the word explorer

The Bee Keeper contains profiles of all the spellers and National Spelling Bee staff and volunteers.

Kindle is the presenting sponsor of the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee and all the spellers recieved a Kindle Paperwhite today!

Getting autographs in their Bee Keepers is a favorite activity for many spellers.

The National Spelling Bee is held at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor.

The spellers competing in the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee have all arrived in Washington D.C.!

Bee Week officially kicked off today with a Spellebrity Welcome in which spellers received their “swag bags” and a special gift from Kindle, the presenting sponsor of the Bee.  This was my first opportunity to meet the other spellers and it was so much fun! I saw many familiar faces and many more new faces. Of course, the most exciting part of the event was when I received my Bee Keeper, a picture book with interesting facts about each of the spellers. Each year I vow to collect every speller’s autograph in my Bee Keeper and each year, I fail miserably. However, this year, I am determined to meet all the spellers and get their autographs in my Bee Keeper.