The Revenant: Harini Logan rallies for spelling bee title
June 3, 2022 GMTOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Harini Logan kept trying to learn from her near-misses in online spelling bees. Recognized for years as one of the best spellers in the English language, she had never taken home a national title.
Speller reinstated into National Spelling Bee after appeal
June 2, 2022 GMTOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A speller has been reinstated into the Scripps National Spelling Bee field after successfully appealing that he was denied relevant root information about a word.
Vocab questions reduce spelling bee to 3 letters: A, B or C
June 2, 2022 GMTOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee was rolling smoothly through the second day of its first fully in-person competition in three years. Then it transformed into the SAT.
An onstage vocabulary round during Wednesday's semifinals introduced an element of randomness into the venerable bee, forcing spellers to demonstrate a different skill set and knocking out some of the bee's most accomplished competitors.
‘No joke’: Initial rounds of National Spelling Bee get tough
May 31, 2022 GMTOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — One speller ran off the stage in the middle of her time at the microphone, saying she needed to pee. Another tried to walk back to her seat after spelling her first word correctly, only to be reminded she had a vocabulary word next.
Pandemic has lingering toll on smaller National Spelling Bee
May 28, 2022 GMTDev Shah's dream of returning to the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in a soccer stadium, of all places.
On a cool, windy February day with occasional rain showers, Dev spent five miserable hours spelling outdoors at Exploria Stadium, the home of Major League Soccer's Orlando City club, ultimately finishing fourth in a regional bee that he was forced to compete in for the first time.
Bentonville student wins Arkansas State Spelling Bee
March 6, 2022 GMTLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A 12-year-old Bentonville student has won this year’s of Arkansas State Spelling Bee.
Aditi Shashidhara won the contest on Saturday after correctly spelling the word strophic, which means using the same music for successive stanzas.
LeVar Burton joins Scripps National Spelling Bee as host
December 16, 2021 GMTLeVar Burton has been hired as host of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, giving the competition a celebrity headliner who's also a longtime literacy advocate as Scripps takes over production of the bee telecast.
Effort means S-U-C-C-E-S-S for Mississippi spelling bee
December 5, 2021 GMTCOLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi was at risk of not sending a student to a national spelling bee, but organizers scrambled and found a new sponsor and a new coordinator to keep the local, district and state competitions going.
African American spelling bee champ makes history with flair
July 9, 2021 GMTLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Zaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with questions about Greek and Latin roots.
First lady congratulates National Spelling Bee finalists
July 8, 2021 GMTLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Finalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee got a visit from one of the nation's most prominent educators: first lady Jill Biden.
The first lady met with spellers and their families before the bee Thursday evening and made brief remarks onstage.
National Spelling Bee win could be footnote to hoops career
July 7, 2021 GMTLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The biographical blurbs about competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee include a litany of other interests, from sports to musical instruments to science competitions to Indian classical dance.
National Spelling Bee stalwarts persevere through 2-year gap
July 4, 2021 GMTWhen the Scripps National Spelling Bee was canceled last year because of the pandemic, Avani Joshi didn’t lament her lost year of preparation.
Son of Tongan immigrants is Hawaii’s spelling bee champ
June 10, 2021 GMTKIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — A 13-year-old Maui boy who is a son of Tongan immigrants will represent Hawaii in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Vocabulary, lightning round added to National Spelling Bee
April 23, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee is undergoing a major overhaul to ensure it can identify a single champion, adding vocabulary questions and a lightning-round tiebreaker to this year's pandemic-altered competition...
National Spelling Bee to return in mostly virtual format
February 22, 2021 GMTThe Scripps National Spelling Bee will return this year in a mostly virtual format, with the in-person competition limited to a dozen finalists who will gather on an ESPN campus at Walt Disney World in Florida, Scripps announced Monday...
Longtime National Spelling Bee director steps down
December 7, 2020 GMTThe longtime executive director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee has stepped down.
Scripps announced Paige Kimble's departure on Monday, effective immediately, after 22 years in charge of the world's preeminent spelling competition.
Top spellers prepare to crown national champion, from home
May 28, 2020 GMTLike dozens of other veteran spellers in their final year of eligibility, Anson Cook had big plans for this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, Full Coverage: National Spelling Bee
With spelling bee canceled, ex-spellers launch their own bee
April 22, 2020 GMTWith this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, an online spelling bee launched by two Texas teenagers is offering a consolation prize of sorts, with competitors nationwide including many of the kids who were considered favorites for the Scripps title.
National Spelling Bee canceled for first time since 1945
April 21, 2020 GMTThere will be no fidgeting at the National Spelling Bee microphone, no banter with pronouncer Jacques Bailly, no pointed questions about definitions or languages of origin, no dreaded bell that signals a misspelled word...
National Spelling Bee called off because of coronavirus
March 20, 2020 GMTThe Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be held as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus, meaning years of preparation by some of the country's top spellers could go for naught...
National Spelling Bee will have fewer wild cards next year
December 10, 2019 GMTThe Scripps National Spelling Bee will have fewer participants next year. Whether it will have fewer champions remains to be seen...
Elite 8: National Spelling Bee too easy for octet of champs
May 31, 2019 GMTOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — There were warning signs throughout a marathon day of spelling that this Scripps National Spelling Bee would not conclude like any other in the event's 94-year history...
The Latest: National Spelling Bee ends in 8-way tie
May 31, 2019 GMTOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the National Spelling Bee (all times local):
Correction: Spelling Bee story
May 28, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 25 about the National Spelling Bee, The Associated Press reported erroneously that speller Anisha Rao is from Corona, California...
Scotts Bluff County Spelling Bee to be held Saturday, Feb. 9
February 9, 2019 GMTSCOTTSBLUFF — Scotts Bluff County Spelling Bee will be Saturday, February 9, at Scottsbluff Middle School.
The Star-Herald, Gering Courier and Vistabeam Internet are the sponsors of the Scotts Bluff County Spelling Bee.
Old-fashioned spelling bee returns to Homestead
September 1, 2018 GMTHomestead National Monument will rewind the clock this Labor Day with their 10th annual Old-Fashioned Spelling Bee at the Freeman School.
The yearly contest begins at 10 a.m. and is open to area students of all ages, with five different age sub-groups.
Bridgeport crowns local spelling bee winner
June 4, 2018 GMTBRIDGEPORT — The city and national spelling bee competitions don’t exactly line up.
While Janelle Newell, a sixth grader from Multicultural Magnet School went straight to regionals and then the Scripps National Spelling Bee last week, the district was holding its competition.
Correction: Spelling Bee story
June 3, 2018 GMTOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — In a story June 1 about the Scripps National Spelling Bee, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Jashun Paluru finished fourth...
Local girl competes in national spelling bee
June 2, 2018 GMTOXON HILL, Md. — La Conner Middle School eighth-grader Charity Jordan arrived at the Scripps National Spelling Bee as one of 25 three-time participants in the 516-speller field.
And while she was among 179 spellers to place in the top half of the test portion and successfully spell her two on-stage words, she fell short Wednesday of the 28 points needed to advance to the semifinals.
Wild card triumph: Little-known speller wins national bee
June 1, 2018 GMTOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Karthik Nemmani didn't win his regional spelling bee. He didn't even win his county spelling bee...
Texas students miss final round of spelling bee
May 30, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON - Six Texas spelling bee contestants spelled their words correctly on day two of the national competition, but none of the spellers will advance to the final round Thursday because their scores on the written exam were not high enough to make the final 41.
Sauk Valley spellers advance in national bee
May 30, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON, D.C. – What do a Korean dish and a spider’s spinner have in common? They both helped two Sauk Valley spellers land a spot in Wednesday's third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Conn. speller falls in first round of National Geo spelling bee
May 22, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON — A Connecticut eighth-grader did not make the cut to the final round Monday in the National Geographic Spelling Bee.
James Leone, a student at Middlesex Middle School in Darien, competed at the national spelling bee here, along with more than 50 elementary and middle school students across the United States.
64th Annual Journal Gazette Spelling Bee
March 4, 2018 GMTJohnsonville eighth-grader wins regional spelling bee
February 6, 2018 GMTFLORENCE, S.C. – Exceptional elementary and middle school spellers from across the region came together Monday for the Pee Dee Regional Spelling Bee competition at Francis Marion University.
Eighth-grader Abby Zheng of Johnsonville Middle School was the eventual winner.
John Legend: Singer, songwriter, spelling bee champ
June 24, 2017 GMTSPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — John Legend's work has won Grammys, an Oscar and a Tony, but years before achieving global fame, the Legend-to-be took home another prize: spelling bee champ.
A 1989 story in The Springfield News-Sun (http://bit.ly/2sQ6VSD ) proclaimed, "Product of home teaching wins bee." The newspaper noted the future R&B singer's sharp attire, his steady gaze and crisp enunciation, saying the 10-year-old Legend "came to win ...
Montana’s most misspelled word is...
June 5, 2017 GMTGoogle Trends released a map of the most misspelled words by state and the results are a little surprising.
By tracking searches of ‘how to spell ___,’ Google was able to determine the words people in each state have difficulty spelling.
‘I knew them all,’ Spelling Bee champ says after her victory
June 2, 2017 GMTAnanya Vinay showed little emotion as she plowed through word after mystifying word in the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Later, as she stood beside the confetti-covered stage, the newly crowned champion flashed a toothy grin as she inadvertently revealed how much confidence she'd brought to the competition.
Unflappable Ananya Vinay wins National Spelling Bee
June 2, 2017 GMTOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Ananya Vinay never looked all that impressed by any of the words she was given in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee...
St. Francis student headed to National Spelling Bee finals
June 2, 2017 GMTThis guy knows his ABC's.
Thomas York, a 14-year-old eighth-grader at St. Francis of Assissi School will be representing Rochester at the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee in suburban Washington.
Regional spelling bee is Saturday
March 9, 2017 GMTDeKalb County Spelling Bee to be held Saturday
March 9, 2017 GMTThe annual Daily Chronicle/DeKalb County Regional Office of Education Regional Spelling Bee will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Kishwaukee College Theatre.
Twenty local school winners will compete for the championship.
Harmony Science Academy’s Mascorro wins RGV Spelling Bee
March 5, 2017 GMTWESLACO — A transept, according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, is the “part of a cruciform church that crosses at right angles to the greatest length between the nave and the apse or choir.”
Spelling Bee wins come down to cliff-hanging words
March 5, 2017 GMTProud parents sat as their children took to the microphone to spell words some adults couldn’t even pronounce during The Philadelphia Tribune Regional Spelling Bee at the School of the Future, 4021 Parkside Ave., on Saturday.
Broadview School sixth-grader wins county spelling bee
March 5, 2017 GMTBroadview School sixth-grader Cody Korenko is a spelling whiz.
Barely breaking a sweat, Cody spelled 12 words in 11 rounds Saturday to be named the champion of the 2017 Yellowstone County Spelling Bee.
Beaver Dam AM Kiwanis Adult Spelling Bee raises $1,472
February 25, 2017 GMTSeven teams entered the third annual Adult Spelling Bee competition Feb. 19 held by Beaver Dam AM Kiwanis.
The event, which netted $1,472 for People Against a Violent Environment (PAVE) and Clothes For Kids, filled the Chapel of the Archangels with laughter as both correct and creative spelling was heard during the entire two hours.
Ludington Daily News Community Spelling Bee Tuesday will send winner to D.C.
February 16, 2017 GMTThe top spellers from eight local schools will gather on Ludington’s Peterson Auditorium stage Tuesday night for the 20th annual Ludington Daily News Community Spelling Bee.
The winner will earn a trip to Washington, D.C., later in the spring to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Top spellers in Scotts Bluff County to be at BMS Feb. 11
February 5, 2017 GMTOver 100 students will be participating in the Scotts Bluff County Spelling Bee on Feb. 11.
The contest is being held at Bluffs Middle School and the public showdown will start at 10 a.m.
The location of the event usually goes back and forth between Bluffs Middle School and Gering Junior High School.
Clara Padgett reaps a win with the word ‘loam’ at district spelling bee
January 31, 2017 GMTClara Rose Padgett knows words.
Clara, a budding author and voracious reader, battled through 30 rounds Monday night with 11 other competitors to win the Aiken County Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals at the AECOM Center for Performing Arts.