Presented by the YWCA of Queens and Sponsored …
Presented by the YWCA of Queens and Sponsored by HSBC
The Summer Literacy Festival 2008
The 11th Spelling Bee Contest
Contest Date: Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Contest Time: 11:30am-4:00pm
Location: YWCA of Queens
42-07 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, NY11355
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Registration Requirements: Registration form & Proof of student’s grade level (report card)
• Students must be entering 1st-8th grade in the fall of 2008.
• In the preliminary rounds, words are selected from the study list. In the semi-final and final rounds, words may be chosen that are not from the study list.
• The study list are available from Tuesday, August 12th until Friday, August 15th at the YWCA of Queens during our hours of operation (Wed.&Fri.9am-5:30pm, Tue.&Thur. 9am-8pm). It will also be available at the YWCA of Queens homepage at
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YWCA of Queens Spelling Bee Contest Registration Form
Name:_________________________ Grade: _________________ Age:____________
Address:__________________________________________________________________
Street APT #
_________________________________________________________________
City State Zip code
Telephone # (Day):__________________________ (Night):_______________________
Birth Date: (month/date/year):_____/______/______ (Email):_______________________
School Name:______________________________________________________________
Parent/Guardian’s Name:
I hereby give permission for my child to participate in the YWCA’s Drawing Contest.
I understand that the decisions of the judges are final and not subject for review.
Parent’s Signature:
Please enclose: ? Application ? Proof of grade level
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Presented by the YWCA of Queens and Sponsored by HSBC
The Summer Literacy Festival 2008
Spelling Bee Rules and Procedures
1. The contest will be conducted orally.
2. Each speller has 1‵敳潣摮潴瀠潲潮湵散攠捡潷摲挠敬牡祬瑓灯慷捴敨楷汬戠獵摥琠敭獡牵桴楴敭മ⸳䔉捡潷摲洠祡戠牰湯畯据摥漠汮⁹睴捩㐍म潗摲5 seconds to pronounce each word clearly. Stopwatches will be used to measure the time.
3. Each word may be pronounced only twice.
4. Words should be pronounced according to the diacritical markings at merriam-
5. After the pronouncer gives the speller a word the speller will be encouraged (but not required) to pronounce the word before spelling it and after spelling it.
6. Before starting to spell a word, the speller may ask the pronouncer to pronounce the word again, and/or define it.
7. Having started to spell a word, the speller may stop and start over, retracting the spelling from the beginning.
In retracting, however, there can be no change of letters, or their sequence from those first pronounced.
If letters or their sequence is changed in the respelling, the speller will be eliminated.
8. An obsolete or archaic spelling shall be regarded as an error.
9. The contest will be conducted in rounds. Each speller remaining in the spelling bee at the start of a round shall spell one word in a round (except as provided in rule 10 below)
10. Upon missing the spelling of the word, the speller is immediately eliminated from the contest, and the next word on
the pronouncer’s list is given to the next speller.
11. When the number of spellers is reduced to two, the elimination procedure changes. At that point, when one speller
misspells a word, the other speller shall be given an opportunity to spell that same word. If the second speller spells
that word correctly, plus the next word on the pronouncer’s list, then the second speller shall be declared the
champion. If one of the last two spellers misses and the other after correcting the error, misspells the new word
submitted to him or her, then the misspelled new word shall be given to the first speller. If the first speller then
succeeds in correcting the error and correctly spells the next word on the pronouncer’s list, then he or she shall be
declared the champion. If both spellers misspell the same word, both shall continue in the contest.
12. Any question relating to the spelling of a word should be referred to the pronouncer and judges immediately.
The judges are in complete control of the competition, and their decision shall be final in all questions.
** The above Rules and Procedures are adapted from The Contest Rules of the 74th Annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. **
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