NASPA maintains its [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html calendar] of
sanctioned tournaments as an information resource for its members. You may use the [[Media:Tournament_Listing_Information.pdf|Tournament Listing Form]] to gather information about your tournament for sanctioning. Registered directors must apply to the [[Tournament Committee]] to add fully rated tournaments (and, effective September 1, 2010, all rated tournaments) to the calendar by emailing the committee mailing list
[mailto:naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com].
The tournament and director running the tournament must satisfy the following conditionsfor ORT and TCC events:
* No other multi-day SCRABBLE game tournaments occurring within two weekends and 200 miles of your proposed [[Tournament venue|tournament]] (a one-day tournament can be separated by just one week from a multi-day tournament; tours/cruises with similar itineraries need 90-day separation).
* Exception: if the organizers of the conflicting tournaments are agreeable, NASPA can sanction both.
** The term “200 miles” in tournament distance calculations shall mean 200 miles driving distance from venue address to venue address, as measured by Google Maps using the default driving directions. The Tournament Committee may consider appeals for exception in the event that Google Maps is shown to be in error, and may select an alternative mileage calculation tool should Google Maps be deemed unreliable.
* the application is submitted eight six weeks before the planned event
* the director’s membership expires after the end of the planned event
Local Club Tournaments (LCT), which are 1/3-rated, do not will require advance sanctioning as of September 1, 2010 and are not will be listed in the calendar. LCT's have the same Player Participation fee as sanctioned Open Rated Tournaments.