I used to win spelling bees a lot as a kid. I even got invited to Scripps National Spelling Bee a few times!
Nice, that involves a lot of practice doesnt it?
It does! The Scripps bee is normally held at the Gaylord National Resort in Maryland. It's beautiful there.
Cool I'm from MD what part is it in?
Oxon Hill, just outside of Washington DC!
Oh I know where that is, right by the river right? How far did you get in the scripps bee?
. Historically, the competition has been open to, and remains open to, the winners of sponsored regional spelling bees in the U.S. (including territories such as Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Navajo Nation, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with overseas military bases in Germany and South Korea). Participants from countries other than the U.S. must be regional spelling-bee winners as well.
Contest participants cannot be older than fourteen as of August 31 of the year before the competition; nor can they
91st Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland (its eighth year at this location) from May 29 to 31, 2018. The winner was 14-year-old Karthik Nemmani, an eighth grader from McKinney, Texas, who correctly spelled "koinonia" for the win. Due to a rule change in how spellers can make it to the Bee, the bee's total field of 515 spellers was a large increase over prior years