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Take Tiger’s Challenge

Jodi — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:06:17 +0000

Tiger Woods is challenging young people (bet 13-18) to share their achievements with others. The Fist Pump Challenge is an online contest designed to help young people communicate some of their greatest achievements.

For info, visit TigerWoodsFoundation.org

Subway’s Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest Summer Special

Jodi — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:17:09 +0000

Subway’s Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest Summer Special

Enter Subway’s Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest – Summer Special for a chance to win great prizes to encourage healthy activities for kids!
Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States who are currently over the age of 18 and the story submitted must be by such entrant’s child in Pre-K – 6.

Official contest rules

Earth Day Photo Contest

Jodi — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:46:25 +0000

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies is sponsoring an Earth Day photo contest for middle school students. Interested students are asked to photograph something that is changing in their local environment. They are to take the photo between Tuesday, April 22, and Tuesday, April 29. The change could be occurring in the student’s backyard, outside the student’s school, in a local park or even off in the distance. Participants must research and write an explanation of the change documented in the photograph.

The contest is open to all U.S. students in grades 5-8.

Entries must be received by e-mail or postmarked by May 9, 2008.

For more information about the contest and how teachers can use it in the classroom, visit http://www.strategies.org/EarthDayPhoto. If you have questions about the contest, please e-mail your inquiries to info@strategies.org.

Save Our History National Event

Jodi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:34:16 +0000

Each year, The History Channel recognizes and rewards teachers and students who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to exploring and preserving their local history with the Save Our History National Event. This is open to homeschoolers. The History Channel created Save Our History to support local history education and historic preservation efforts in communities across America. Since launching the Save Our History Program in 2004, The History Channel has distributed over 100,000 Educator’s Manuals, reaching over 2.5 million students and has awarded $750,000 in grants to eighty-two historical organizations nationwide, funding hands-on educational projects that teach students about their local history and actively engage them in its preservation. Save Our History instills a sense of community pride in students and teachers. Applications are due in April but check back on their website for more info.

Society of Professional Journalists Essay Contest

Jodi — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:30:16 +0000

The Society of Professional Journalists wants to increase high school student’s knowledge and understanding of the importance of the Free Media to our lives. National winners of this essay contest receive scholarship awards. Topic: “Why free news media are important” an essay contest sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. Who’s eligible: All students enrolled in grades 9-12 in public, private and home schools. Students must submit original work and have a sponsoring teacher sign the contest entry form. Homeschoolers are eligible. Have the person that grades your work sign as your teacher. Entry deadline: All entries should be postmarked by March 1, 2008. For more information and entry form, please see: http://www.spj.org/a-hs.asp

2008 Holocaust Remembrance Project Essay Contest

Jodi — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:30:55 +0000

2008 Holocaust Remembrance Project Essay Contest Information
The Holocaust Remembrance Project is a national essay contest for high school students that is designed to encourage and promote the study of the Holocaust. Participation in this project encourages students to think responsibly, be aware of world conditions that undermine human dignity, and make decisions that promote the respect and value inherent in every person.
Homeschoolers are eligible. (I emailed them in 2005 and asked. Now it specifically states on their website that homeschoolers are eligible!) Entry deadline is April 30, 2008.
For detailed contest information and entry form, please see their website at: http://holocaust.hklaw.com/2008/index.asp

12th Annual Signet Classics Student Scholarship Essay Contest

Jodi — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:23:10 +0000

The 12th Annual Signet Classics Student Scholarship Essay Contest http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/services-academic/essayhome.html

Signet Classics is proud to host its twelfth annual Signet Classics Student Scholarship Essay Contest, in which five high school juniors or seniors can each win a $1,000 scholarship award to be used toward their higher education plus a Signet Classics library for their school! Students enter by writing an essay on one of four topics posed for this year’s competition book, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Entrant must be a full-time matriculated student in the eleventh or twelfth grade at time of entry or between the ages of 16-18 if home-schooled. Home-schooled students: Essays must be mailed by a parent or legal guardian on behalf of the student, along with a cover letter on the parent/legal guardian’s letterhead that certifies that the student is home-schooled and that includes the following details:

Date
Student’s full name, grade, address, e-mail and home telephone number
Student’s equivalent grade
Topic selected (#1, #2, #3 or #4)
Certification by sponsoring parent for home-schooled student that the essay is the student’s original work

Essays submitted without a cover letter on parent/legal guardian’s letterhead or cover letters that do not include the above details will be disqualified. All entries must be postmarked by April 15, 2008 and received on or by April 22, 2008.

For more rules and conditions, and where to mail essays, please see their website at: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/services-academic/essayhome.html

Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest

Jodi — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:30:01 +0000

14th Annual Young Writers & Illustrators Contest
If you are in Kindergarten, First, Second or Third grade, you can enter! It is a Contest where you enter a story that is written and illustrated by you! And… if you enter, you will get a certificate signed by the host of Reading Rainbow, LeVar Burton. Find the station nearest you for more information. You will find all the information on the entry form. Click on the map to find out when you can enter and where to send your story. The contest begins on January 7th, 2008. The deadline for contest entries is March 28th, 2008.