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Bruhat Soma, 12, of Tampa, Fla., stands on stage with his family after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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Bruhat Soma wins the National Spelling Bee after a slow night concludes with a sudden tiebreaker
By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press
Thu,05/30/24-5:49PM , 96 Reads
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Bruhat Soma insisted he was nervous during the idle hours as he waited to take the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, and he felt even more pressure to perform given that he hadn’t lost a spelling bee in eight months.
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Achyut Ethiraj, 14, of Fort Wayne, Ind., reacts to misspelling his word during the quarterfinal round of competition in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

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On spelling's saddest day, hyped National Spelling Bee competitors see their hopes dashed
By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press
Wed,05/29/24-12:59PM , 67 Reads
OXON HILL, Md.
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Harini Logan, 14, from San Antonio, Texas, gets a kiss from her mom Rampriya Logan on stage as she celebrates winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Oxon Hill, Md. Since 1999, 28 of the last 34 Scripps National Spelling bee champions have been Indian American. The experiences of first-generation Indian Americans and their spelling bee champion children illustrate the economic success and cultural impact of the nation’s second-largest immigrant group. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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National Spelling Bee reflects the economic success and cultural impact of immigrants from India
By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press
Sat,05/25/24-11:58PM , 122 Reads
When Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1985, a headline on an Associated Press article read, “Immigrants’ son wins National Spelling Bee,” with the first paragraph noting the champion “speaks his parents’ native Indian language at home.”
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Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, in the Tampa Bay area, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. His winning word was "psammophile," an organism that prefers or thrives in sandy environments. (June 2)

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Meet the 14-year-old who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with 'psammophile'
By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press
Thu,06/01/23-3:46PM , 231 Reads
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Fifteen months ago, Dev Shah spent a miserable five hours spelling outdoors in chilly, windy, damp conditions at a supersize regional competition in Orlando, Florida, only to fall short of his dream of returning to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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