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If you've read the data and stories on this site and want to do something about what you've seen, here's how. Each of these takes between five and ten minutes.
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Share what you've read
The single most useful thing you can do today is forward this site to people who should see it, parents, teachers, school administrators, or local journalists.
If you'd rather not draft your own note, copy this:
I've been reading about how the Scripps National Spelling Bee structures regional allocations. Some regions advance one speller from hundreds of schools while neighboring regions send more from far fewer. It's documented at everyspellercounts.org. I think it's worth checking out.
You can also share specific pages: the data · Holden's story · the X thread on the financial structure
Tell us your speller's story
If your child has been affected by what's documented on this site, share the story.
Speller stories are the most powerful evidence the advocacy has. They turn data into people, and make it harder to dismiss the structural problem as abstract.
Ask your regional sponsor what your region is entitled to
Per Scripps' own published 2026 Regional Partner factsheet, the partnership fee is $5,500 for the first speller advanced plus $3,500 for each additional speller. Sponsors also receive an $18 credit per enrolled school. The math determines what each region is actually entitled to advance.
Personalize your message as much as you can. Adding your own context makes it harder to dismiss as a form letter.
Subject: A question about our region's national qualifying allocation Dear [Sponsor], I'm the parent of a speller in [your county]. I've been reading about how the Scripps National Spelling Bee allocates seats to nationals, and I have a question. According to Scripps' own published 2026 Regional Partner factsheet, regional partnership fees are $5,500 for the first speller advanced and $3,500 per additional speller, and sponsors receive an $18 credit per enrolled school. Our region currently advances [X] spellers to nationals from approximately [Y] schools. What number of spellers does our enrollment entitle us to advance under Scripps' own structure, and why does our actual count differ from that? Thank you for your time. [Your name] Parent of [speller's first name], [grade], [school]
If your sponsor responds, forward the reply to admin@everyspellercounts.org. Their answers, or their silence, are themselves data points.
Write to Scripps directly
In 2018, when announcing RSVBee, Scripps wrote: "We believe the National Finals are as fair as possible, but the path to Bee Week is not a consistent or equal journey." They called RSVBee "our sincere effort to take a step toward fairness."
The original RSVBee program was put on hiatus in 2020 and has not been brought back, and Scripps has been quietly removing public documentation of the original commitment. Tell them you want it honored.
Personalize your message as much as you can. Adding your own context makes it harder to dismiss as a form letter.
Subject: Honoring the 2018 commitment to fairness Dear Scripps National Spelling Bee, In 2018, you wrote: "We believe the National Finals are as fair as possible, but the path to Bee Week is not a consistent or equal journey." You called RSVBee "our sincere effort to take a step toward fairness." The structural problem you described then still exists. Some regional sponsors send less than a third of the spellers their enrollment justifies under your own published structure. Some regions have hundreds of schools per nationals seat. Some counties have no sponsorship at all. As a parent, I'm asking what current plans you have to honor the commitment you made in 2018 to bridge the geographic equity gap and to fulfill your stated mission to "have a positive impact on the lives of children." I look forward to your response. [Your name]
Submit your message via Scripps' contact form at spellingbee.com/contact. Please request that your message be forwarded to Corrie Loeffler, Executive Director, and Bryan Witt, Regional Partner Relations Specialist.
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If you're a journalist or researcher
Press inquiries welcome. Full data, source documents, individual stories, and the underlying analysis are documented across this site:
- → /data regional partner data, the economics of partnership, the visibility gap
- → /speller-stories individual stories from spellers and families
- → /docs/scripps-rsvbee-faq-2018.pdf Scripps' original 2018 RSVBee announcement
- → /docs/bee-regional-partner-factsheet-2026.pdf Scripps' current partnership financial structure
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