The bee is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W. Scripps Company and is held at a hotel or convention center in Washington, D.C. during the week following Memorial Day weekend.

Rohan Raja, 13, waits to compete in the finals of the 92nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, May 30, 2019. It is the first time in the 94-year history of the contest that more than two co-champions have been named. Compete in your school bee.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. Some schools may have classroom spelling bees then move those competitors to the school spelling bee. If you win the school spelling bee you will be moved onto the regional bee and then so on. WASHINGTON: A record seven Indian-origin students and one American have won the prestigious 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, taking home more than USD 50,000 in cash and prizes, after defeating over 550 other contestants in an unprecedented competition. The eight co-champions celebrate after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Friday, May 31, 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md. The winner of that bee will be announced on February 1st.

Leah Millis/Reuters The … Eight co-champions are taking home the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee Cup after a record-breaking and exhausting night that ended in the 20th round. Eight kids tied to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, an unprecedented ending in the 92 years of the contest. Here's how it works: I'm going to give you a word (and its definition) that a National Spelling Bee contestant spelled correctly to win the game, and you tell me if it's spelled correctly or not. For more than three and a half hours, spellers ages 12 to 14 proved they could handle almost everything the competition threw their way, confidently tracing letters on their palms and correctly identifying foreign-language roots.