Contest
Tiger Woods
Foundation Fist
Pump Challenge
NABE "Being
"Bilingual" Essay
Contest
Speakable Gifts
Writing Contest
FIRE’s “Freedom
in Academia”
Essay Contest
Simon & Schuster
"I Can Save
the Earth!" Essay
Contest
Grade
Groups
Prizes
Topic
Word Max
Deadline
Comments
Ages 13-18
iPod, Tiger Woods video
game, $25 Target gift
card, book
Any positive personal goal
you've reached
Minimum 100
words
ongoing
(monthly
winners)
May submit video
or essay entry
3rd-5th, 6th8th, 9th-11th
Must be enrolled
in a foreign
language course
or in a bilingual or
native-language
supported
classroom (and
must have a B
academic average)
$1,000-$2,000
Choose from several
bilingual-related topics
150-500
(varies by age)
$10 gift card to Barnes
and Noble; certificate
Response to an Aesop's
Fable or poem on the
website
100-200
words,
depending on
age group
11/15/08**
(***)
--
High school
$2,500-$5,000 college
scholarships
Why free speech and First
Amendment rights are
crucial to higher
education and how abuses
of these rights harm
education
700 - 1200
11/20/08
--
Ages 5-10
Eco-friendly books from
Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing,
stickers, tree planting
How you're helping to
save the environment
300
12/1/08
Random drawing
for prize
2nd-4th, 5th6th
11/7/08
NRA Civil Rights
Defense Fund
Writing Contest
Letters About
Literature
Shankar's
International
Children's
Competition
Amvets
Americanism
Program Essay
Contest
Sons of the
American
Revolution: The
George S. & Stella
M. Knight
Essay Contest
American History
Essay Contest
Christopher
Columbus Essay
Contest
K-9th, 10th12th
$100-$1,000 in savings
bonds
“The Second Amendment
to the Constitution: Why
it is important to our
nation.”
About 1,000
12/1/08
--
4th-6th, 7th &
8th, 9th-12th
$100-$500 Target gift
cards and $1K-$10K for
library
Letter to any author,
living or dead
100-800
(varies by age)
12/6/08*
--
Under age 16
Gold medals, silver
medals, certificates of
merit
poems, plays, short
stories, essays, descriptive
writing, and the like; any
topic
unspecified
12/31/08
May submit up to
6 entries. Must be
in English.
6th-12th in five
different levels
$75-$500 visa gift
card/trip
"What Does an American
Veteran Mean to Me?"
200-500
(varies by age)
Vary; contact
local chapter
--
$500-$2,000; free trip to
annual conference; also
local & state level prizes
Event, person,
philosophy, or ideal
associated with American
Revolution, Declaration of
Independence,
or Constitution
800-1,200
12/31 of each
year (some
locations
have
different
deadlines)
Only open to
Eagle Scouts
10th-12th
5th-8th,
Individual
grade level
competitions
9th-12th,
Individual
grade level
competitions
Cash & certificates
$300-$1,200 and free trip
to D.C.
Message and modern
relevance of Gettysburg
Address
"Five perils that
challenged Christopher
Columbus"
Grade 5:
300 - 600
Grades 6, 7, and
8: 600 - 1,000
750
Contact local
chapter
(search
online by
your state)
Contact local
chapter
(search
online by
your state)
Sponsored by the
Daughters of the
American
Revolution Society
Sponsored by the
Daughters of the
American
Revolution Society
Elementary,
Junior
high/middle
school, High
school
Plaque, publication in The
Writers' Slate,
and invitation to
Celebration of Writing
Reception
A poem, narrative, or
essay on friendship
none
1/8/09
--
9th-12th
Prizes totaling up to
$8,500, teacher of
winning student receives
$500
Essay about an elected
official who has
demonstrated political
courage
1,000 (not
including
citations &
bibliography)
1/10/09
--
Ages 13 and
under
$40; Publication; 2 copies
of magazine; discounts on
other purchases
Stories and poems; any
topic
2,500
None
--
4th-6th, 7th9th, 10th-12th
$50 savings bond;
publication; free copy of
the anthology book
Any topic
250
2/14/08,
7/15/08, and
10/15/08***
Can be sent by
e-mail or US mail
K-3rd, 4th-6th,
7th-9th, 10th12th
$70,000 total in prizes
distributed; publication
Any topic
21 lines
4/15/08,
8/15/08,
12/11/08
--
Ages 12 and
under
Quote published on a
greeting card, free
greeting cards, $25
Funny quotes from child
to be used on a greeting
card
Short quote
2/1, 9/1
--
National Peace
Essay Contest
9th-12th
$1,000-$10,000 in college
scholarships; free trip to
DC
How the UN and
governments can better
protect civilians from
crimes against humanity
during conflict
1,500
2/1/09
--
The Grannie
Annie Contest
Grades 4th-5th,
6th-8th
(Homeschool
ages 9-14)
Publication in an
anthology, and 2 free
copies of the anthology
Story about a family
experience
275-500
2/14/09*,
***
You may include
one picture with
your story
The Writing
Conference, Inc.
Contest
The John F.
Kennedy Essay
Contest
Stone Soup
Publishers
Writing Program
Creative
Communica- tions
Essay Contest
Creative
Communica- tions
Poetry Contest
Kid Quote Contest
River of Words
Poetry Contest
Optimist
International
Essay Contest
The Tribute to the
Rescuers High
School Essay
Contest
Scholastic Kids
Are Authors
Picture
Book Contest
Jack L. Chalker
Young Writers'
Contest
The Claudia Ann
Seaman Poetry
Award
for Young Writers
K-2nd, 3rd-6th,
7th-9th, 10th12th (ages 5-19)
Trip to DC for the RoW
Award Ceremony at The
Library of Congress;
ribbons, books and/or art
supplies, t-shirts and
other prizes
Poem about nature
32 lines
2/15/09*
--
The Power of Youth
400-500
2/28/09
Submit to the
District Chair of
your local
Optimist Club.
Find a contact by
e-mailing
Programs
Department.
$250-$750 (smaller prizes
for runners-up)
750-1,000
An individual
or group that
showed moral
courage
2/28/09*
Sponsored by the
Anti-Defamation
League
K-8th
$500-$5,000 of
merchandise, 100 copies
of published book,
certificate, medallion
Fiction or Nonfiction
29 single-sided
pages
Ages 14-18 as
of 5/29
of contest year
$75-$150
Science fiction/fantasy
2,500
3/31 of each
year
Sponsored by the
Baltimore Science
Fiction Society
9th-12th
$500 and publication in
literary journal
Poem on any topic, in any
style
Any length
under 10 pages
for 2 poems
6/1/09**
--
Under age 19 as
of 12/31/08
$650-$6,000 scholarships
9th-10th, 11th12th
*Postmarked date
**Received date (US mail)
***E-mail date
3/15/09*
Book must be
done by 3 or more
children as a team