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See also:
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/ NASPA home]: contains the most recent tweets.
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* [[IContact]]: an online archive of NASPA News (originally called Tournament Talk), a weekly newsletter, and other emails sent to the membership.
* [[NASPA Bulletin]]: an online archive of NASPA Bulletins.
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* [[NASPA Bulletin]]: an online archive of NASPA Bulletins (not currently in publication).
* [[Club news]]
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* [[Club news]]: news about activities at our sanctioned clubs
* [[Member news]]
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* [[Member news]]: news about our members outside of their Scrabble lives
 
* [[SCRABBLE in the news]] : Links to articles about SCRABBLE players, clubs, and tournaments.
 
* [[SCRABBLE in the news]] : Links to articles about SCRABBLE players, clubs, and tournaments.
 
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html Tournament calendar]: upcoming tournaments
 
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html Tournament calendar]: upcoming tournaments
* [[Tournament results]]
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* [[Tournament results]]: past tournaments
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* ... and our home page, which will always list the top stories.
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== Current news ==
 
== Current news ==
  
=== November 29, 2009: Pakorn Nemitrmansuk wins World Championship ===
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=== June 6, 2019 [[2019 Advisory Board Elections]] - Results ===
 
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There were no contested seats after the nomination process so an election was not needed.  
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand has won the [[2009 World SCRABBLE Championship]] by defeating [[Nigel Richards]] in the finals.
 
 
 
=== November 28, 2009: updated Director's Manual ===
 
 
 
An update to the [[Directors Manual|Director’s Manual]] has been posted.  Most of the changes deal with the transition from NSA to NASPA.
 
 
 
=== November 16, 2009: new Club News page ===
 
 
 
New [[Club news]] page has been created.  If a player does something newsworthy at club, please
 
follow the instructions on the [[Club news]] page to submit it for posting.
 
 
 
=== November 13, 2009: Bulletin V.1, No.3 public release ===
 
 
 
The most recent issue of the [[NASPA Bulletin]] is now available for public download.
 
 
 
=== November 9, 2009: Clarified tournament separation guidelines ===
 
 
 
Clarified the time and distance separation guidelines for sanctioning multi-day and one-day [[tournaments]].
 
 
 
=== November 3, 2009: password requests are more secure ===
 
 
 
We have been getting one or two complaints a month from
 
members whose passwords are getting reset by other people
 
mistyping their NASPA IDs and clicking on the button to
 
reset and resend a random password.  We have just made the
 
process a little more secure by requiring the person to enter
 
your current email address when asking for the password.
 
 
 
=== November 3, 2009: Bulletin Volume 1, Number 3 released ===
 
 
 
The new
 
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl issue of the bulletin] has begun its one-week members-only preview.
 
 
 
=== November 3, 2009: Membership Card, online payment ===
 
 
 
Effective immediately, current members can print
 
their own
 
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/mcard.pl membership card],
 
and new members can apply for and pay for
 
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/join.pl membership online].
 
 
 
=== November 1, 2009: submit profile photos online ===
 
 
 
Effective immediately, players can
 
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/addphoto.pl submit  profile photos] through
 
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/services.pl Member services].
 
Profile photos are used in
 
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/2009/lxt/ tournament results],
 
by some [[tsh|tournament software]]
 
and of course in
 
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/player.pl member profiles].
 
 
 
=== November 1, 2009: Noncontiguous rating data accepted ===
 
 
 
We now accept noncontiguous
 
[[submitting tournament results|rating data submissions]],
 
that is, ones in which the players are not listed
 
by division.
 
 
 
== October 2009 ==
 
 
 
=== October 27, 2009: New policies ===
 
 
 
[[Steering Committee]] has unanimously approved two [[NASPA policies]] concerning endorsements and donations.
 
 
 
=== October 18, 2009: Member list available for directors ===
 
 
 
A new [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/list-members.pl member list application] allows [[directors]] (only) to get a list of all current NASPA members in a concise format, sorted alphabetically.
 
 
 
=== October 11, 2009: Spokespersons named ===
 
 
 
NASPA’s [[Executive Committee]] has named
 
[[Robin Pollock Daniel]] and [[Matthew Hodge]]
 
as official spokespersons.
 
 
 
=== October 8, 2009: NASPA joins WESPA ===
 
 
 
As of today, NASPA is a Class 1 member of the
 
World English-language Scrabble Players Association
 
(WESPA). For more information, see the
 
[[NASPA Joins WESPA|full text of the announcement.]]
 
 
 
== September 2009 ==
 
 
 
=== September 25, 2009: York, PA rated ===
 
 
 
The tournament held in York, PA on 2009-09-12 has finally
 
been rated.  Since all ratings are now processed in
 
chronological order (to be precise, in order of
 
tournament start times), some subsequently re-rated
 
events may have different ratings.  Directors are
 
asked to submit rating data as quickly as possible
 
to minimize the amount of re-rating that takes place.
 
 
 
=== September 24, 2009: NSC 2010 Hotel Reservations Link posted ===
 
 
 
We have added a link from our
 
[[2010 National SCRABBLE Championship]] page to the Intercontinental Hotel’
 
group reservations page for players who wish to book rooms
 
at our group rate.
 
 
 
=== September 22, 2009: Newsletter Committee dissolved ===
 
 
 
NASPA has dissolved its Newsletter Committee, after having been unable to come to agreement concerning responsibilities.
 
 
 
=== September 21, 2009: 2000 members ===
 
 
 
The number of NASPA members in the  [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/members.pl membership database] surpassed 2000 today.
 
 
 
=== September 14, 2009: rules clarified ===
 
 
 
[[Rules Committee]] has issued a clarification regarding a rule in [[Official Tournament Rules]], describing what is a “reporting error” that could be corrected after result slip submission.
 
 
 
=== September 5, 2009: Manchester, CT rated ===
 
 
 
The [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/2009/lxt/08/021.shtml August 22 tournament] directed by David B. Carlson in Manchester, CT has been rated, and has caused at least one subsequent tournament to be re-rated. We apologize for the delay in posting these results and the inconvenience of the re-rating process.
 
 
 
=== September 1, 2009: Membership Committee addition ===
 
 
 
[[John Robertson]] has joined the [[Membership Committee]] to help facilitate Canadian dollar transactions.
 
 
 
== August 2009 ==
 
 
 
=== August 23, 2009: New committee established ===
 
 
 
A new committee, [[Governance Committee]], has been established.
 
 
 
=== August 22, 2009: NASPA Newsletter, issue 2 ===
 
 
 
[[Newsletter Committee]] has published the second issue of ''NASPA Tournament SCRABBLE  Newsletter''. 
 
 
 
=== August 20, 2009: WSC team substitution ===
 
 
 
[[John Luebkemann]] has withdrawn from the US team for the [[2009 World SCRABBLE Championship]] and has been replaced by Brian Bowman.
 
 
 
=== August 7, 2009: 2010 NSC dates ===
 
 
 
The [[2010 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in Dallas will take place on August 7–11, 2010.
 
 
 
=== August 5, 2009: Dave Wiegand wins National SCRABBLE Championship ===
 
 
 
[[Dave Wiegand]] from Portland, OR wins the [[2009 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in Dayton, OH and receives the $10,000 prize.  The runner-up is the last year’s champion and the reigning [[WSC|world champion]] [[Nigel Richards]] from Malaysia.  Dave defeated Nigel in the last two rounds today to win the tournament by a narrow margin; both players won 25 games but Dave accumulated a higher point spread (+1728 vs. +1593).  This is the second championship for Dave; he also won the title in 2005.
 
 
 
Joel Wapnick from Montreal, QC placed third in the first division with 22 wins.  Divisions two through five were won by Thomas Reinke from Middleton, WI, Dave Leonard from Buffalo, NY, Max Karten from Barrington, RI and Doug Szymkowiak from North Ridgeville, OH.
 
 
 
Final standings:
 
* [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/1/31.html Division 1].
 
* [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/2/31.html Division 2].
 
* [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/3/31.html Division 3].
 
* [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/4/31.html Division 4].
 
* [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/5/31.html Division 5].
 
 
 
=== August 3, 2009: next NSC in Dallas ===
 
  
The location of the next two (2010 and 2011) National SCRABBLE Championships has been announced: [http://www.intercontinental.com/dallas Hotel InterContinental Dallas].
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=== May 2, 2019 Collins 2019 to Take Effect on July 1, 2019 ===
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The NASPA [[Advisory Board]] decided that the [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/scrabble/ Collins Official SCRABBLE Words 2019] will take effect for Collins play at sanctioned clubs and tournaments on July 1, 2019.  
  
== July 2009 ==
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=== April 29, 2019 [[2019 Advisory Board Elections]] - Nominations open ===
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Elections for NASPA's Advisory Board (AB) are approaching. This year three elective seats need to be filled:
  
=== July 31, 2009: National SCRABBLE Championship ===
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* US South
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* US West
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* At Large
  
The [[2009_National_SCRABBLE_Championship|event]] registration took place today in Dayton, OH, Convention Center.  Games start tomorrow morning.  Stay tuned for near-realtime [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/nsc online coverage].
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Nominations are open from May 1 through May 31, 2019. To nominate yourself or someone else, contact NASPA at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org].
  
=== July 21, 2009: the first NASPA Newsletter ===
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=== March 3, 2019 [[Zyzzyva]] Release 3.2.0 Available for [[NWL2018]] ===
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NASPA Zyzzyva Release 3.2.0 is now available for the Windows and Mac OS X platforms.
  
The first issue of ''NASPA Tournament SCRABBLE Newsletter'' is ready
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=== February 1, 2019 [[Ted Gest]] chairs [[Club/Director Committee]] ===
and available online,
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We thank Ted Gest for succeeding Alan Stern as chair of
thanks to the efforts of [[Newsletter Committee]] and
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the NASPA Club/Director Committee; and thank Alan for his past service.
approximately 50 other volunteers.
 
  
=== July 10, 2009: tournament results and ratings online ===
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=== January 8, 2019 [[Sue Tremblay]] joins [[Club/Director Committee]] ===
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We thank Sue Tremblay for joining the NASPA Club/Director Committee.
  
The new
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=== January 8, 2019 [[John Bulten]] joins [[Dictionary Committee]] ===
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/submit-rdata.pl tournament data submission application]
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We thank John Bulten for joining the NASPA Dictionary Committee;
is online.
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John had previously been a valued member of the NSA Dictionary Committee.
  
We have a new [[tournament results]] page that has the official results
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=== January 7, 2019 [[OTCWL2018]] PDFs posted to [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services] ===
of the first NASPA-rated tourneys (Albany, Reno, Charleston, Laguna Woods)
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The new words found in the Official Tournament and Club Word List, 2018 Edition have been posted on NASPA Member Services as easily printable PDFs.  
as well as copies of NSA results for the first half of 2009.
 
  
The [[ratings]] page has been updated with a link to the current
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=== January 3, 2019 [[OTCWL2018]] implementation delayed ===
official NASPA ratings and an archive of historical monthly NSA ratings.
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The [[Advisory Board]] has determined that implementation of OTCWL2018 will be delayed from February 1, 2019 to March 1, 2019.
  
=== July 1, 2009: official NSA-NASPA transition date ===
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=== January 1, 2019 [[Joshua Sokol]] and [[Colin Viebrock]] acclaimed to [[Canadian Committee]] ===
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We thank Joshua Sokol for continuing on in his role at the NASPA Canadian Committee, and welcome first-time member Colin Viebrock, who replaces the outgoing [[Mad Palazzo]].
  
On July 1, the coordination of [[tournaments]] and [[clubs]] was officially transitioned from the [[NSA]] to NASPA. All tournament participants are required to be NASPA [[members]].
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=== December 5, 2018 [[OTCWL2018]] released ===
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The electronic text of the Official Tournament and Club Word List, 2018 Edition is now available for download from Member Services. It will take effect on February 1, 2019.
  
== June 2009 ==
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=== October 3, 2018 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship Announced ===
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The 2019 [[North American SCRABBLE Championship]] will be held in Reno, Nevada, on July 20 to 24, 2019.
  
=== June 22, 2009: New committee established ===
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=== August 8, 2018 [[Joel Sherman]] wins [[2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] ===
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Congratulations to [[Joel Sherman]], winner of the [[2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]. View the [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2018/nsc/build/nasc-winner-release.pdf press release].
  
A new committee, [[NASPA-WESPA Liaison Committee]], has been established to coordinate communication with [[WESPA]].
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=== August 2, 2018 [[Advisory Board]] Appointments ===
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[[Lila Crotty]], [[Jennifer M Lee | Jennifer Lee]], and [[Ezekiel Markwei]] have been appointed to 2-year terms on the NASPA [[Advisory Board]].
  
=== June 19, 2009: Rules revision announced ===
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=== July 2, 2018 [[2018 Advisory Board Elections]] ===
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[[Cornelia Guest]] and [[Troy Thompson]] were reelected to the US Northeast and US Midwest districts.
  
[[John Luebkemann]] (chair of the [[Rules Committee]]) announces some minor changes to the [[Tournament rules | Official Tournament Rules]] to become effective August 1, 2009.
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=== June 2, 2018 [[2018 Advisory Board Elections]] - Voting open ===
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Voting for the 2 contested seats - US Northeast and US Midwest - runs from June 3rd through June 30th. [[Jackson Smylie]] wins the Canada district by acclamation.
  
=== June 18, 2009: Tournament types explained ===
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=== May 18, 2018 Form 990 is now Available ===
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NASPA's [[Financial Reports |2017 Form 990]] is now available online for review.
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=== April 26, 2018 [[2018 Advisory Board Elections]] - Nominations open ===
  
New table on [[Tournaments]] page highlights the difference between Local Club Tournaments (LCT) and the more typical Open Rated Tournaments (ORT).
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Elections for NASPA's Advisory Board (AB) are approaching. This year three elective seats need to be filled:
  
=== June 18, 2009: Trial memberships ===
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* US Northeast
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* US Midwest
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* Canada
  
Trial membership information for first-time tournament players added to the [[Tournaments]] page.
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Nominations are open from May 1 through May 31, 2018. To nominate yourself or someone else, contact NASPA at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org].  
  
=== June 17, 2009: News page created ===
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=== March 1, 2018 New [[Club/Director Committee]] member ===
  
This page was created today (some earlier recent items are included for convenience).
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We thank [[Ted Gest]] for joining the Club/Director committee.
  
=== June 15, 2009: PayPal unavailable ===
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=== January 31, 2018 [[Mina Le]] named [[International Committee]] cochair ===
  
Payments to NASPA can no longer be made through PayPal, as PayPal has determined that Scrabble is a form of illegal gambling.
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We thank Mina Le for stepping in to replace the late [[Steve Polatnick]] as our International Committee cochair, and representative on WESPA's Executive Committee.
The manual payment fee for [[2009_National_SCRABBLE_Championship#Registration|NSC registration]] has been waived.
 
  
=== June 5, 2009: New committee established ===
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=== January 29, 2018 [[Joshua Sokol]] named [[Canadian Committee]] chair ===
  
A new committee, [[Directors Manual Committee|Director’s Manual Committee]], has been established to update the [[Directors Manual|Director’s Manual]].
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We thank Joshua Sokol for accepting the unanimous nomination of his committee
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to be their new chair.
  
=== June 5, 2009: Reno sanctioned ===
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=== January 17, 2018 Canadian payment method update ===
  
The Reno tournaments starting July 1, 2009 are going to be NASPA events.
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As of this week, we no longer accept payment by cheque or money order in Canadian funds, but have begun experimentally accepting Canadian-denominated Interac e-Transfers.
  
=== June 3, 2009: New Bulletin available ===
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=== January 9, 2018 [[Will Anderson]] at CES ===
  
The newest bulletin can be downloaded [http://scrabbleplayers.org/bulletin/200905.pdf here].
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NASPA goes to [[CES 2018]]! See what happens when Will Anderson plays a Taiwanese robot.
  
 
== Archived news ==
 
== Archived news ==
  
None at this time.
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* [[2017 Breaking news archive]]
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* [[2016 Breaking news archive]]
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* [[2015 Breaking news archive]]
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* [[2014 Breaking news archive]]
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* [[2013 Breaking news archive]]
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* [[2012 Breaking news archive]]
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* [[2011 Breaking news archive]]
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* [[2010 Breaking news archive]]
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* [[2009 Breaking news archive]]

Revision as of 19:38, 10 June 2019

This page contains current and recent breaking news about NASPA.

See also:

  • IContact: an online archive of NASPA News (originally called Tournament Talk), a weekly newsletter, and other emails sent to the membership.
  • NASPA Bulletin: an online archive of NASPA Bulletins (not currently in publication).
  • Club news: news about activities at our sanctioned clubs
  • Member news: news about our members outside of their Scrabble lives
  • SCRABBLE in the news : Links to articles about SCRABBLE players, clubs, and tournaments.
  • Tournament calendar: upcoming tournaments
  • Tournament results: past tournaments
  • ... and our home page, which will always list the top stories.


Current news

June 6, 2019 2019 Advisory Board Elections - Results

There were no contested seats after the nomination process so an election was not needed.

May 2, 2019 Collins 2019 to Take Effect on July 1, 2019

The NASPA Advisory Board decided that the Collins Official SCRABBLE Words 2019 will take effect for Collins play at sanctioned clubs and tournaments on July 1, 2019.

April 29, 2019 2019 Advisory Board Elections - Nominations open

Elections for NASPA's Advisory Board (AB) are approaching. This year three elective seats need to be filled:

  • US South
  • US West
  • At Large

Nominations are open from May 1 through May 31, 2019. To nominate yourself or someone else, contact NASPA at info@scrabbleplayers.org.

March 3, 2019 Zyzzyva Release 3.2.0 Available for NWL2018

NASPA Zyzzyva Release 3.2.0 is now available for the Windows and Mac OS X platforms.

February 1, 2019 Ted Gest chairs Club/Director Committee

We thank Ted Gest for succeeding Alan Stern as chair of the NASPA Club/Director Committee; and thank Alan for his past service.

January 8, 2019 Sue Tremblay joins Club/Director Committee

We thank Sue Tremblay for joining the NASPA Club/Director Committee.

January 8, 2019 John Bulten joins Dictionary Committee

We thank John Bulten for joining the NASPA Dictionary Committee; John had previously been a valued member of the NSA Dictionary Committee.

January 7, 2019 OTCWL2018 PDFs posted to Member Services

The new words found in the Official Tournament and Club Word List, 2018 Edition have been posted on NASPA Member Services as easily printable PDFs.

January 3, 2019 OTCWL2018 implementation delayed

The Advisory Board has determined that implementation of OTCWL2018 will be delayed from February 1, 2019 to March 1, 2019.

January 1, 2019 Joshua Sokol and Colin Viebrock acclaimed to Canadian Committee

We thank Joshua Sokol for continuing on in his role at the NASPA Canadian Committee, and welcome first-time member Colin Viebrock, who replaces the outgoing Mad Palazzo.

December 5, 2018 OTCWL2018 released

The electronic text of the Official Tournament and Club Word List, 2018 Edition is now available for download from Member Services. It will take effect on February 1, 2019.

October 3, 2018 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship Announced

The 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship will be held in Reno, Nevada, on July 20 to 24, 2019.

August 8, 2018 Joel Sherman wins 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship

Congratulations to Joel Sherman, winner of the 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship. View the press release.

August 2, 2018 Advisory Board Appointments

Lila Crotty, Jennifer Lee, and Ezekiel Markwei have been appointed to 2-year terms on the NASPA Advisory Board.

July 2, 2018 2018 Advisory Board Elections

Cornelia Guest and Troy Thompson were reelected to the US Northeast and US Midwest districts.

June 2, 2018 2018 Advisory Board Elections - Voting open

Voting for the 2 contested seats - US Northeast and US Midwest - runs from June 3rd through June 30th. Jackson Smylie wins the Canada district by acclamation.

May 18, 2018 Form 990 is now Available

NASPA's 2017 Form 990 is now available online for review.

April 26, 2018 2018 Advisory Board Elections - Nominations open

Elections for NASPA's Advisory Board (AB) are approaching. This year three elective seats need to be filled:

  • US Northeast
  • US Midwest
  • Canada

Nominations are open from May 1 through May 31, 2018. To nominate yourself or someone else, contact NASPA at info@scrabbleplayers.org.

March 1, 2018 New Club/Director Committee member

We thank Ted Gest for joining the Club/Director committee.

January 31, 2018 Mina Le named International Committee cochair

We thank Mina Le for stepping in to replace the late Steve Polatnick as our International Committee cochair, and representative on WESPA's Executive Committee.

January 29, 2018 Joshua Sokol named Canadian Committee chair

We thank Joshua Sokol for accepting the unanimous nomination of his committee to be their new chair.

January 17, 2018 Canadian payment method update

As of this week, we no longer accept payment by cheque or money order in Canadian funds, but have begun experimentally accepting Canadian-denominated Interac e-Transfers.

January 9, 2018 Will Anderson at CES

NASPA goes to CES 2018! See what happens when Will Anderson plays a Taiwanese robot.

Archived news