Jul. 18—Michael Baron made the jump from casual to competitive Scrabble competition almost 40 years ago. He enjoyed the game and figured competitive Scrabble would be a great way to test his skills, ...

Three poets compete in the finals of the "Spoken Word to Go Go" competition. Host Felicia Curry visits the 31st Annual Barbecue Festival in downtown D.C. to take in a spoken word competition called ...

Dasan Ahanu, 2023 Piedmont Laureate and Durham-based poet, said spoken word poetry saved his life. After stumbling onto an open mic night devoted to the art form — which Ahanu described as the ...

Words that are difficult enough to boot spellers from spelling bee competition rounds are called knockout words. With the premier spelling bee in the nation kicking off this week in Washington, D.C., ...