Competitions

Enter a six-work senior art portfolio for regional and national recognition through the California Region-at-Large route.

• Grade 12
• Fee: $40 USD

Enter original art for regional and national recognition through the California Region-at-Large route.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $15 USD

Design an entrepreneurial solution to a real community problem and compete online for team prizes.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Solve 30 mathematical reasoning questions in a supervised 75-minute contest at a participating US center.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $20 USD

Write an evidence-based international-affairs article and, if selected, defend it online before HIR judges.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Enter up to three standout photographs from 2026 for international youth photography recognition.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Design, test and pitch a solution to an environmental problem, alone or in a team of up to five, in a free global competition with USD 10,000 regional prizes.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Research one act of political courage and build an original, well-supported historical argument.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Develop a business or social venture as a high-school team, submit a concept and pitch through judged rounds.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Compete remotely in a high-school ocean-science quiz tournament for schools without a nearby regional bowl.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $75 USD

Create a short documentary about the issue you would address in your first congressional floor speech.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Write an engineering narrative and a storyboard explaining how an AI robot could learn safely in a real place you know.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published