/tags/scripps-national-spelling-bee Scripps National Spelling Bee en-US Copyright Fri, 30 May 2025 15:38:48 GMT /local-news/2025-05-30/medal-national-spelling-bee-participants-wear Rookwood Pottery, which has made the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy since 2019, produced special ceramic medals for participants. Fri, 30 May 2025 15:38:48 GMT /local-news/2025-05-30/medal-national-spelling-bee-participants-wear Tana Weingartner /news-from-npr/2023-06-02/when-marie-c-bolden-won-the-first-national-spelling-bee-the-clevelander-dealt-a-blow-to-racism Her victory made national news, upending stereotypes about race less than 50 years after the end of slavery. It also sparked racist fury. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 09:01:00 GMT /news-from-npr/2023-06-02/when-marie-c-bolden-won-the-first-national-spelling-bee-the-clevelander-dealt-a-blow-to-racism Bill Chappell /2023-05-30/scripps-national-spelling-bee-pick-words For decades, the word panel's work has been a closely guarded secret. Tue, 30 May 2023 17:53:36 GMT /2023-05-30/scripps-national-spelling-bee-pick-words The Associated Press /local-news/2019-05-31/spelling-bee-to-rookwood-pottery-were-going-to-need-more-trophies In an unprecedented move, the Scripps Spelling Bee crowned eight co-champions early Friday morning. After 20 rounds of increasingly difficult words, the… Fri, 31 May 2019 14:19:58 GMT /local-news/2019-05-31/spelling-bee-to-rookwood-pottery-were-going-to-need-more-trophies Tana Weingartner /ohio-news/2018-05-31/ohio-finalists-miss-the-mark-in-national-spelling-bee While Ohio could be the home of a national championship basketball team, with the Cavs competing in their first game of the 2018 NBA Finals Thursday night, the state unfortunately won’t be the home of this year’s national spelling champion. “Popliteal” and “mydriasis” were the two words that took down Ohio’s final participants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington Thursday. Thu, 31 May 2018 20:51:06 GMT /ohio-news/2018-05-31/ohio-finalists-miss-the-mark-in-national-spelling-bee