The Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge is an annual vocabulary

Vocabulary

A person's vocabulary is the set of words within a language that are familiar to that person. A vocabulary usually develops with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge...

 competition in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 for youth in sixth, seventh, or eighth grade. It is sponsored by Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...

 magazine.

School

jbyf give students 25-question multiple-choice tests. Classroom winners then compete with other classroom winners from the same grade to determine the school-wide grade-level champion. The school champion then takes a multiple-choice test which determines the top 100 students in the state.

State

The top 100 students are invited to state competition. There they are given 25 multiple-choice questions to determine the top ten. The top ten then go through a few rounds of questions to determine the state champion. The state champion gets to advance to National competition.

National

Students from every state, Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, and one student from a Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...

 school get to compete at the National level. The students take a 25-question multiple-choice

Multiple choice

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 test to determine the top 10 students. The top 10 compete for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in a nationally televised

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 event. The moderator is a celebrity, and in the past it has usually been Al Roker

Al Roker

Albert Lincoln "Al" Roker, Jr. is an American television meteorologist as well as an actor and book author. He is best known as being the weather anchor on NBC's Today. On Monday, July 20, 2009, he began co-hosting his new morning show, Wake Up with Al, on The Weather Channel, which airs weekdays...

.

Note: According to the web site, the competition will not be held for the 2007-2008 year.

Prizes

• All students at the state level are given treat bags
• The top 10 students at the state level are given Reader's Digest books
• All students at the national level are given treat bags
• All state winners are given free trips to the location of the national competition (usually Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  )
• Scholarships
  Scholarship
  A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
  
  are given at the National level
  • 1st place — $25,000
  • 2nd place — $15,000
  • 3rd place — $10,000