Kentucky Derby Festival Spelling Bee

On Saturday I won the Kentucky Derby Festival’s 23rd annual spelling bee! It was an exciting moment for me and I felt honored to be on stage with so many other great spellers. Congratulations to all the county champions who competed on Saturday!

10-Year-Old wins Derby Festival spelling bee

Louisville girl wins KY Derby Festival’s Spelling Bee

 

4 responses to “Kentucky Derby Festival Spelling Bee”

  1. Teja Avatar
    Teja

    Congratulations Tara 🙂

    We are all proud of you. Bravo!

    All the best,
    Teja

  2. Dr. Dworin Avatar

    Congratulations, Tara!!!

  3. Jodie Shackelford Avatar
    Jodie Shackelford

    A belated congratulations! Very awesome 🙂

  4. simizat Avatar

    Wow, massive congratulations, Tara!!! 😀
    Simi

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I’m Tara!

My name is Tara and I am a recent graduate of Duke University, with dual degrees in cultural anthropology and political science, and a minor in linguistics. Twelve years ago, I started this blog to share my love of words with others and teach people about the intricacies of etymology and words across our beloved English language!