88th Scripps National Spelling Bee

88th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Date May 24–28, 2015
Location Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland
Winner Gokul Venkatachalam
Vanya Shivashankar
(co-winners)
Residence Chesterfield, Missouri (Venkatachalam)
Olathe, Kansas (Shivashankar)
Sponsor St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Venkatachalam)
The Olathe News (Shivashankar)
Winning word nunatak /scherenschnitte
Preceded by 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Followed by 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee

The 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland[1] from May 24–28, 2015.[2] Students competed for a prize valued at $38,600 coming from various companies.[3]

For the second year in a row the outcome was a tie, with Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar ending up as co-winners once the Bee's dictionary was emptied once again. Vanya was the first sibling of a previous winner to win; her sister Kavya won in 2009. Vanya Shivashankar from Olathe, Kansas and Gokul Venkatachalam from Chesterfield, Missouri won the bee, making the 88th Bee the thirteenth in the past seventeen bees to have a Indian-American champion.[4]

Word list championship round

References

  1. ↑ "Can I purchase tickets to the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee?". Scripps National Spelling Bee. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  2. ↑ "When is the Scripps National Spelling Bee?". Scripps National Spelling Bee. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  3. ↑ Eric Gorski. ""Sympatric" is music to Colorado State Spelling Bee champion". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  4. ↑ "National Spelling Bee ends in a tie for second year in a row". Fox News. 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2015-05-29.


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