Check out these opportunities for essay contests:
Organization: Bill of Rights Institute / We the Students Essay Contest
Topic: Topic is announced Sept. 12
Deadline: the contest deadline is in February
Info: http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/engage/students-programs-events/scholarship/
Top Prize: $5,000 (and there are other prizes as well)
Organization: AFS USA
Topic: Write about your idea for a volunteer project that could have a meaningful impact abroad. Deadline: the contest deadline is in December
Info: http://www.afsusa.org/project-change
Top Prize: full scholarship to go abroad
Organization: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Topic: Write an original and creative essay of 1,000 words or less that demonstrates an understanding of political courage as described by John F. Kennedy in Profiles in Courage. Students should use at least five varied sources such as newspaper articles, books, and/or personal interviews, including one non-internet source, to address the following topic: Describe and analyze an act of political courage by a United States elected official that took place during or after 1956. Include an analysis of the obstacles, risks, and consequences associated with the act. The essay may concern an issue at the local, state, national, or international level.
Deadline: Jan. 4, 2017
Info: https://www.jfklibrary.org/Education/Profile-in-Courage-Essay-Contest.aspx
Top prize: $10,000
Organization: Journalism Education Association
Topic: “Why is it important that we have news media that are independent of the government?”
Deadline: February 2017
Info: http://jea.org/home/awards-honors/high-school-essay-contest/
Top prize: $1000 (though there is a $5 entry fee for this contest)
Organization: California Association of Teachers of English Topic: Innovation is about trying something new while tradition is about honoring the past. Usually innovation and tradition are seen as pulling in opposing directions. Write about a time when innovation and tradition came together. You can write a personal essay, an expository piece, or a work of fiction that explores this blend of the old and the new. Deadline: Nov. 1, 2016
Info: http://cateweb.org/student-creative-writing-contest-2016/
Top prize: Statewide winners in each category will be published in California
Organization: Bill of Rights Institute / We the Students Essay Contest
Topic: Topic is announced Sept. 12
Deadline: the contest deadline is in February
Info: http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/engage/students-programs-events/scholarship/
Top Prize: $5,000 (and there are other prizes as well)
Organization: AFS USA
Topic: Write about your idea for a volunteer project that could have a meaningful impact abroad. Deadline: the contest deadline is in December
Info: http://www.afsusa.org/project-change
Top Prize: full scholarship to go abroad
Organization: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Topic: Write an original and creative essay of 1,000 words or less that demonstrates an understanding of political courage as described by John F. Kennedy in Profiles in Courage. Students should use at least five varied sources such as newspaper articles, books, and/or personal interviews, including one non-internet source, to address the following topic: Describe and analyze an act of political courage by a United States elected official that took place during or after 1956. Include an analysis of the obstacles, risks, and consequences associated with the act. The essay may concern an issue at the local, state, national, or international level.
Deadline: Jan. 4, 2017
Info: https://www.jfklibrary.org/Education/Profile-in-Courage-Essay-Contest.aspx
Top prize: $10,000
Organization: Journalism Education Association
Topic: “Why is it important that we have news media that are independent of the government?”
Deadline: February 2017
Info: http://jea.org/home/awards-honors/high-school-essay-contest/
Top prize: $1000 (though there is a $5 entry fee for this contest)
Organization: California Association of Teachers of English Topic: Innovation is about trying something new while tradition is about honoring the past. Usually innovation and tradition are seen as pulling in opposing directions. Write about a time when innovation and tradition came together. You can write a personal essay, an expository piece, or a work of fiction that explores this blend of the old and the new. Deadline: Nov. 1, 2016
Info: http://cateweb.org/student-creative-writing-contest-2016/
Top prize: Statewide winners in each category will be published in California