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** Every Regional will be held via Video Call & Conference. Any speller can participate only once in any of the Virtual Regionals. Cities are for name only. No physical presence is required at any regional. For example if you are in Chicago, you can choose any date and Regional virtual city listed as per your convenience. **
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The South Asian Spelling Bee is the national search for the best speller of English words in the South Asian-American community. South Asian students 14 years of age or younger can participate at 1 of 3 virtual regional spelling contests, where the contestants are asked to spell English words orally on a miss-and-out basis to find out who will move forward to compete in the Finals.
For all rules, regulations and guidelines for the 2024 Virtual Edition season, please visit our Virtual Edition page
Any speller, anywhere in the world, born on or after Sep 1, 2009 is eligible to participate.
For all rules, regulations and guidelines for the 2024 Virtual Edition season, please visit our Virtual Edition page
For the schedule of the 2024 Virtual Bee, please visit our Schedule page.
STEP 1: REGISTRATION
Students who meet the spelling contest requirements and wish to participate MUST have a legal guardian visit the locations page to choose a convenient regional center and register for participation.
For all rules, regulations and guidelines for the 2024 Virtual Edition season, please visit our Virtual Edition page
STEP 2: THE PRELIMINARY & REGIONAL ORAL ROUNDS:
Participants will arrive at their chosen regional contest on the designated date, at which time a 25-word, written spelling test will be administered to ALL spellers. 18 or more of these words must be spelt correctly in order to qualify for the regional oral round of the bee. The same afternoon, qualifying spellers move on to the oral round, which is conducted on a miss-and-out basis until the Regional Champion and runners-up are found. The top 2 spellers from each regional center receive cash prizes, and the top 2 will advance to the National Finals in NJ.
For all rules, regulations and guidelines for the 2024 Virtual Edition season, please visit our Virtual Edition page
The 2024 Virtual Bee, has retained the names of our regional cities, but all the regionals are conducted virtually. Any speller from anywhere can choose the date and regional most convenient to them. However, a speller can only participate in one of the virtual regionals.
For the day’s agenda of the 2024 virtual competition, please visit our Day of the Contest page.