"The competition normally offers a $50,000 prize to the champion. Instead of splitting it eight ways, all eight contestants will receive $50,000 and their own trophy." https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/us/national-spelling-bee-champions.html …
'Since 2008, there’s also been a South Asian Spelling Bee. Which, coincidentally, is also the beginning of the 11-year streak of South Asian winners of the national bee.'https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/us/spelling-bee-south-asians.html …