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Student Contests & Opportunities

Updated May 2024

Contests can provide a healthy opportunity to motivate our students to do their best work. With their varied topics, they offer your student a chance to explore and learn about a subject, person, part of history, or field they may not be as familiar with. It can also give them insight into their strengths, and likes and dislikes, even if they don’t win. Winning is not everything, and the knowledge and confidence gained from trying something new can benefit them throughout their lifetime.

This page is provided as a service to our families looking for this type of enrichment.

Do you have a contest or opportunity to share? Email us.

The IAHE does not endorse the organizations or contests below, and the content provided is for information only.

Competition/ContestDeadlineAge/Grade
National Academic Homeschool CompetitionOctober 31, 2023Ages 12 – 18
Knight Essay ContestFebruary 15, 2024Grades 9th - 12th
River of Words Poetry and Art ContestFebruary 29, 2024Ages 5 - 19
Bee Kind Make a Difference National Essay ContestMarch 15, 2024Grades K - 8th
Laws of Life Essay ContestMarch 21, 2024Grades 4th - 12th
National High School Essay ContestApril 1, 2024Grades 9th - 12th
Write the World - Environmental Writing CompetitionApril 22, 2024Ages 13 - 19.5
Leader In Me International Student Speech ContestApril 26, 2024Ages 5 - 19
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction and Essay contestMay 1, 2024All ages
Submit a Play contestMay 1, 2024Ages 19 and under
SAR RumBaugh Oration contestMay 15, 2024Grades 9th - 12th
MY HERO portrait contestMay 15, 2024Grades Pre-K - College
Write the World - Poetry and Spoken Word CompetitionMay 27, 2024Ages 13 - 19.5
SAR SGT. Moses Adams Memorial Brochure contestJune 01, 2024Grades 6th, 7th, and 8th
SAR Elementary Poster contestJune 1, 2024Grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th
JASNA Essay ContestJune 1, 2024Full- or part-time high school, college, or graduate student
Ocean Awareness contestJune 10, 2024Ages 11 - 18
Write the World Personal Essay CompetitionJune 24, 2024Ages 13 - 19.5
ISDA Photo contestJune 30, 2024All ages
Embracing our Differences Art CompetitionJuly 01, 2024All ages
PSI Annual Poetry ContestJuly 01, 2024All ages
Write the World - Journalism CompetitionJuly 22, 2024Ages 13 - 19.5
Write the World - Flash Fiction CompetitionAugust 26, 2024Ages 13 - 19.5
Young Writers AwardsSeptember 01, 2024Grades 9th - 12th
Creative Writing contestOctober 2, 2024Rising high school students and recently graduated seniors
SUSU Art contestOctober 31, 2024Youth, up to age 24, who have experienced parental incarceration
Voice of Democracy Audio-Essay ProgramOctober 31, 2024Grades 9th - 12th
Patriot’s Pen Youth Essay ContestOctober 31, 2024Grades 9th - 12th
Bill of Rights Day ContestNovember 1, 2024Grades 5th - 12th
Bill of Rights Essay ContestNovember 27, 2024Grades 6th - 12th
The Greenburg Playwright CompetitionMarch 15, 20256th grade - adult
Indiana Junior Duck Stamp ProgramMarch 15, 2025Grades K - 12th
Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship ContestMarch 1, 20224High School and College Students
Statehood Day Essay ContestFall4th Grade
LCP Ten-Minute Play CompetitionTBD11th Grade
Indiana Connection Cooperative Calendar of Student ArtTBDGrades K - 12th
Congressional AwardVariesAges 14-24
Black Lawrence Press Writing ContestsVaries by ContestAll ages
DAR American History Essay ContestVaries by Local ChapterGrades 5th - 8th
Patriots of the American Revolution High School Essay ContestVaries by Local ChapterGrades 9th - 12th
Scholastic Art and Writing AwardsVaries by RegionGrades 7th - 12th