NASPA maintains its [{{SERVER}}/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 application is submitted 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, will require advance sanctioning as of September 1, 2010 and will be listed in the calendar. LCT's have the same Player Participation fee as Open Rated Tournaments.
As of Jan 2010, NASPA is [[SOWPODS rating system | sanctioning and rating tournaments using the SOWPODS word list]] (now more commonly known as the Collins SCRABBLE Words, or CSW). If you would like your tournament to use CSW, please specify that when requesting sanctioning.