Submitting...View the 2017 Spellebrity Video Contest Official Rules and Terms of Participation. All Entrants and Team Members must read and accept the official rules to submit a video entry.
October 17, 2016
Submission period opens
February 20, 2017
Submission period closes
February 2017
Judging period
March 1, 2017
10 Semifinalist Teams announced; public voting period opens
March 25, 2017
Public voting period closes
March 31, 2017
5 Finalist Teams announced
May 28, 2017
Bee Week 2017 begins; speller voting period opens
June 1, 2017
Champion Team announced
To be eligible to enter the Spellebrity Video Contest, Team Members must be:
A legal resident of one of the fifty United States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Guam, and
Enrolled as a full-time student in first through eighth grade.
Students from across the country submitted videos for the Spellebrity Video Contest, and our judges chose their top ten. Now it's your turn! Click here to vote for your favorite video and help send five student teams to Washington, D.C., to premiere their videos at Bee Week.
We hope these videos inspire you to Kindle your love of reading throughout National Reading Month!
The competition is an opportunity for individuals or teams of up to four people to brainstorm, film and edit a video of up to five minutes in length that inspires other students to want to read. Five Finalist teams will win expenses-paid trips to the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee near Washington, D.C., from May 28 — June 2.
The Spellebrity Video Contest, presented by Kindle, is administered by the Scripps National Spelling Bee. We believe that when you kindle the love of reading, great spelling and vocabulary will follow!
The Spellebrity Video Contest is presented by Kindle because great spellers come from great readers. Learn more about the Bee's initiatives with Kindle.
Mary Noorlander of Oneonta, New York, won the inaugural competition. Watch her video for a little inspiration!