Thursday Round Up for
28 September
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HumanitiesBennington Young Writers Awards are prestigious awards for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Submit your work to them by 1 November. If you win and go on to attend Bennington you could be looking at up to $60,000.
Polyphony Lit will begin taking submissions again on 1 November. Their windows can close early because of the volume of submissions, so get ready for the 1st! Read a banned book for a chance to get $1000! DoSomething is celebrating Latiné and Hispanic Heritage month. Compete the project by 31 October Are you a woman identifying or nonbinary person who is growing up without a father who is active in your life? Win up to $1500 for an essay about how you are handling this challenge. Open to students between 13 and 18. Submit by 31 October Submit your poems to the National Poetry Competition! Submissions are due by 31 October The Writer's Eye is going on and you can stop by for drop in hours! |
STEMThe Virginia Junior Academy of Science is going to open for submissions for the 2024 Symposium. If you have scientific research, consider submitting it. Let me know and if there is more than a couple of you, we'll submit as a school.
Are you engaged in local conservation? High School seniors are eligible for the 2023 Steve Duckett Local Conservation Scholarship worth $1,000. Apply by 31 October Engineering fans will want to apply to the Virginia Space Grant Consortium's programming for this year and the summer!These programs are a series of modules during the school year and then a FREE week at NASA's Wallops Island for top students. The Earth Science Week Essay Contest invites you to explore the ways that Geoscience Innovations Solve Problems. Submit your work by 13 October |
Art & DesignThe NRA offers a Wildlife Art Contest to students in grades 1-12. Submit your art by 31 October for a chance at $1,000.
Ivy Panda is looking for short videos to inspire students. Submit your entry on a specific topic by 31 October. Young Arts is a series of competitions that award artists of all kinds with scholarship money. Apply by 13 October. Check with your representative to enter the Congressional Arts Competition. Deadlines vary. Comic illustrators! Submit your work to Teen Ink's Create-a-Comic! Submissions are due by 1 October Embracing Our Futures takes writing submissions. Submit your quote or art today! Scholastic Arts and Writing is a highly prestigious award for students grades 7-12. Submit your work to them today! |
Self Care:
Do Good Things for PeoplePlay Pickle Ball and defeat breast cancer! In the Pink Pickle Ball is this weekend.
Get to Stonefield this weekend to support Big Brothers Big Sisters. There is a BBBS Fall Fair there this weekend. The SPARC 5K is coming up in October. Proceeds go to help prevent suicide and support the 988 number for those in crisis. |
Scholarships
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JLV College Counseling Or Minerva's List US Bank offers up to $20,000 in scholarship money for students who learn some financial tips. Apply by 31 October. Are you a visionary change maker? Does $15,000 sound good to you? Apply for the Prudential Emerging Visionaries Scholarship. Due 2 November. Open to 9-12 The Voice of Democracy Audio Essay is an opportunity to win up to $35,000 for college. Submit your entry by 31 October. Wendy's Heisman High School Scholarship is worth up to $10,000 and is awarded to people who make a difference on and off the fields. Apply by 17 October Dr. Pepper has a tuition give away! Awards of $10,000 - $100,000 are given away. National Young Arts invites people to apply for their $10,000 scholarship by submitting their work. They take entries from artists, writers, musicians, and more! Apply by 13 October |