The North Jersey Regional Spelling Bee returns this year for its 90th annual event Tuesday at the Bergen Community College Moses Center.

While he may have spelled “codswallop,” a word meaning a lot of nonsense, before spelling “abscess,” the final word in the 2025 Jefferson-Harrison County Regional Spelling Bee, Presented by the Herald-Star,

The winner of the bee will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Maryland to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A 12-year-old Pulaski County girl has won the 2025 Arkansas State Spelling Bee. Sara Chen from Pinnacle View Middle School won on Saturday from a field of 55 students from across the Natural State. Sara is the daughter of Hwa Soon Patrick and Chien Chen of Little Rock.

Sharanya Kar, a middle school student, won for the third consecutive year, solidifying her position as a regional spelling champion. After an intense 12-round battle, Ameer Aboelzahab claimed second place, while Adam Heigl secured third.

Accomplished spellers will soon gather in Bismarck for the 2025 North Dakota State Spelling Bee. One hundred students representing 50 of the state's 53 counties will take part in the event Monday, March 17,

Regional Spelling Bee crowned its 2025 champion recently. Chev Diondrei Yu Bondoc, a sixth grader from Howell Middle School, secured the win with the word “emancipatory.”