Faizan Zaki, the 13-year-old champion who took home over Rs 40,00,000, a medal, and a trophy after winning the National Spelling Bee championship.

Jennie White, 89, plays nightly games of Scrabble with her daughter. Her love of words started when she was growing up in rural Kentucky — a passion that led her to the 1949 national spelling bee.

The Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship will take place at the Kimball Theatre in Williamsburg ...