No errors yet for Columbus spellers at national bee 5 Minnesotans this week's National Spelling Bee A 6YearOld is Going to The Scripps or AP Profiles the Littlest Tyrant [Kids These Days] Bee's Youngest Ever 50 advance semifinals of spelling Kingsport speller 11 falls short Holy Trinity student in final O.C. fares well preliminaries Spellers get first crack stage Nashville's contestant Grace Park moves on Witticism word 85th misses early rounds begins with 'witticism' Local kids compete seeks holds a world Carmel 8thgrader competes

50 Advance to Semifinals of National Spelling Bee Sister of 2009 winner heads semifinalists at National Spelling Bee; 6-year-old doesn't advance Scripps exploring creation of international spelling bee CINCINNATI, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Signaling the most-dramatic development in spelling bee competition since the National Spelling Bee became a live, nationally televised celebration in 1994, The ... National Spelling Bee field dwindles to 50 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two finalists from last year's Scripps National Spelling Bee and the sister of a past champion were among 50 contestants admitted to the semi-final round after a tense day of competition on Wednesday. Spelling Bee: The final 50 will compete for $30,000 The youngest competitor this year is 6-year old Lori Anne Madison. The winner of the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee gets $30,000 in cash. Second place: $2,500. 50 spellers advance to the National Spelling Bee semifinals Fifty young spellers advance to semifinals of the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee. Local spellers compete at Bee The 85th National Spelling Bee is under way. See how Tri-State spellers did. Spelling Bee competitors buzz through preliminary round The annual Scripps National Spelling Bee started Wednesday in the Washington area with 278 of the best spellers in the country battling for a $30,000 cash prize, $5,000 scholarship and a Nook Tablet. National Spelling Bee: San Jose boy still in running OXON HILL, Md. (AP) -- In his fifth and final National Spelling Bee, Nicholas Rushlow had little reason to be nervous. Six-year-old girl competes in National Spelling Bee WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 6-year-old girl became the youngest participant ever to compete in the preliminary round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday, getting off to a successful start by spelling "dirigible." Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, is the youngest contestant to qualify for the spelling bee, according to the Scripps website. She is among 278 competitors ... Spelling champ awaits test results Regional spelling bee winner Marcy Ann Ermitanio, an eighth-grader from Saipan, is shown in this undated photo. / Photo courtesy of the Scripps National Spelling Be
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