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Remember that most contests run on the academic year with registration in the fall and winners announced in the early spring. If you find that there are no current contests when you check, please check back in the fall for the new deadlines.
Annual Stained Glass Design Competition
18th Annual Stained Glass Design Competition. Draw a Picture of What is Most Important to you. Winners receive over $2500 in cash and prizes. Doodle, draw, or paint about making the world better, then send it in.
Deadline: Sep 15, 2013
This is an annual contest. (Previous winners)
Association of Women in Math Essay Contest
Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathmatics. Open to students Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, and College Undergraduates.
Request deadline: January 10, 2014
Submission deadline: January 31, 2014
Deadline: Jan 10, 2014
This is an annual contest. (Previous winners)
Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Contest
The Cassini spacecraft launched in October 1997 and has been orbiting Saturn since 2004. The Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Contest is open to students in grades 5-12. Essays must be under 500 words. Students choose from one of three essay topics and write an essay about why they think this image should be taken by the Cassini spacecraft. What questions do they hope will be answered by taking this picture? The essay contest meets U.S. National Science and Language Arts Standards. For contest rules, videos about each essay topic, a downloadable contest flyer, frequently asked questions, and more information, visit: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/scientistforaday/
Deadline: Sep 30, 2013
This is an annual contest. (Previous winners)
Civil Rights Defense Fund Writing Contest
The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund(NRACRDF) is once again sponsoring an essay contest celebrating the Second Amendment as an integral part of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The theme for the essay is "The Second Amendment to the Constitution: Why it is important to our nation."
Essays will be judged in two categories: Senior (grades 10-12) and Junior (grades 9 and below), with separate cash prizes awarded to the winners in each category. First place cash prizes are $1,000, $600 for second place prizes, $200 for third place prizes, and $100 for honorable mention.
The entry deadline for this contest is December 1, 2013. Essay contest winners will be selected by the NRACRDF and notified in early 2014. Winners will have their names published in InSights, and one of the Official Journals.
Deadline: Dec 01, 2013
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
Each year the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation awards 250 scholarships valued from $4,000 to $20,000 to high school seniors. "Coca-Cola" Scholarships are awarded based on character, personal merit and commitment. Merit is demonstrated through leadership in school, civic and extracurricular activities, academic achievement, and motivation to serve and succeed. Applications are accepted Aug 1 - Oct 31 of the senior year in high school.
Deadline: Oct 31, 2013
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
Constitution Day Poster Design Contest
Constitutionfacts.com is the national sponsor of the Annual GovDoc Kids Group U.S. Constitution Day Poster Contest for students, an international contest promoted exclusively through the Internet.
To compete, the contest invites K-12 entrants (including homeschoolers) to celebrate Constitution Day (Sept. 17) by designing a poster showing how they benefited from the freedoms embodied in the U.S. Constitution.
Entries must be postmarked by October 1 of each year. The first 100 entrants receive a free pocket constitution book from constitutionfacts.com, with the contest winner receiving additional prizes! To learn more, download the Constitution Day Poster Design Contest entry form.
Deadline: Oct 01, 2013
This is an annual contest. (Previous winners)
Creative4Christ Contests
Creative4Christ offers homeschool students contests in the areas of art and photography. Ongoing contests. Check website for more information.
Deadline: Dec 31, 2013
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest
The Mission of Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is to inspire, motivate and encourage anyone having the desire or love of poetry and writing, to continue doing so without fear of failure or success! Guidelines: (1) Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, form or style. And/or (2) Write short story five pages maximum length, single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme, fiction or non-fiction. Multiple entries are accepted. Prizes: Writing First Prize is $500; Second: $250; Third: $100. Poetry First Prize: $250; Second: $125; Third: $50. Entry fees: $5 per poem/$10 per story. See website for official rules.
Deadline: Jul 31, 2013
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
ExploraVision
ExploraVision is a science competition that encourages K-12 students of all interest, skill and ability levels to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving.
Deadline: Jan 31, 2014
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
First Freedom Student Competition
Held annually in the fall, this essay and video contest asks students to examine the history and current-day relevance of religious freedom, and then, by written essay or video production, present their evaluation.
The online student registration deadline is Monday, November 18, 2013. The postmark deadline for mailing the entry and its accompanying materials is the following Monday, November 25, 2013.
Announcement of Winners: Saturday, April 13, 2014 (Thomas Jefferson's birthday)
Deadline: Nov 18, 2013
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
Funky Nests
Show or describe a funky nest in a funky place! Send in your photos, drawings, art, poems, and stories about the weird and wonderful places birds nest. Submissions begin May 1, 2013
Deadline: Aug 31, 2013
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
http://www.teensdrivesmart.com/video-contest/
The top filmmaker will receive a $25,000 college scholarship;
Deadline: Jun 20, 2013
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
National Young Astronomer Award
N.Y.A.A. is designed to recognize the outstanding achievements by high school aged astronomers throughout the United States. To apply, eligible persons should submit application packages by the January 31 deadline.
Deadline: Jan 31, 2014
This is an annual contest. (Previous winners)
Poetic Power Student Writing Contests
Creative Communication is devoted to promoting writing, teaching and appreciation of student writing. The intent of our student writing contests is to motivate creative writers. Top entries are published in an anthology that will record the creative insights of today's student writers. Multiple ongoing contests.
Deadline: Dec 31, 2013
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
Profiles in Courage Essay Contest
The annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest invites high school students from across the nation to write an original essay about an elected official who has demonstrated political courage. The contest is a companion program of the Profile in Courage Award, named for President Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage, which recounts the stories of eight senators, the obstacles they faced, and the special valor they demonstrated despite the risks.
Deadline: Jan 06, 2014
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
Team America Rocketry Challenge
The Team America Rocketry Challenge is open to the first 1,000 teams that submit a completed application, including payment,
postmarked no later than November 30, 20
13. Teams must be made up of a minimum of 3 and no more than 10 students who are currently enrolled in grades 7 through 12 in U.S. schools. Team applications must come from a single school, home school association, or U.S. incorporated non-
profit youth organization (excluding National Association of Rocketry, Tripoli Rocketry Association, or any other rocket
ry organization).
Deadline: Nov 30, 2013
This is an annual contest. (No information found about previous winners.)
Youth Wildlife Art Contest
The contest is open to students in grades 1 through 12 (including home-schooled children). NRA membership is not required. A summary of contest rules follows: Entries may be submitted in one of four categories, based on school grade. Entries may portray any North American game bird or animal that may be legally hunted or trapped. Endangered species and non-game animals, such as eagles and snakes, are not eligible subjects. Entries may be in a medium of the artist's choice (oil, water color, pastels, pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, etc.). Submissions should be on good quality bond or drawing paper, or illustration board. Contest runs annually beginning in spring.
Deadline: Nov 05, 2013
This is an annual contest. (Previous winners)
