Competitions
Browse verified academic, arts, service, and STEM competitions for high-school students.
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371 verified published opportunities
Academic and Service Award is a named high-school participation pathway published by Carson Scholars Fund, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
DECA's Accounting Applications Series asks one high-school member to apply financial data to business planning, including organizing records, interpreting financial statements, preparing reports, and making decisions. The event uses a 100-question Finance exam plus two judged role-plays; finalists receive a third role-play. Each role-play provides 10 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes with the judge. Competition normally progresses through chapter or association events to DECA's spring International Career Development Conference.
Achievement Awards in Writing is a named high-school participation pathway published by National Council of Teachers of English, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
Adroit Prizes for Poetry and Prose is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in poetry, writing.
FBLA's Advanced Accounting event is an individual objective test for high-school members who want to demonstrate upper-level accounting knowledge. The official 2025–26 guidelines specify a 50-minute, 100-question test covering corporate and managerial accounting, financial statements and ratios, receivables and payables, budgeting and cash flow, cost accounting, tax, inventory, and payroll. Students generally advance through local or state FBLA competition to the National Leadership Conference held in early summer.
AIME is a named high-school participation pathway published by American Mathematics Competitions, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
All American High School Film Festival is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in film, media.
Alumni Award is a named high-school recognition published by Regeneron Science Talent Search; students should record only the result they actually received.
AMC 10 is a named high-school participation pathway published by American Mathematics Competitions, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
AMC 12 is a named high-school participation pathway published by American Mathematics Competitions, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
AMC 8 is a named high-school participation pathway published by American Mathematics Competitions, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
American Invitational Mathematics Examination is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in mathematics.
