The National Spelling Bee 2009 upholds from May 26 in the Grand Hyatt Washington at Washington, DC. This time The 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee has 293 spellers and has the greatest number in the history of the event. The spellers range in age between 9 to 15 years old with 150 boys and 143 girls.
The finale Scripps National Spelling Bee competition will be held on May 28, 2009.The competition will history be repeated and will an Indian American win a third back-to-back title after Samir Mishra took last year’s championship. To find the answer all eyes will probably be on.
Kavya hivashankar, who is from Olathe at Kansas and Siddharth Chand who is from
, Beverly Hills at Michigan.They were among some 35 Indian-American and other South Asian students moved to the finals where a record 293 spellers will compete for the championship.
Here the Schedule of finale
- Semifinals on ESPN at 10:00 am Eastern / 7:00 a.m. Pacific, Thursday, 28 May
- Finals on ABC at 8:00 pm Eastern / 5:00 pm Pacific, Thursday, 28 May.
Prizes:
For the Champion:
- From Scripps, a $30,000 cash prize and an engraved trophy
- From Merriam-Webster, a $2,500 U.S. savings bond and a complete reference library
- From Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation, a $5,000 scholarship
- From Encyclopedia Britannica, $2,800 in reference works and the Britannica Test Prep Precocious Program valued at $799
For the Champion’s School and Sponsor: From Scripps, engraved plaques
For the Championship Finalists: From Encyclopaedia Britannica, the 51-volume Britannica Discover America and the 2008 Encyclopaedia Britannica Student Edition DVD-ROM
For All Spellers:
- First Place: $30,000
- Second Place: $12,500
- Third Place: $7,500
- Fourth Place: $3,000
- Fifth Place: $2,500
- Sixth Place: $2,000
- Seventh Place: $1,500
- Misspell in Round Seven to Eighth Place: $1,000
- Misspell in Round Six: $500
- Misspell in Round Five: $400
- Misspell in Round Four (first round of the Semifinals): $250
- Participate only in the Preliminaries: $100
For the semifinalist list click here
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See here the video of National Spelling Bee 2009
