6 BSQC		3/20 UK Quizbowl	3/20 Oxford Brookes		3/27 Southampton
☆ Asia
Question content is not clear until at least	2/14confirmed clear	5/6confirmed clear	11/23confirmed clear	7/31confirmed clear	6/28confirmed clear	6/28confirmed clear	5/16confirmed clear	never	8/9confirmed clear
Packets on archive?	2021 ACF Regionals packets	2021 WORKSHOP packets	2021 Delta Burke packets	2021 STASH packets	2021 SMH packets	2021 SMH 2 packets	2021 Spring Novice packets	never	2021 ACF Nationals packets

Summary

Fall 2020

Tournament name	Difficulty	Known mirrors	≤	Sep 5	Sep 12	Sep 19	Sep 26	Oct 3	Oct 10	Oct 17	Oct 24	Oct 31	Nov 7	Nov 14	Nov 21	Nov 28	Dec 5	Dec 12	Dec 19	Dec 26	≥
LIT	●●	8		1 ˘		1	2 ˘²	1 ˘			2 º˘²			1 ˘							†
SUN	●	3			1 ˘				1 ˘						1 ª˘	†
IKEA	●●◖	10				1 º˘	1 ªº˘	2			2 ˘²		1 ªº˘		1 ˘		2 ˘²				†
NAQT IS-195	●	3					2	1
IO SATURNALIA	●	13							2 ˘²						1 ˘		1 ˘				9 ª²*˘⁹†
ACF Fall	●	14								14 ˘†
ACF Winter	●●	13											13 º˘†
FLopen	●●●◖	4												1 ˘	1 º	1					1 †
Total mainstream mirrors		52		1	1	1	4	4	2	13	3		12	2	3	1	3				2

Spring 2021

Tournament name	Difficulty	Known mirrors	≤	Jan 16	Jan 23	Jan 30	Feb 6	Feb 13	Feb 20	Feb 27	Mar 6	Mar 13	Mar 20	Mar 27	Apr 3	Apr 10	Apr 17	Apr 24	May 1	May 8	May 15	≥
ACF Regionals	●●●	10				10 ªº²˘⁹		†
WORKSHOP	●●●	11					PT º˘	1 ˘	1 ˘		5 ˘⁴	1 ª˘		1 *˘				*	1 º˘†
Delta Burke	●	3						1				1		1 ªº˘								†
STASH	●◖	8						1 ˘				1 ˘	2 ˘	1 ˘	1 ˘		1 *˘	1				†
SMH	●◖	9							2	2	2		2 º˘									1 º˘†
SMH 2	●◖	7															2 ª	1	2		1 º˘	1 º˘†
Spring Novice	●	11												6 ˘⁵	1 ˘	1 º˘	3 ˘²				†
NAQT ICT	●●●● or ●●	1														1 º
ACF Nationals	●●●●	1																				1 †
Total mainstream mirrors		45				8		3	3	2	6	2	3	7	1		5	2	2			1

Cancelled mirrors this year: 4

The usual numbers of mainstream mirrors per week are conveyed in this plot of all such mirrors since Fall 2017 (as of November 2021).

Key

• Difficulty is rated on the following four-level scale. Read more about the difficulty scale here.

  Dots	Difficulty	Difficulty is most comfortable for			Example (non-definitional)
  		Beginners	Intermediates	Experts
  ●	Easy	✓︎	✓︎		2017 ACF Fall
  ●●	Medium	✓︎	✓︎	✓︎	2020 ACF Winter or 2017 EFT
  ●●●	Regionals	︎	✓	✓︎	2018 ACF Regionals
  ●●●●	Nationals	︎	︎	✓︎	2018 ACF Nationals and above

• Question marks (as in “NAQT Collegiate Novice??”) indicate degree of guesswork/uncertainty because no information/announcement has been posted yet.

• Summary displays all of the season’s known tournaments at a glance, binned by week. All information is subject to change. Symbols: º = at least one online mirror; ª = at least one mirror not on Saturday; * = at least one cancelled mirror; ˘ = at least one mirror with exceptional eligibility; † = set content is not confirmed clear until at least this week; active mirror period; ideal mirror period (or “preferred mirroring window”); PT = early online playtest mirror; bold = at least 5 mirrors during this week; date = date is N weeks after the first mirror. Totals do not count cancelled or TBD mirrors, and “mainstream mirrors” of college quizbowl do not count high school or online mirrors.