Visual storytelling is the heart of National Geographic. Our photography contests feature images created by photographers from around the world, sharing visions that inspire, inform, and awe.
Visual storytelling is the heart of National Geographic. Our photography contests feature images created by photographers from around the world, sharing visions that inspire, inform, and awe.
The National Mock Trial Championship was initiated in 1984 in Des Moines, Iowa, with teams from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin participating. After the success of the tournament in Iowa, more states became interested in participating and the tournament became billed as an “All-State” Tournament. The competition then moved to Lincoln, Nebraska (1985) and involved 10 states. The tournament is hosted annually by different states to ensure that the cost of running the tournament doesn’t fall disproportionately on any particular state.
The National History Bee and Bowl are buzzer-based history quiz competitions for Elementary, Middle, and High School-aged students throughout the USA. The Bee is a competition for individual students; the Bowl is a team event (though single-player teams are allowed). NHBB operates as a division of International Academic Competitions, which organizes events in over 30 countries around the world, including the biennial International History Olympiad, which students can qualify for through participation in NHBB events.
The National Junior Classical League (NJCL) encourages an interest and an appreciation of the language, literature, and culture of ancient Green and Rome and imparts an understanding of the debt of our own culture to that of Classical antiquity. They host an annual convention where students can compete in academic contests, creative arts contests, sports, and more, all relating to Classical knowledge. NJCL also sponsors annual scholarships, as well as non-convention competitions.
The “mibsters”(marble shooters) will compete for national honors, college scholarships and numerous prizes and awards. The mibsters will play more than a 1,200 games over the four-day tournament. Champions selected from local tournaments held in cities and counties around the United States represent thousands of competitors and will converge on Wildwood for a week of serious marble competition and fun on amusement rides and boardwalk attractions.
The National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) is an academic competition and program that addresses a national gap in environmental and earth sciences in public education by introducing high school students to and engaging them in ocean science, preparing them for ocean science-related and other STEM careers, and helping them become knowledgeable citizens and environmental stewards.
The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) is a distinguished academic honor society, committed to recognizing and serving the highest-achieving student scholars in more than 26,000 high schools across 170 countries. With access to resources and a network of more than 1.5 million exceptional peers spanning high school to college and career, NSHSS scholars embody academic dedication and outstanding leadership in their schools, workplaces and communities. High school and college scholarships are available to all students in the areas of academic excellence, entrepreneurship, leadership, literature, medicine, music, STEM, sustainability, visual arts, and more.
Every year, the National Council of Teachers of English awards high school students across the country for their exemplary writing skills. Students must be nominated by their school, and must submit two pieces of writing.
Every year, the National Council of Teachers of English recognizes excellent 8th grade writers. Students must be nominated by their school, and must submit two pieces of writing.
Aspirations in Computing is a talent development pipeline initiative of the National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT) designed to increase women’s meaningful participation in computing careers by providing encouragement, visibility, community, leadership opportunities, scholarships, and internships to high potential technically inclined young women. It is the only national level talent development program for young women in computing and information technology. By generating visibility for these young women in their local communities, the program encourages their continued interest in computing, attracts the attention and support of educational and corporate institutions, and emphasizes at a personal level the importance of women’s participation in computing and IT.
The Nicholas Green Foundation recognized a gifted student in each state, every year from 2000-2013. The award was made possible through a generous donation from the Green family, which was administered by NAGC (National Association for Gifted Children). Nicholas was a bright seven-year old who was killed in a senseless shooting while on vacation in Italy. His parents wanted to keep his memory alive, and they donated money they had saved for his college expenses to fund this award.Although the money ran out in 2013, MAGE, together with the assistance of our sponsors, is continuing this recognition.
The recipient of the Nicholas Green Award will receive money towards participation in an enrichment program (i.e., summer camp, online course, etc.) of his/her choice. Funding to defray the costs of the program will be a maximum of $500. This scholarship depends on the donations of sponsors.
The Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition was established in 2001 to promote and recognize innovative new designs of mechanical puzzles.
The Noetic Learning Math Contest (NLMC) is a semiannual problem solving contest for elementary and middle school students.
The goal of the competition is to encourage students’ interest in math, to develop their problem solving skills, and to inspire them to excel in math.
During the contest, students are given 45 minutes to solve 20 problems. Many problems are designed to challenge students and to enrich their problem solving experiences.
NACLO is a contest in which high-school students solve linguistic puzzles. In solving these puzzles, students learn about the diversity and consistency of language, while exercising logic skills. No prior knowledge of linguistics or second languages is necessary. Professionals in linguistics, computational linguistics and language technologies use dozens of languages to create engaging problems that represent cutting edge issues in their fields. The competition has attracted top students to study and work in those same fields. It is truly an opportunity for young people to experience a taste of natural-language processing in the 21st century.
The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, provides merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students that are recent high school graduates to learn less commonly taught languages in summer and academic-year overseas immersion programs. Scholarships are available for students to learn the following languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Korean, Indonesian, Persian (Tajiki), Russian, and Turkish.
The goal of the NYCDA Foundation College Scholarship Program is to award multiple 4 year college scholarships, primarily with total values of $5,000-$25,000. These scholarships will be awarded as tuition payments directly to the college of your choice. The scholarship recipient must be intending on pursuing a performance based major (dance, musical theater) in college.