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.
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Competition/Contest | Deadline | Age/Grade |
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Knight Essay Contest | February 15, 2024 | 9th - 12th grade |
River of Words Poetry and Art Contest | February 29, 2024 | ages 5 - 19 |
Write the World - Environmental Writing Competition | April 22, 2024 | ages 13-19.5 |
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction and Essay contest | May 1, 2024 | all ages |
Submit a Play contest | May 1, 2024 | ages 19 and under |
SAR RumBaugh Oration contest | May 15, 2024 | 9th - 12th grade |
MY HERO portrait contest | May 15, 2024 | students of all ages |
Write the World - Poetry and Spoken Word Competition | May 27, 2024 | ages 13-19.5 |
SAR SGT. Moses Adams Memorial Brochure contest | June 01, 2024 | 6th, 7th, and 8th grade |
SAR Elementary Poster contest | June 1, 2024 | 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade |
Ocean Awareness contest | June 10, 2024 | ages 11-18 |
Write the World Personal Essay Competition | June 24, 2024 | ages 13-19.5 |
ISDA Photo contest | June 30, 2024 | all ages |
Embracing our Differences Art Competition | July 01, 2024 | all ages |
PSI Annual Poetry Contest | July 01, 2024 | all ages |
Write the World - Journalism Competition | July 22, 2024 | ages 13-19.5 |
Write the World - Flash Fiction Competition | August 26, 2024 | ages 13-19.5 |
Young Writers Awards | September 01, 2024 | 9th - 12th grade |
Creative Writing contest | October 2, 2024 | Rising high school students and recently graduated seniors |
SUSU Art contest | October 31, 2024 | Youth, up to age 24, who have experienced parental incarceration |
Voice of Democracy Audio-Essay Program | October 31, 2024 | 9th - 12th grade |
Patriot’s Pen Youth Essay Contest | October 31, 2024 | 9th - 12th grade |
Bill of Rights Day Contest | Nov 1, 2024 | 5th - 12th grade |
The Greenburg Playwright Competition | March 15, 2025 | 6th grade - adult |
Indiana Junior Duck Stamp Program | March 15, 2025 | K - 12th grade |
National Academic Homeschool Competition | August 1, 2024 - registration begins | ages 12–18 |
Statehood Day Essay Contest | Fall | 4th grade |
JASNA Essay Contest | TBD | full- or part-time high school, college, or graduate student |
Congressional Award | Varies | ages 14-24 |
DAR American History Essay Contest | Varies by Local Chapter | 5th - 8th grade |
Patriots of the American Revolution High School Essay Contest | Varies by Local Chapter | 9th - 12th grade |
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards | Varies by Region | 7th - 12th grade |