The National English Honor Society offers a range of awards, grants, scholarships, and other opportunities to its student members and their Chapter Advisors. The table below outlines all the opportunities available for student members, Chapter Advisors, chapters, and community organizations by award cycle (Fall, Winter, Spring).
Other than awards listed with an * below, all applications/submissions must be completed using the NEHS AwardSpring platform and are due by 11:59 p.m. (CT) on the date listed.
All scholarships can be seen HERE
Fall Awards Cycle
Opportunities for Student Members
NEHS Scholarships (Part 1)- For seniors- Fall Awards Cycle applications require students to submit essays in response to questions about Angie Cruz’s How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water.
Opens- Sep 29, 2025, due Oct 14, 2025 PNG / PDF
Creative Challenge: Poetry Writing & Performance- All student members
Opens- Sep 29, 2025, due - Oct 14, 2025 PNG / PDF
Convention Presentation Award All student members
opens- Sep 29, 2025, due- Oct 14, 2025 PNG / PDF
Banned Books Artwork Award All student members
opens - Sep 29, 2025 , due - Oct 14, 2025 PNG / PDF
NEHS Poets Laureate Award All student members
opens- Sep 29, 2025, due- Oct 14, 2025, PNG / PDF
Winter Awards Cycle
Opportunities for Student Members
NEHS Scholarships (Part 2) -Seniors- Winter Awards Cycle applications require students to submit essays in response to questions about Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library.
opens, Dec 8, 2025, due-Jan 12, 2026 PNG / PDF
NEHS-NIU Scholarship*-Seniors
opens, Nov 15, 2025, due-Jan 31, 2026 PNG / PDF
Creative Challenge: Monologues- All student members
opens- Dec 8, 2025, due- Jan 12, 2026 PNG / PDF
Intellectual Freedom Challenge- All student members
opens- Dec 8, 2025, due- Jan 12, 2026 PNG / PDF
Opportunities for Chapters
Spring Awards Cycle
The Hebestreit Award for Adventure Writing All student members
opens Mar 23, 2026, due- April 6, 2026 PNG / PDF
Creative Challenge: Ethics & AI All student members
opens -Mar 23, 2026, due Apr 6, 2026 PNG / PDF
Narrative Artwork Award All student members
opens, Mar 23, 2026, due Apr 6, 2026 PNG / PDF
NEHS-Harvard Crimson Student Journalism Award All student members
opens Mar 23, 2026, due - Apr 6, 2026 PNG / PDF
Lambda Ampersand Award for LGBTQIA+ Writing All student members
opens Mar 23, 2026, due Apr 6, 2026 PNG / PDF
NEHS Triangle Submissions All student members
opens Mar 23, 2026, due Apr 6, 2026 PNG / PDF
Bulletin Board Award All active chapters
Opens Mar 23, 2026, due Apr 6, 2026 PNG / PDF
Chapter Impact Award All active chapters
opens Mar 23, 2026, due Apr 6, 2026 PNG / PDF