Student Contests
Student Contests
Stossel in the Classroom 2023-2024 SITC Student Contest - Due March 22, 2024
The Stossel in the Classroom 2023-24 student essay and video contests are here—offering $25,000 in cash prizes for students & teachers! The essay and video contests are open to secondary schoolers, and undergrads can participate in the video contest. Students can choose from multiple topics, with various divisions for different grade levels. Check out the prizes, program updates, and entry details.
Letters About Literature Statewide Writing Contest for Grades 4-12 - Due January 19, 2024
Watch the promotion video! Letters About Literature is an Indiana reading and writing contest for students in grades 4-12. Students are asked to read a book, poem, essay, or speech and write to the author (living or deceased) about how the work affected how they see themselves or how they see the world.
There are three competition levels:
Level I: Grades 4-6
Level II: Grades 7 & 8
Level III: Grades 9-12
Prizes are awarded to the following winners in each level:
All winners are published in our Annual Indiana Letters About Literature Anthology
First Place: $100.00 + Publication
Second Place: $50.00 + Publication
Third Place: $30.00 + Publication
Honorable Mentions: $20.00 + Publication
Finalists: Publication
All winners are announced by late March and receive an invitation to the Indiana Letters About Literature Awards Ceremony.