Online Academic Bee and Bowl

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International Academic Competitions is pleased to announce the 2027 Online Academic Bee and Bowl, taking place from February 27-28, 2027! 

Each Online Bee and Bowl Regional event will offer a different combination of question set and schedule of events.  For the Online Academic Bee and Bowl, the Academic Bee and Bowl set of questions will be used, the Bowl will take place Saturday, and the Bee will happen on Sunday. This event is open to all students, regardless of what state they are from, as long as they have not yet played this set of questions in the 2026-2027 academic year. For further information, please email us at help@iacompetitions.com. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you online!

Date Events (All Eastern Time)
Saturday, February 27th 12:00pm – 5:00pm Academic Bowl Preliminary Rounds

6:00pm – 8:00pm  Academic Bowl Playoffs

Sunday, February 28th 12:00pm – 3:00pm Academic Bee Preliminaries and Finals

Register

To register, please fill out the form below. If you don’t receive a confirmation email within an hour, your registration may not have been processed and you should email help@iacompetitions.com as soon as possible.

  • Preregistration closes on February 19th at 11:59 pm EST. 
  • Teams can still register with a late fee and individuals can register for the Bee with no penalty until February 22nd, after which Bee and Bowl registrations are no longer guaranteed.
  • After that, contact help@iacompetitions.com to see if registration is still possible.
  • No refunds will be given after February 22nd; a more complete list of our late registration fees and policies for our online events can be found here.

National Academic Bee & National Academic Bowl

  • Bowl teams and Bee players start with several preliminary rounds. 
  • After prelims, the top Bowl teams will play in a single elimination playoff, while the top Bee players will play a 4th and final round. 
  • The number of teams/individuals playing in playoffs will vary depending on the field size; your Tournament Director will announce this on the day of the tournament. 
  • There will be plaques for the top Bowl teams and medals for the top 3 Bee players in each division.  Additionally, the top Bowl teams and Bee players can also qualify for our Middle & Elementary School National Championships in May!

Middle/Elementary School National Qualifying Exams
We also offer the Middle/Elementary School National Qualifying Exams at our online tournaments as well as in person. These exams qualify students for events at the Middle/Elementary School National Championships. Note: Competitors registered for exams will receive a separate email with the instructions for taking their exams online. The exams will not take place during the online competition time.

These exams only qualify students for the Middle/Elementary School National Championships.  There are also Varsity/JV National Qualifying Exams that can qualify students solely for the Varsity/JV National Championships in Geography, Political Science, Science and US History, as well as the 2028 International Geography Championships.

Teams Attending

Varsity

  1. TBA

JV

  1. TBA

MS

  1. TBA

Registration:

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