An only child of a widowed mother, I was a reasonably well-rounded junior high student, but never part of the in crowd. I ...

Kavin Kumar Suriya Prakash, an eighth grader from Dunlap Valley Middle School, was eliminated from the quarterfinals of the ...

The winner of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee will walk away with a nice cash prize, as well as major bragging rights.

Kavin Kumar Suriya Prakash, an eighth grader from Dunlop Valley Middle School, has advanced to the second round of the ...

Here's what you need to know about the Scripps National Spelling Bee's longtime pronouncer, Dr. Jacques Bailly.

Faizan Zaki, last year’s runner-up, won the coveted award after surviving two dramatic final rounds and calling the pronouncer, “bro.” ...

From the first winning word (gladiolus) to the use of fast-paced spell-offs, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has endured for 100 years.

A Tulare County eighth grader is competing in Thursday's Scripps National Spelling Bee, one of nine students to advance to ...

With the benefit of hindsight, Vikram Raju knows there was almost no chance he would win after being a runner-up in the 2022 ...

Faizan Zaki nearly threw away his opportunity to go from runner-up to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a ...

Faizan Zaki, a seventh grader from Allen, Texas, becomes the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, overcoming a ...

Michigan will be represented by nine spellers when the kids begin competing in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.