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Student Contests & Opportunities

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
Knight Essay ContestFebruary 15, 20249th - 12th grade
River of Words Poetry and Art ContestFebruary 29, 2024ages 5 - 19
Write the World - Environmental Writing CompetitionApril 22, 2024ages 13-19.5
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, 20249th - 12th grade
MY HERO portrait contestMay 15, 2024students of all ages
Write the World - Poetry and Spoken Word CompetitionMay 27, 2024ages 13-19.5
SAR SGT. Moses Adams Memorial Brochure contestJune 01, 20246th, 7th, and 8th grade
SAR Elementary Poster contestJune 1, 20243rd, 4th, and 5th grade
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, 20249th - 12th grade
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, 20249th - 12th grade
Patriot’s Pen Youth Essay ContestOctober 31, 20249th - 12th grade
Bill of Rights Day ContestNov 1, 20245th - 12th grade
The Greenburg Playwright CompetitionMarch 15, 20256th grade - adult
Indiana Junior Duck Stamp ProgramMarch 15, 2025K - 12th grade
National Academic Homeschool CompetitionAugust 1, 2024 - registration beginsages 12–18
Statehood Day Essay ContestFall4th grade
JASNA Essay ContestTBDfull- or part-time high school, college, or graduate student
Congressional AwardVariesages 14-24
DAR American History Essay ContestVaries by Local Chapter5th - 8th grade
Patriots of the American Revolution High School Essay ContestVaries by Local Chapter9th - 12th grade
Scholastic Art and Writing AwardsVaries by Region7th - 12th grade