Jacob Martonito, the first statewide winner from Appleton, hopes to make it at least as far as the semifinals at the National Spelling Bee.

Once the 6th grader from West Chester steps onto the stage in National Harbor, Maryland, she’ll need all that preparation to correctly spell words in under 90 seconds. Despite the pressure, she feels ...

One eighth grader will represent the mid-Hudson Valley in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, airing next week.

What’s known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee was spearheaded by The Courier Journal and organized with the help of eight other newspapers in 1925 ...

As they do this time every year, spellers all over the country are combing through hundreds of thousands of words, quizzing ...

Spelling bees are a century-old tradition. What’s now known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee was spearheaded by The Courier Journal 100 years ago.

Her commitment paid off when she secured her spot in the national competition for a second time by winning the Boulder Valley Regional Spelling Bee in March. She took first place by correctly spelling ...

There are five students from Northern Virginia competing in the spelling bee. Draven Williams, Vincent Chu, Nikita Ramakrishnan and Nargiza Muzhapaer are all 14-years-old and in the 8th grade, while ...

You've probably noticed that English spelling is not as consistent or phonetically reliable as the spelling of many other languages. Writing English is sort of like one of those computer games ...

Tallahassee's own Cecily Dean is set to compete at the 100th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee later this month. The 13-year-old seventh-grade homeschooler is one of 12 contestants from ...