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| Students ages 12–17 can participate in one or more speech categories: Participants video their speeches and are permitted to use notes while delivering their speeches. Visit for more information. |
| We are delighted to present our annual writing contest for all aspiring and accomplished writers, ages 8–18. Whether or not they have experience with IEW's Structure and Style® writing method, your students are invited to participate. Visit for more information. |
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The Cardinal Newman Society just announced its Essay Scholarship Contest for high school seniors! The winner will receive $5,000 towards the cost of attending one of the colleges recognized in The Newman Guide for the fall of 2023. Additionally, several colleges have agreed to supplement the scholarship, potentially increasing the award to $20,000 over the course of four years. Learn more here: . Deadline: May 1, 2023
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Every year, HSLDA offers creative contests in poetry, videography, short story writing, photography, art, and essay writing. HSLDA’s contests provide homeschooled students the opportunity to hone their skills in a fun and creative setting that invites them to think outside the box and be rewarded for excellence. Contests are open to all homeschooled students (ages 7–19). More information is available .
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American Life League's Culture of Life Studies Program is hosting its annual pro-life essay contest for students in 5th-12th grade. Write 500 words on one of the prompts and submit your essay by November 6, 2023. They are offering great prizes, and the winner will be published in their magazine! Find details at
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| Boom & Bucket's 2024 Student Scholarship Program Boom & Bucket is offering a scholarship of $1,000 to be awarded each year to a student pursuing a heavy machinery-themed program. This scholarship is available to both currently enrolled students and future students who are planning to attend a program at a college or a trade school anywhere in the United States or Canada within the next twelve months. To apply, students must write a 500+ word essay or record a 2-minute video explaining who they are and what makes them excited about the heavy equipment space. Learn more at |
This page will be updated as we learn of new opportunities. If you know of a writing or speaking contest, please let us know so we can include it on this page.
Please note: While IEW believes these contests to be legitimate, writing contest scams do exist, and it is wise to check into a contest carefully before entering, especially if there is a fee to enter.
IEW students (grades 3-12), submit your compositions for a chance to be published in our monthly e-newsletter or annual print magazine. Submissions from all nine IEW units, journalism, and poetry are accepted. Student artists are also encouraged to submit original artwork in any medium. for detailed instructions to submit your work. | |
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Students in 11th grade can submit their poetry. Contest details will be published this fall. 9. The New York Times Tiny Memoir Contest. This contest is also a wonderful writing challenge, and the New York Times includes lots of resources and models for students to be able to do their best work.
19) American Foreign Service Association Essay Contest. With this writing competition for high school students, entrants may submit essays ranging from 1,000-1,500 words about diplomacy, history, and international politics (specific prompts vary by year). Eligibility: Students in grades nine through twelve may apply.
Adroit Prizes are awarded to emerging high school and college writers in two categories: poetry and prose. Winning pieces are considered for publication in the Adroit Journal and winners receive an award of $200. The 2023 judges are Natalie Diaz and Ocean Vuong. 2. Ten-Minute Play Contest.
The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition provides a platform for young, ambitious high school students to exercise their writing skills and compete with students from all over the world! This competition encourages students to challenge themselves and explore different writing styles to ultimately strengthen their writing skills.
Deadline: Mid-February 2023-June 1, 2023. Who may enter: High school (including homeschooled), college, and graduate students worldwide. Contest description: The 2023 essay contest topic is marriages and proposals. High school students may focus on Pride and Prejudice only or bring in other Austen works.
The Teen Ink contest, recognized as one of the premier writing contests for high school students, encourages young writers and artists aged 13 to 19 to submit their best work across various creative categories. This online contest is designed to publish exceptional works by teens in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, photography, and reviews.
YoungArts Competition. Award Amount: Up to $10,000 cash awards. Deadline: October 15, 2022; application for 2024 opens June 2023. Fee: $35. Open to students in a variety of disciplines, including visual arts, writing, and music, the YoungArts competition asks students to submit a portfolio of work.
Genres: Essay, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Short Story. Up to $1000 in cash prizes for the African Diaspora Award 2024. African-themed prose and poetry wanted. Top finalists are published in Kinsman Quarterly's magazine and the anthology, "Black Butterfly: Voices of the African Diaspora.". Top Prize:
Welcome to The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition 2022! The most powerful global essay writing competition for high school students. The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition provides a platform for young, ambitious high school students to exercise their writing skills in a non-traditional environment. Register here!
The 2023 Harvard International Economics Essay Contest is sponsored by the Harvard Undergraduate Economics Association (HUEA) in conjunction with the Harvard College Economics Review (HCER). This essay competition is open to high school students of any year and is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate an accomplished level of writing and ...
The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world's oldest international writing competition for schools, proudly delivered by the Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883. ... In 2023 we were delighted to receive a record-breaking 34,924 entries, with winners from India and Malaysia. ...
The contest is open to all writers in English except current or former students or employees of The University of Southern Mississippi. Fiction and non-fiction entries should be 1000-8000 words; poetry entries should be three to five poems, totaling ten pages or less. Genre. Fiction/Non-Fiction/Poetry. Sub-Genre.
YoungArts Competitions for High School Students. Genres: Classical Music, Dance, Design Arts, Film, Jazz, Photography, Theater, Visual. Arts, Voice, Writing. Award: Up to $10,000 and national recognition. Eligibility: US citizens and permanent resident/green card recipients in grades 10-12 or. 15-18 years of age on December 1, 2023.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is now accepting submissions for the 2024 David McCullough Essay Prizes. The contest has been recently overhauled, and will recognize fourteen outstanding high school student research and interpretive essays with cash prizes of up to $5,000. This contest is named in memory of David McCullough (1933-2022)—a ...
HIEEC 2023-2024 is now closed. The 2023-2024 Harvard International Economics Essay Contest is sponsored by the Harvard Undergraduate Economics Association (HUEA). This essay competition is open to high school students of any year and is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate an accomplished level of writing and understanding of economic theory.
Each submission requires a $25 entry fee via Submittable, and multiple entries are allowed. Entries will be judged based on originality, creativity, writing quality, and adherence to genre, with finalists announced in October 2024, shortlisted in January 2025, and winners in March 2025. Deadline: July 01, 2024.
Here are the rules and guidelines, which are the same as last year's except for one detail: You can work only with words published in our W.O.T.D. column between June 1, 2023, and Feb. 28, 2024 ...
Global Essay Competition Compete in our Global Essay Competition and qualify for participation as a Leader of Tomorrow in the world's premier opportunity forcross-generational debates: The St. Gallen Symposium. Meet 300 of society's brightest young minds. Present and debate your ideas with 600 senior leaders. Be inspired by some of the world'smost impressive speakers. Gain […]
Closing date: 30 June 2023. Essay writing contests 7. ... The Atlas Shrugged novel essay contest is open to all high school and college students globally. Atlas Shrugged is a heroic mystery novel written by Ayn Rand. Choose from three prompts and submit an award-winning essay!
5. 2024 Essay Contest - High School Category. Open to: Grades 9-12 students who are attending a public or private school or reside in Washington, D.C., or Montgomery County, MD. An updated list of free-to-enter writing contests—short story, flash fiction, poetry, essays, songwriting, articles, feature articles, interviews and memoirs.
The Fraser Institute hosts an annual Student Essay Contest to promote student participation in economic discourse on current events and public policy. This contest affords students the opportunity to have their work peer-reviewed and published early on in their academic career. In addition, we offer exciting cash prizes for the top five winning submissions!The Fraser Institute's 2024 Student ...
This essay competition is designed to give students the opportunity to develop and showcase their independent study and writing skills. Unfortunately, for external reasons, the essay won't be running in 2023, but may well be running in 2024 so do keep an eye out so you don't miss it! Sample Essay Questions from 2020.
Deadline: May 1, 2023 . HSLDA Contests . Every year, HSLDA offers creative contests in poetry, videography, short story writing, photography, art, and essay writing. HSLDA's contests provide homeschooled students the opportunity to hone their skills in a fun and creative setting that invites them to think outside the box and be rewarded for ...