Current Contests

2023-2024 opportunities are now posted on the morning W.I.N. slides.

The Cary Lions Club is sponsoring a Peace Poster Contest. See details here.

2023 NCPS STUDENT POETRY CONTESTS

Goosebumps Create-a-Cover Contest

Patriot's Pen "My Pledge to Our Veterans"

World of 8 Billion Video Contest

StudentCam

Air Quality Contest for Seventh Grade Students

2021-2022 Archived

2022 Neuroscience for Kids Poetry Contest

2021 NCPS STUDENT POETRY CONTESTS

The period for submissions by student poets from 3rd grade to university undergraduates attending schools in North Carolina opened on September 1st, 2021 and closes February 1st, 2022. To download an entry form, click here. All entries must be postmarked by February 1, 2022.

The New York Times Student Contest Calendar for 2020-21

2019-2020 Archived

Holocaust Commemoration Poster Competition

For North Carolina Middle and High School Students

The 2020 poster theme is Courage, Compassion and Hope: Lessons from the Holocaust

2020 McIntyre Youth Leadership Challenge.pdf

THE McINTYRE YOUTH LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

Use this link to sign up for the preliminary spelling bee for your grade level to be held during lunch in room 2201 on Wednesday, December 18.

https://forms.gle/BKA8b2bovnzytKZbA

Exciting news! The 2019–2020 Duke TIP Writing Contest is open!

Do you love to write? Duke TIP’s annual writing contest opened on December 1. Full contest details, including the writing prompt, can be found at www.tip.duke.edu/writingcontest. The contest is open to all 4th–6th Grade Talent Search participants. Submit your best story by January 21.

Endangered Species Awareness Poster Contest

The North Carolina Zoo invites all North Carolina, K-12 grade students to showcase their artistic talent and their commitment to increasing awareness of endangered species by participating in the Endangered Species Awareness Poster Contest.

Impero Software’s “Don’t be a Troll” Meme Contest

Impero will select 2 winners by February 11, 2020 to receive prizes! Impero will award a $100 Amazon gift card to each winner and a $500 Amazon gift card to each winner’s school. The winners’ profiles and memes will be published on Impero’s web site and social media channels and shared with schools nationwide.

Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project- 12th National Essay Contest

Submissions due by January 12, 2020. I have two hard copies of the book for the Korean Spirit contest. See me if you would like to borrow one. The First Place prize is five hundred dollars.

EngineerGirl Writing Contest

Write a story about someone learning to live on a new world while traveling in space.

These are stories from the spaceship Vestigo.

Its 20-year journey will take a large group of people from Earth to a new home outside our solar system…

Your challenge is to first imagine how these voyagers will learn the skills essential for their survival and then write a story that shows them learning those skills.

2020 STUDENT POETRY CONTESTS

As of September 1, 2019, WE ARE ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS for student poets from 3rd grade to university undergraduates attending schools in North Carolina. To download an entry form, click here.

All entries must be postmarked by February 1, 2020

Each winning student poem will be published in the NC Poetry Society’s annual Pinesong anthology, which features all of the contest winners and their poems. For more information about current and past issues of Pinesong, click here.

1st Place winners will receive a $60 check, an NCPS award certificate, and a free copy of Pinesong.

2nd Place winners receive $40, an NCPS award certificate, and a free copy of Pinesong.

3rd Place winners receive $25, an NCPS award certificate, and a free copy of Pinesong.

Honorable Mention winners (up to three per contest) are also chosen. These winners receive an NCPS award certificate and a free copy of Pinesong.

2020 Neuroscience for Kids Poetry Contest

The 2020 Neuroscience for Kids Poetry Contest now open!

If you are in Grade 6 to Grade 8, your poem must be in the form of a haiku. A haiku has only THREE lines. Also, haiku MUST use the following pattern: 5 syllables in the first line; 7 syllables in the second line; 5 syllables in the third line. Entries must be received by February 1, 2020 .

Pursue An Academic Challenge!

Archived Contests

The Cary Lions Club is sponsoring the Lions International Peace Poster Contest. The 2019-2020 theme is "Journey of Peace." The contest winner for AMS will be awarded $50. All posters must be submitted to Mrs.Pilkington by noon on Friday, October 11. Check out the contest details and rules. They are specific to your age, the size of your poster and NOT using words or numbers on the front of your poster.

The Young Writers Flash Fiction Contest

Write a short flash fiction story (up to 300 words) that somehow includes a balloon. Submit your story by 11:59 PM PT on Friday, May 31.

We will award one Grand Prize to a writer aged 14 to 18, and one Grand Prize to a writer aged 13 or younger. We'll also award three Honorable Mentions.

The Grand Prizes

Your story published on the NaNoWriMo blog and on the Young Writers Program website, plus a shout out on our social media
A $20 gift certificate for the NaNoWriMo store

The Honorable Mention Prizes

A link to your story on the NaNoWriMo blog and the Young Writers Program website, plus a shout out on our social media
A $10 gift certificate for the NaNoWriMo store

Barnes and Noble My Favorite Teacher Contest

Entries must be hand delivered or postmarked by March 1.

The student who authors the national winning essay, poem, or thank-you letter for the teacher that wins the “Barnes & Noble National Teacher of the Year” will receive a $500 Barnes & Noble gift certificate and NOOK device. The five regional winning teachers will each receive a $500 Barnes & Noble Gift Card. The winner of the "Barnes & Noble Teacher of the Year" award will receive $5,000 and will be recognized at a special event at a Barnes & Noble store. The winning teacher's school will receive $5,000 as well.

Doodle for Google

is an annual contest open to students in grades K-12. Students are invited to create their own Google doodle for the chance to have it featured on Google.com, as well as win some great scholarships and tech packages for their schools. Submit an entry via the digital upload tool on the Contest Site or mailed. Doodles must be postmarked by March 18th, 2019 (“Postmark Deadline”) and received delivered to 1600 Ampitheater within seven (7) days of the Postmark Deadline in order to have been submitted within the Contest Period.

Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest

Entries for most states due March 15, 2019.

Listen To A Life Contest

The Legacy Project's 19th annual Listen to a Life Story Contest runs to March 22, 2019. The contest is open to young people 8-18 years, with a grandparent or grandfriend 50 years or older (cannot be a parent). To enter, all you have to do is Read, Listen, and Write!

2018 - 2019 AQ-IQ Air Quality Contest for Seventh Grade Students

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) invites seventh grade students to learn about air and air pollution through the 2018 – 2019 AQ-IQ Contest. Students create a project that highlights an air quality issue and provides a solution to that issue.

Due Date: March 1, 2019 at a NC DAQ Regional Office

Blue Mountain Arts

Announces Its Thirty-fourth Biannual Poetry Card Contest

Deadline: June 30, 2019

1st prize: $350 * 2nd prize: $200 * 3rd prize: $100

We the Students Essay Contest

Deadline: February 14, 2019 at 11:59 pm PT

The Contest is open to all United States citizens or legal residents who are students who are no younger than 14 as of the end of the Contest Period and who are in grades 8 -12.

Scientist For A Day Essay Contest

Deadline: Essay entries for the U.S. contest must be received by February 8, 2019 at 5:00pm Pacific Time.

World of 7 Billion Video Contest

Create a short video – up to 60 seconds – about human population growth that highlights one of the following global challenges: Preserving Biodiversity, Sustainable Resource Use, Protecting Human Rights. There is no limit to the number of students who can work on a video. However, the video must be entered under one name ONLY (the Lead Producer). Recognition and prizes will be given to the lead producer and all those listed as co-producers on the entry form. Deadline for submissions is February 28, 2019.

2019 Civics Education Contest

Essay contest- should there be limits to free speech? Why or why not? Essays must be 100 words or less. Deadline is February 22,2019. First place-$350, Second place-$200, and Third place-$100.

2019 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest

Artwork should be submitted electronically at www.endangered.org/submit-your-art. It must be 3300×2550 pixels at 300 dpi resolution.
You must submit your artwork by March 1, 2019.

Scope's Write-a-Story Contest

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 1, 2019

State-Fish Art Contest

Deadline is March 31, 2019.

Science without Borders® Challenge

International Student Art Contest

The theme for the 2019 Science Without Borders® Challenge is“Connected Ocean: No Barriers, No Boundaries, and No Borders.” The deadline for entry into the year’s Science without Borders® Challenge is Monday, April 22, 2019 at 11:59 pm.