Novice of the year, or NOTY was one of the 4 yearly -OTY awards introduced to APDA in the early 2000's alongside TOTY, SOTY, and COTY. The calculation is the sum of a novice's top 5 points granting novice speaker awards, where tournament points are 10+1(x/8) rounded down and x is the number of novice debaters in attendance, beginning at the first tournament after novice weekend. Alongside the award, the parallel SOTY recipient would create a personalized hand turkey for their NOTY pair. The award was abolished in 2020.