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International Academic Competitions is delighted to announce the start of its 2022-2023 competition season for the National History Bee and Bowl for students across the USA! For the coming academic year, IAC will continue to proceed with in-person tournaments, while still providing opportunities for online tournaments.  We will continue to monitor the public health situation closely, and will be more than happy to convert in-person events to online tournaments as [...]

International Academic Competitions is delighted to announce the start of its 2021-2022 competition season for the National History Bee and Bowl for students across the USA! For the coming academic year, IAC has decided to proceed with in-person tournaments. We are monitoring the public health situation closely, and will be more than happy to return to online tournaments if necessary. In that case, all in-person registrations would be exchanged for [...]

International Academic Competitions is pleased to announce that the 2021 Varsity and JV National Championships of the National History Bee will be held during Labor Day Weekend, September 3-6, 2021. The Middle School and Junior Varsity division events will be held exclusively in person in Arlington, Virginia, while the Elementary and Varsity division events will be held exclusively online. Please visit iacnationals.com for more information.

It is with great sadness that IAC has learned of the passing of Laura Fleming, a tremendous supporter of IAC and NHBB for over 10 years. Laura was helpful to IAC before we even existed, as she helped us organize the 2010 Tri-State History Bee and Bowl at Ridgewood High School where she taught for 37 years. The success of this tournament owed much to Laura, and it led [...]

International Academic Competitions is delighted to announce the start of its 2020-2021 competition season for the National History Bee and Bowl and an ever-expanding lineup of events for students across the USA! For the coming academic year, IAC has decided to proceed as if all 2020-2021 events will be held online. We are monitoring the public health situation closely, and will be more than happy to return to in-person [...]

The 2019-2020 National History Bee and Bowl season marks the tenth year of NHBB history quiz tournaments throughout the USA, and since the end of October, tournaments have been taking place across the USA. With dozens of teams and hundreds of students now qualified for Nationals, we are pleased to announce that registration for our 2020 International Academic Competitions / National History Bee and Bowl National Championships is now [...]