Will Shortz, cruciverbalist extraordinaire and leader of the U.S. Team at the World Puzzle Championship, announced the qualifier to join this year's team will be Saturday at 1300 EDT (an hour after the chat).

http://wpc.puzzles.com/

I expect other countries will be holding their contests around this time. The championship will be in Hungary. I'm certainly not in their league but some of y'all are.

http://www.worldpuzzle.org/championships/2004/index.html