Newswink was NATwA’s primary newsletter publication from 1969 through 1997.

All published and printed editions of Newswink are listed on this page, along with links to web pages containing digitized, transcribed content.

In addition to the publication of editions of Newswink, periodically several other NATwA publications have appeared, in particular The Missing Wink, the Winkly Reader, plus a few others not directly associated with NATwA but instead, produced by individual winkers.

Subsequent to the historical publication of winks information in Newswink and other cited publications, NATwA winks communications and tournament reports have taken place via email and website postings.

Nowadays, articles about NATwA winks events often appear in ETwA’s Winking World, since Newswink is no longer produced.


Newswink 1 • April 1969 • 4 pages
Editor • Rosie Wain
Archives • original photocopy (NATwA)

Newswink 2 (Volume 2, Number 1) • April 1970 • 8 pages
Editor • Rosie Wain
Headline • Mitchell Wand Re-Elected
Archives • original photocopy (NATwA)

Newswink 3 (Volume 3, Number 1) • September 1970 • 8 pages
Editors • Rosie Wain and Andy Tomaszewski
Headline • Wand Drafted
Archives • original photocopy (NATwA)

Newswink (4) (Volume. 3, Number 2) • April 1971 • 12 pages
Editors • Rosie Wain and Andy Tomaszewski
Headline • Ferd Buys Truck
Archives • original photocopy (NATwA)

Newswink 5 • February 1972 • 16 pages

Editor • Bill Renke
Headline • Phil Boondocked
Archives • mimeographed original (NATwA)

Newswink (6) • February 1975 • 11 pages
Editors • Winx Canada
Headline • Winx Hunt
Archives • original photocopy (NATwA)

Newswink (7) • April 1975 • 9 pages
Editors • Winx Canada
Headline • José Sweeps Continentals
Archives • original photocopy (NATwA)

Newswink (8) • May 1978 • 4 pages
Editors • Joe Sachs and Sunshine
Headline • NATwA Cogs Grind
Archives • original photocopy (NATwA)

Newswink 9 • 17 February 1979 • 10 pages
Editors • Charles Frankston and Joe Sachs
Headline • Winkers’ Return Awaited
Archives • original photocopy (NATwA)

Newswink 10 • 16 February 1980 • 14 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Paper Tiger Completes Triple Crown
Archives • original print publication (NATwA)

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Newswink 10 1/6 • February 1980 • 2 pages
Editor • Fred Shapiro
Headline • RELIX SLINKS PAST MIT BY OBSCENE MARGIN PENDING INQUIRY
Archives • original photocopy (NATwA)

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Newswink 11 • 2 August 1980 • 14 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline •  A Bright New Star Appears on the Scene
Archives • original print publication (NATwA)

Newswink 12 • 14 February 1981 • 19 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Competition, Statistics, & the Future of NATwA
Archives • original print publication (NATwA)

Newswink 13 • 1 July 1981 • 23 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Evolution of the Rules • The Larry Kahn Story
Archives • original print publication (NATwA)

Newswink 14 • 13 February 1982 • 16 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Return of the Sleazy Wink / Sev & Gammer to Wed
Archives • original print publication (NATwA)

Newswink 15 • 19 February 1983 • 10 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Sometime the Dragon Wins
Archives • original print publication (NATwA)

Newswink 16 • 28 May 1983 • 12 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Archives • original print publication (NATwA)

Newswink 17 • 18 February 1984 • 10 pages

Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Equipage
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 18 • 17 November 1984 • 16 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • ARYE NAILS FIRST AMERICAN SINGLES
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 19 • 23 November 1985 • 20 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Arye Snatches World Singles Title from Larry • Mystery of Scratched Winks Solved! • Kahnophobia Hits the U.K.
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 20 • 22 November 1986 • 18 pages
Editor• Rick Tucker
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 21 • 21 November 1987 • 10 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • The First Varsity Match?
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 22 • 1 July 1988 • 10 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 23 • 24 September 1988 • 4 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Kahn Regains World Singles
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 24 • 29 July 1989 • 12 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Dave & Jim Capture Second NATwA Pairs
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 25 • 29 September 1990 • 20 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • World Pairs Falls to Brits
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 26 • 9 March 1992 • 22 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Winx Upon a Time
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

Newswink 27 • 12 March 1993 • 6 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Winx Upon a Time
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

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Newswink 28 • 10 April 1993 • 30 pages
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Toward IFTwA Rules of Tiddlywinks
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA)

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Newswink 29 • 1 October 1997
Editor • Rick Tucker
Headline • Three Four Years in the Making!
Archives • original print publication (NATwA) – digital original (NATwA) — web page as contemporaneously posted (NATwA, shown below as an image)

Note that Newswink 29 in 1997 was the final Newswink published and printed by NATwA. All subsequent NATwA winking news and articles have been posted online on Tiddlywinks.org or via tiddlywinks email lists, plus, in recent decades, on social media; also, sometimes articles about NATwA events have been published in ETwA’s Winking World.


Note that Newswink 29 in 1997 was the final Newswink published and printed by NATwA. All subsequent NATwA winking news and articles have been posted online on Tiddlywinks.org or via tiddlywinks email lists, or on social media; also, sometimes articles about NATwA events have been published in ETwA’s Winking World.