Congratulations to our Feb. 4 Winners!

1st place: Judy Kameny
2nd place: Kate Cemay
3rd place: Daniel Cohen

All three winners qualify for the December 2 Finals.

Come on out to the next bee on March 4th.

NOTE: Due to time constraints, we can only take the first 15 contestants to sign up (before, it was 18). So arrive early to make sure you get a spot! Signup begins at 7pm.

Grammar Slap #7: Pirate Booty and Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers from Jennifer Dziura on Vimeo.

Grammar Slap #6: Schaffer the Darklord has incredibly good grammar (but he "could care less") from Jennifer Dziura on Vimeo.

Grammar Slap #5: Anyways! Supposably! For all intensive purposes! The slapping intensifies. from Jennifer Dziura on Vimeo.

My new project: slapping the bad grammar out of people. More on GrammarSlap.com.

Congratulations to 2013 Champion Marcus Bones!

Marcus Bones (center) is our 2013 champion!

Thanks to Bee Sponsors Mental Floss and Josh Bach Ltd!

The last Williamsburg Spelling Bee of 2012 is TONIGHT, and we've got prizes fit for champions. 

Three of the last spellers standing will win Split Decisions, the fastest, funniest trivia game on the block, where every choice is tempting and every decision matters.

About our Sponsor: mental_floss magazine is an intelligent read, but not too intelligent. Their content feeds your right brain, nurture your left brain, indulge your scattered brain, and features stories to make you smile. You can browse their online store here.

Four lucky linguaphiles will win one of these language neckties from Josh Bach Ltd., and subsequently will be very fashionable in multiple languages.

About our Sponsor: Josh Bach Ltd. makes handsome and distinctive productes designed as a pleasant departure from the predictable and the everyday. Manufactured in the heart of New York City, right at the South Street Seaport. Visit their website here.

November 5th Winners

Congratulations to

1st place: Drew Levitt
2nd place: Bobby Zacharias
3rd place: Judy Applebaum

Next month is the 2012 Finals!



More photos here.

October 1 Winners

1st place: Wilson Southerland
2nd place: Janani Sreenivasan
3rd place: Lillie Dremeaux


More pics here.

All 3 winners qualify for the December 3rd Finals!

Only one more regular-season bee! See you November 5th.

Labor Day Spelling Bee Winners

1st place: Marcus Bones
2nd place: Janani Sreenivasan
3rd place tie: Jane Metcalf and Emily Winograd

All four winners qualify for the December finals!

ANNOUNCEMENT! New rule: For the rest of 2012, no one who has won 1st place in a monthly 2012 spelling bee is eligible to win again. That means November and December are anyone's game! See you for the next bee on October 1.



More pics here.

Thanks to Bee Sponsor Mental Floss!

At our Labor Day Spelling Bee, four contestants won this "Spell Czech" t-shirt. We have a few more Mental Floss prizes tucked away for the December finals. We think Mental Floss is a pretty perfect sponsor for the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, and thank them for their patronage.

About our Sponsor: mental_floss magazine is an intelligent read, but not too intelligent. Their content feeds your right brain, nurture your left brain, indulge your scattered brain, and features stories to make you smile. You can browse their online store here.

August 6th Bee Results

Congratulations to the winners of the August 6th Spelling Bee!

1st place - David Zheng
2nd place - Marcus Bones
3rd place - Janani Sreenivasan


David and Marcus with hosts Jen and bobbyblue.

Janani disappeared before the photo opp, but we'll see her, along with David and Marcus, back in December for the Finals!

Come on out for the next bee on September 3rd.

July 2nd Bee Winners

Congratulations to the Winners of the July 2nd Bee

1st) Marcus Bones

2nd) Maddy DeLeon

3rd) Ben Kusmin

Also a hearty honorable mention to Karolina Lempert!

See you at the next bee on August 6th.

Strip Spelling in Portland

I have been informed that Portland, OR has a "Nearly Naked Bee" (Willamette Week):

The Nearly Naked Bee [SPELLING] Combine the rules of strip poker with a spelling bee, and you've got the Nearly Naked Bee: every time a contestant spells a word incorrectly, they must remove an item of clothing. The winner gets a cash prize, but the losers can also perform a striptease to win swag for themselves. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave. 8:30 pm. Free for competitors, $3 for spectators. 21.

Er, no plans to change the rules here in Brooklyn.

Congratulations to Our June 4th Bee Winners

1st: Robert Moy
2nd: Marcus Bones
3rd: Ben Kusmin

A very special honorable mention to Janani, who made it into a runoff for 3rd place.

More photos here.

See you Monday, July 2nd at 7pm for our next bee!