The tournament and director running the tournament must satisfy the following conditions for ORT and TCC events:
* Multi-day Tournament: No other multi-day SCRABBLE game tournaments occurring within two weekends and 200 miles of your proposed [[Tournament venue|tournament]] (a . No other one-day tournament can be separated by just one week from a multi-on the same day within 200 miles of your proposed [[Tournament venue|tournament; ]] (tours/cruises with similar itineraries need 90-day separation).* One-day Tournament: No other one-day tournament on same day within 200 miles.* Exception: if the organizers of the conflicting tournaments are agreeable, NASPA can will 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 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 sanctioned 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.